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SUMMARY:October Economic Development Panel discussion
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Economic Development Panel\n\nFacilitated by:  Brian Barkley\n\nPanelists:       \n\nCarla Merritt - Sr. Business Development Representative Department of Commerce\n\nBen Wu - CEO\, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation\n\nCindy Stewart Rivarde - CEO\, Rockville Economic Development\, Inc. \n\n \n \n\nJoin us as we answer the following questions and discuss the following topics:\n \n\n\n	Learn what is actually happening behind the scenes in Montgomery County and Rockville economic development.\n	COVID impact on Economic Development\n	How are people adapting? \n	What does the future hold? \n	Overview of what each organization does  \n	How do you work together?\n	How do you promote Rockville for business expansion?\n	What attributes are promoted when Rockville and Montgomery County locations are presented to business recruitment clients?\n	What's in the project pipeline?\n	What programs and initiatives are each of you working on? \n	What programs do you provide to businesses?  SBIF\, Expansion grant\n	What's the importance of Bio Health to the region ? as a sector.\n	Twinbrook investment \n	Transit\n	Millennials\n	Future & Recent successes
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Topic: Economic Development Panel<br />\nFacilitated by:&nbsp\; Brian Barkley<br />\nPanelists:&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></span></strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Carla Merritt - Sr. Business Development Representative Department of Commerce</span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Ben Wu - CEO\, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation<br />\nCindy Stewart Rivarde - CEO\, Rockville Economic Development\, Inc.&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p dir="ltr" style="font-size: small\; color: rgb(80\, 0\, 80)\; font-family: Roboto\, RobotoDraft\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-style: italic\; line-height: 1.44\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="font-size: small\; color: rgb(80\, 0\, 80)\; font-family: Roboto\, RobotoDraft\, Helvetica\, Arial\, sans-serif\; font-style: italic\; line-height: 1.44\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, &quot\;Trebuchet MS&quot\;\; font-size: 13px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Join us as we answer the following questions and discuss the following topics:</span></span></span></strong></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<ul dir="ltr">\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Learn what is actually happening behind the scenes in Montgomery County and Rockville economic development.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">COVID impact on Economic Development</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">How are people adapting? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What does the future hold? </span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Overview of what each organization does</span></span></span> </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">&nbsp\;</span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">How do you work together?</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">How do you promote Rockville for business expansion?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What attributes are promoted when Rockville and Montgomery County locations </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">are presented to business recruitment clients?</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What&#39\;s in the project pipeline?</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What programs and initiatives are each of you working on?&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What programs do you provide to businesses?&nbsp\; SBIF\, Expansion grant</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">What&#39\;s the importance of Bio Health to the region ? as a sector.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Twinbrook investment</span></span>&nbsp\;</span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Transit</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Millennials</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n	<li style="line-height: 1.2\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c25faba4-7fff-dbb3-a773-34cc9162de2a"><span style="background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Future &amp\; Recent successes</span></span></span></span></span></strong></li>\n</ul>\n
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