Mid-America Economic Development Council

Mid-America Economic Development Council The MidAmerica EDC is the best resource for making contact with site selectors, advancing regional e

The Mid-America Economic Development Council is an organization that provides economic development professionals with the following:

- Resources aimed at helping the economic development professional to excel
- Recognition of quality economic development programs and marketing
- Awards programs to reward excellence
- Promotion of the ten-state region to site selectors and industri

es to help raise the level of awareness
- Networking opportunities among regional members to promote idea exchange and partnering

โœจ Get excited! It's Day 1 of our Annual Conference! Let's go! ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’จPlease use when you share conference content to yo...
08/31/2026

โœจ Get excited! It's Day 1 of our Annual Conference! Let's go! ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ

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View the agenda here:
https://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

โœจ Are you ready?! We hope you are coming to our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ + ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž! Get ready for dyna...
08/27/2026

โœจ Are you ready?! We hope you are coming to our ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ + ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž!

Get ready for dynamic speakers, engaging sessions, valuable networking opportunities, and the chance to connect with economic development leaders from across the Midwest.

From the evolving role of AI to workforce and industry trends shaping our communities, this year's conference will deliver actionable insights and fresh perspectives.

๐Ÿ“ Grand Rapids, Michigan
๐Ÿ“… August 31 โ€“ September 2, 2026

We can't wait to see you! View the agenda and plan your conference experience now! https://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

๐Ÿ“Š ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ?Site selection is becoming more data-driven than everโ€”and knowing how your...
08/26/2026

๐Ÿ“Š ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ?

Site selection is becoming more data-driven than everโ€”and knowing how your community measures up can make all the difference.

Join ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐š๐๐ง๐š๐ฑ, Vice President of Economic Development at Resonance , on ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“โ€“๐Ÿ’:๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐๐Œ at the ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐„๐ƒ๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž for:

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Catharine will pull back the curtain on how companies and site selection consultants ๐๐š๐ญ๐š, ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ˆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ to evaluate communities for major investments.

Sheโ€™ll also explore Resonanceโ€™s ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ index, spotlight Mid-America communities and share insights on ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š. ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ.

View more of our conference agenda here: http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

Your leadership can make a lasting impact.Mid-America EDC is seeking ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ to serve on the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ...
08/25/2026

Your leadership can make a lasting impact.

Mid-America EDC is seeking ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ to serve on the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž. This is an opportunity to help identify and recommend outstanding candidates for the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ while working with ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ.

โœ” Up to three virtual meetings
โœ” Meaningful volunteer opportunity
โœ” Help shape the future of our organization

Interested? Contact Mid-America EDC at [email protected]

๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ: ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข 2027 ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

๐Ÿ™๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ + ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?Find out at the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ on Sep...
08/24/2026

๐Ÿ™๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ + ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?

Find out at the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ on September 1!

Join ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ฉ, Administrative Project Coordinator with ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ, from ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ for The Transformation of Downtown Grand Rapids Through Public-Private Partnerships.

From the ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ, Grand Action helped transform downtown Grand Rapids from a place that โ€œrolled up the sidewalks at 5โ€ into a vibrant urban destination.

Explore the ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ behind these transformational projectsโ€”and get a look at whatโ€™s next with ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†โ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.

View more of our conference agenda here: http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

๐Ÿšจ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ! ๐Ÿšจ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ for the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ in Grand Rap...
08/20/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ! ๐Ÿšจ

๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ for the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Join us ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿโ€“๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids for three days packed with:
โœจ Insightful sessions
๐Ÿค Meaningful networking
๐Ÿ’ก Skill-building workshops
๐Ÿข Connections with economic development leaders and exhibitors

โฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ โ€” ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ!

๐Ÿ“ข And Michigan economic developers, thereโ€™s an added opportunity: ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ! Email [email protected] for your discount code ASAP.

Donโ€™t miss out. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ + ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn More & Register: http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

๐Ÿป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.After a full day of learning and ideas, keep the conversations going at the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐—ข...
08/19/2026

๐Ÿป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜. ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

After a full day of learning and ideas, keep the conversations going at the ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฑ-๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐——๐—– ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

๐Ÿ“… September 1 | 5:30โ€“7:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ The BOB (Big Old Building)
20 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids

Enjoy food, drinks and relaxed networking with fellow conference attendees. Itโ€™s the perfect opportunity to build new connections, catch up with colleagues and enjoy one of Grand Rapidsโ€™ iconic venues.

๐Ÿšถ Just a ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ from the conference venue!

See you at The B.O.B.! Register for our conference now: http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

๐Ÿค Your next client, collaborator, or community partner could be waiting in Grand Rapids!The ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐„๐ƒ๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ...
08/18/2026

๐Ÿค Your next client, collaborator, or community partner could be waiting in Grand Rapids!

The ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐„๐ƒ๐‚ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž is bringing hundreds of economic development professionals, site selectors, community leaders and industry partners together in ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿโ€“๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Become a ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ and put your brand in front of the people driving investment, growth and opportunity across the Midwestโ€”all while supporting an event built around ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ + ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

โœจ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ. ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

Sponsorship offers meaningful visibility through:
โ€ข High-impact conference experiences
โ€ข Exhibitor engagement
โ€ข Networking opportunities
โ€ข Connections with key decision-makers

๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง. https://www.midamericaedc.org/sponsorship/sponsorship-benefits

๐Ÿ“ง Contact [email protected] to explore sponsorship opportunities.

๐Ÿงฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ: West Michiganโ€™s Life Science Story ๐Ÿ”ฌWhat happens when bold investment in scie...
08/17/2026

๐Ÿงฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ: West Michiganโ€™s Life Science Story ๐Ÿ”ฌ

What happens when bold investment in science, healthcare and innovation helps transform a region? Find out! See West Michiganโ€™s Life Science Story Up Close!

Join ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก๐š๐ง, Advisor to Chief Executive Officer at Van Andel Institute , on September 1st from 2:30โ€“5:00 PM, for an inside look at the history, science and economic impact behind Grand Rapidsโ€™ โ€œMedical Mile.โ€

Youโ€™ll explore the startup stories, groundbreaking research and strategic investments that have helped shape West Michiganโ€™s life science ecosystem.

Donโ€™t miss this opportunity to see economic development in actionโ€”beyond the conference room. http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ž-๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!Take your conference connections beyond the meeting room and experi...
08/13/2026

๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ž-๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!
Take your conference connections beyond the meeting room and experience the flavors of Grand Rapids with fellow economic development professionals!

On the evening of ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, Mid-America EDC has reserved seating at select local restaurants, giving attendees the opportunity to enjoy great food, meet new peers, and build relationships with economic development leaders from across the region.

Choose your preferred location and enjoy a relaxed evening seated with other conference attendeesโ€”creating opportunities to connect with professionals you may not have crossed paths with before!

๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ž-๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:
๐Ÿด Bistro Bella Vita
44 Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

๐Ÿด San Chez A Tapas Bistro
38 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

๐Ÿด Margaux at JW Marriott Grand Rapids
235 Louis St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

๐Ÿด Real Seafood Co.
141 Lyon St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

โœจ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ:
โ€ข You must be registered for the conference to participate
โ€ข Space is limitedโ€”RSVP to reserve your spot
โ€ข Dinner costs are not included

The Dine-Around sign-up link will be provided after conference registration is completed.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Œ๐ข๐-๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐„๐ƒ๐‚ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž
๐Ÿ“… August 31 โ€“ September 2, 2026
๐ŸŒ http://maedc5.wildapricot.org/event-6518928

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