Community and Economic Development

Recruiting Talent to Revitalize Our Downtowns

In revitalizing our downtowns, we’ve come to understand that we aren’t recruiting businesses, but instead recruiting talent. The businesses are born of the talent, come to the talent, and stay near the talent. Traditionally, we’re used to recruiting businesses. But in the revitalizing urban districts of the knowledge economy, we find ourselves in this cycle: […]

Enjoyed CrowdConf this Week!

So I attended the CrowdConf in San Francisco this week. It was a really nice conference on crowdsourcing, plus I enjoyed San Francisco (the little time I had to spend there). I hung out at Vesuvio next to City Lights Bookstore where Jack Kerouac and Neil Cassidy used to hang and where Allen Ginsberg debuted […]

A New Era: The Connectivity Age

In the macro sense, we are entering a new world. There was the Agricultural Age, the Industrial Age, and now there is a new age. I call it the Connectivity Age. The millennials are the tip of the spear of this new world, the first generation of a new era. There are three elements that […]

What people are saying

This was the best seminar I was privileged to attend in the past two months. The speaker was unreal good and the info he gave us has already had a positive impact on our town. It was a game changer for Federalsburg. Good job. No, great job. Thank you.
Bill Beall Mayor of Federalsburg, Maryland
Jason is a visionary person with a remarkable ability to put ideas into action. In supporting economic development, highest recommendations!
Stephen Turner Director of Economic and Urban Development, City of Rock Hill
Jason is a compelling speaker full of innovative ideas. His notions of collaboration through public/private partnership and bringing together Education and Economic Development and the Internet are cutting edge and worthy of note by those of influence in these sectors.
John M. Papadopulos President, Wells Fargo Retirement
Jason has been instrumental in putting together the Hive – an innovative, collaborative solution for utilizing the growing Internet Industry for workforce, community, and economic development. Not only was the idea truly innovative, but Jason delivered.
Greg F. Rutherford, Ph.D. President, York Technical College
The program Jason brought to our community represents the very best of today’s reality. A joint effort with the public private and educational interests combined to enhance economic development and learning experience is a win for everyone. Our hope is that the quality of life in our community and this new high tech initiative will result in creative jobs in a place young people will want to stay and call home.
Doug Echols Mayor of Rock Hill, SC
Jason, your topic, information covered, and presentation style and method was on right target for our community’s/region’s nonprofits that are considering using social media and the internet to increase their current and future constituents’ awareness and support of their organizations.
Lane D. Cook Vice President of Planned Giving & Development, Foundation For The Carolinas
The York County Medical Society appreciates your informative and engaging presentation on the ongoing Internet Revolution and it’s impact on medicine.
Vipul Thakker, M.D.
I'll keep it brief. Jason is one very motivated and decidedly creative individual. These traits along with his never ending energy make him an asset to any profession, community or group of friends. He has always been a reliable forward thinking associate and a true friend. This will surely not be the first or last time you'll hear similar accolades about Jason.
Bartow Church Producer at Apostle Films
Community and Economic Development

What Can Jason Broadwater Do For Your Community?

Jason works with communities to engage citizens in the revitalization of urban districts for purposes of long term economic development.

Speaking

Invite Jason to speak to your community on recruiting and retaining talent, urban revitalization, and engaging citizens in your community development.

Consulting

Create appropriate strategies and tools for talent recruitment, citizen engagement, and urban revitalization.

Meaningful Use of the Internet

Use the Internet to engage citizens in the revitalization of your urban districts in your community.

Full-Scale Deployment of Collaborative Programming

Create training programs and activity hubs for students in your urban district to capitalize on talented millennials and their buy-in for urban revitalization.