About the GFMEDC

About the GFMEDC

With nearly 80 years of serving the region’s economic development needs, the GFMEDC Board, staff and 150 private and public organizations remain dedicated to the regional economy’s biggest driver – primary-sector companies.

A Strategic Playbook

The GFMEDC team is executing a multi-year strategy to support economic growth and vitality. Critical components of our playbook include:

CORE PURPOSE (WHY WE EXIST)

• Cultivate an economic environment where all people and organizations flourish

CORE BUSINESS (WHAT WE DO) – SUCCESS OF PRIMARY-SECTOR COMPANIES

• Retention & Expansion
• Attraction
• New Company Development

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES (HOW WE WILL GET THERE)

• Targeted Sector Growth in the areas of Biosciences, AgTech and Autonomous Systems
• Workforce Ecosystem infrastructure and sustainable funding model developed and implemented
• Increase the organization’s revenue to support our mission, especially having a focus on more private sector funding
• Develop and maintain a common framework for regional flourishing
• Carving our region’s niche in the new world of work

CORE VALUES (WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOW WE BEHAVE)

• Show Genuine Care
• Create New Possibilities
• Make it Happen

STRATEGIC PILLARS (HOW WE SUCCEED)

• Serve as a Business Concierge to primary-sector companies
• Workforce Alignment by partnering to co-create and implement strategies to address workforce challenges, with our specific leadership focused on workforce recruitment
• Ecosystem Development by intentionally catalyzing, convening, and collaborating to solve the biggest problems and create new opportunities to drive our economy

Setting Up for success

With overarching goals, sub-goals and tactics along with a scorecard highlighting our data-driven results, we’ll continue supporting regional growth through strong business concierge services and collaborative initiatives.

Your Economic Development Team

It takes strong engagement from a talented board, experienced staff and the right resources to do the critical work of the GFMEDC. Fortunately, if you click the links below we think you’ll agree, we’re checking all the boxes.

GFMEDC Board of Directors 

GFMEDC Staff

GFMEDC Investors