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What Site Selectors Want in a Competitive Location

  • 17 Apr 2025
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Zoom meeting - link to be shared
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  • Members of the GLEDC can participate for free.
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Understanding what site selectors prioritize in a competitive location is essential for economic developers looking to attract new investment. In this exclusive webinar, Ron Starner of Site Selection Magazine will provide valuable insights into the key factors influencing corporate location decisions in today's market from.

Drawing on their recent annual Site Selectors Survey results, this session will cover:

  1. The top criteria companies and site selectors use when evaluating locations
  2. How economic development organizations can position their communities for success
  3. Trends shaping site selection in 2025 and beyond
  4. Best practices for engaging site selectors and corporate decision-makers

Join us for an informative discussion designed to help Great Lakes economic developers refine their strategies and enhance their region's competitiveness.

Our Presenter:

Ron Starner is Executive Vice President of Conway Data Inc. and Site Selection magazine, an international corporate real estate publication based in Atlanta. The official publication of the Industrial Asset Management Council, Site Selection reaches 40,000 high-level decision-makers six times a year with timely news, analysis and perspective on key events and trends impacting corporate real estate and economic development. The magazine also publishes SiteSelection.com, the online Web portal for corporate real estate and economic development news and data, and multiple electronic newsletters.

Ron served 9 years as Executive Director of IAMC, a corporate real estate and economic development association with 600-plus members. Based in Georgia, IAMC serves the needs of corporate real estate directors of leading Fortune 500 companies such as BASF, Pfizer, Honeywell and Campbell’s Soup. Ron is also the author of two books – The Ten Standards of Successful Leaders and The Light at the End of the Tunnel.

A journalism graduate of Virginia’s Liberty University, Ron earned his master’s degree in mass communication from the University of South Florida in Tampa. A resident of Polk County, Florida, for 25 years, he graduated from Lakeland Christian School and worked for the Winter Haven News Chief for 8 years and for Florida Real Estate Journal for 6 years before joining the editorial staff of Site Selection in 2000.