ShovelTalk: An Economic Development Podcast
At Golden Shovel, we believe thriving communities improve everyone’s lives. Everything we do connects businesses and talent with communities they’ll thrive in. We do this by empowering economic developers through groundbreaking economic development communications.
Podcasting since 2020 • 42 episodes
ShovelTalk: An Economic Development Podcast
Latest Episodes
Tips on How Communities Can Use BR&E to Create a Positive Economic Impact • Christophe Trahan, Palestine, TX Economic Development
Christophe Trahan shares his team’s approach to BR&E, why relationships matter and how deep conversations are producing economic opportunities for local businesses and the foreign companies growing in this Northeast Texas community. Listen ...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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29:21
Meet the BR&E Experts Conducting 11% of Iowa's Business Visits • Curt Strouth, President & CEO, and Joanne Follon, Business Retention and Workforce Partnership Coordinator of the Iowa Lakes Corridor
The Iowa Lakes Corridor is conducting 11% of all BR&E visits in the state of Iowa. In this episode, Golden Shovel's Bethany Quinn is joined by Curt Strouth, President & CEO, and Joanne Follon, Business Retention and Workforce Partnershi...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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46:09
Powering Communities: Lean Strategies and Data-Driven Growth • Erin Sparks, Great River Energy & Mid America EDC
In advance of Mid-America EDC's Best Practices Conference we sat down with Erin Sparks, Economic Development Lead at Great River Energy and 2nd Vice President for Mid-America EDC. Erin shares a preview of what economic developers can expect to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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41:44
Greensboro’s 10-Year Overnight Success: How Vision & Collaboration Transformed a Region • Marvin Price, Executive Vice President of the Greensboro (NC) Chamber of Commerce
In this episode, Bethany Quinn, President of Golden Shovel, sits down with Marvin Price, Executive Vice President of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, to discuss how strategic vision, perseverance, and regional collaboration led to over $16 b...
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45:59
Connecting Communities: A Conversation on the Future of Rural Telecom and Economic Development • Brent Christensen, President/CEO, Minnesota Telecom Alliance
Brent Christensen, President/CEO of the Minnesota Telecom Alliance, fondly remembers tinkering as a child in the offices of Christensen Communications Company in Madelia. Much has changed over his 30-year career, but his passion for bringing pe...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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29:47
