Indian Head: Open For Business?

I came across this video on inc.com about "3 Things Cities Can Do to Help Startups" by the
Co-Founder of Eventbrite, Julia Hartz. Eventbrite is an online ticketing service that allows event organizers to plan, set up ticket sales and promote events and publish them across Facebook, Twitter and other social-networking tools directly from the site's interface (Sounds like a resource worth looking into for the planning committee). Watch the short video and post your feedback in the comments.



Questions to Consider:

• How can we attract startups and entrepreneurs?
• How can we help startups and established businesses?
• How soon can we start doing these things?

March Joint EDC/Planning Commission Meeting

We have an excellent guest speaker at the upcoming joint meeting, March 19, 2014.  Please join us!

Gary Hodge is President of Regional Policy Advisors, a private sector consulting firm providing government relations, economic development, transportation, mass transit and infrastructure planning, and state and federal project development assistance to elected, civic and business leaders engaged in building stronger communities. 

Gary's Key Projects and Career Accomplishments in Southern Maryland include: Naval Base Consolidation and Regional Infrastructure Investment Strategy; Annual Presidents' Day BRAC Conference; Southern Maryland Regional Strategy; Patuxent Charrette; Southern Maryland Light Rail Transit Initiative; Waldorf Urban Design Study; Southern Maryland Commuter Bus Service; Regional Rideshare of Southern Maryland; MedEvac Helicopter Base in Southern Maryland; Maryland 350th Anniversary Commemoration--Southern Maryland Program; Lord Baltimore's World Living History Production; Crain Memorial Travel Information Center; Southern Maryland Agricultural Commission; Southern Maryland Tobacco Board; Southern Maryland Regional Farmers Market; Maryland Tobacco Buyout Program; Research and Development on Alternative Uses of Tobacco; International Trade Missions to Europe and Asia; Library of Congress Open World Leadership Program; Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Stadium in Waldorf; New Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and Visitor Center.