Resources Provide by the Best Practices Advisory Board (BPAB)
- Appropriate EDO Reserves – What are the issues and recommendations for an appropriate financial reserve?
- City Attorney vs EDO Attorney – Evaluating whether using the City Attorney or a dedicated EDO Attorney is the best fit.
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems – Do you use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system? How would you rate those that you have used? Recommendations for others?
- Recommended EDO Line Item Budget – A comprehensive list of potential line-items for an EDO budget.
- EDO Succession Planning – Do you have a formal or informal Succession Plan for your Board and / or Staff? What recommendations do you offer?
- Real Estate Commissions – Does the City / EDO own real estate for economic development purposes, do they use a broker, what
are typical commissions?