web01.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:56:26 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development - Episodes Tagged with “Economic Development Leadership” https://podcast.econdevshow.com/tags/economic%20development%20leadership Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:15:00 -0600 Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level. en-us episodic Actionable economic development strategies and stories Dane Carlson Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level. no econ dev, economic development, ed Dane Carlson show@econdevshow.com 207: Speed to Market as an Incentive with Ellie Reynolds https://podcast.econdevshow.com/207 b0021da6-9bcc-46c9-b816-cbe12b2ed35f Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:15:00 -0600 Dane Carlson 207 Speed to Market as an Incentive with Ellie Reynolds full Dane Carlson A practical conversation with Ellie Reynolds on signaling “open for business” through speed, infrastructure, regulatory reform, and strategic growth in Douglas County, Colorado. 27:54 no In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, Dane Carlson sits down with Ellie Reynolds, President and CEO of the Douglas County Economic Development Corporation, to unpack how one of Colorado’s fastest-growing counties balances quality of life, infrastructure investment, regulatory realities, and speed-to-market. Ellie shares how Douglas County positions itself along the Front Range, why shovel-ready infrastructure matters more than incentives alone, how cutting red tape became a competitive strategy, and what economic developers can do locally when state-level constraints get in the way. The conversation also dives into AI as a staff multiplier, coalition-building for regulatory reform, and why economic development is ultimately about reducing risk, not forcing growth. Like this show? Please leave us a review here (https://econdevshow.com/rate-this-podcast/) — even one sentence helps! Special Guest: Ellie Reynolds. econdev, economic development, eco devo, Douglas County Colorado, economic development strategy, speed to market, shovel ready sites, red tape reduction, infrastructure investment, permitting reform, Front Range Colorado, business attraction, economic development leadership In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, Dane Carlson sits down with Ellie Reynolds, President and CEO of the Douglas County Economic Development Corporation, to unpack how one of Colorado’s fastest-growing counties balances quality of life, infrastructure investment, regulatory realities, and speed-to-market.

Ellie shares how Douglas County positions itself along the Front Range, why shovel-ready infrastructure matters more than incentives alone, how cutting red tape became a competitive strategy, and what economic developers can do locally when state-level constraints get in the way.

The conversation also dives into AI as a staff multiplier, coalition-building for regulatory reform, and why economic development is ultimately about reducing risk, not forcing growth.

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]]> In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, Dane Carlson sits down with Ellie Reynolds, President and CEO of the Douglas County Economic Development Corporation, to unpack how one of Colorado’s fastest-growing counties balances quality of life, infrastructure investment, regulatory realities, and speed-to-market.

Ellie shares how Douglas County positions itself along the Front Range, why shovel-ready infrastructure matters more than incentives alone, how cutting red tape became a competitive strategy, and what economic developers can do locally when state-level constraints get in the way.

The conversation also dives into AI as a staff multiplier, coalition-building for regulatory reform, and why economic development is ultimately about reducing risk, not forcing growth.

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]]> 177: Expediting the RFI Process, with Dane Carlson https://podcast.econdevshow.com/177 73700ad9-7f23-4c8f-8603-7626590a435c Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:15:00 -0500 Dane Carlson 177 Expediting the RFI Process, with Dane Carlson full Dane Carlson This episode features Dane Carlson as a guest on Sandy Dubay's EDO Breakthrough Podcast, where he discusses his journey from starting the Econ Dev Show during his son's cancer treatment to creating Site Hunt, an AI-powered platform for economic developers. 33:06 no In this episode of the Econ Dev Show (a replay from EDO Breakthrough Podcast episode #10 (https://edobreakthrough.buzzsprout.com/2360993/episodes/16158566-e10-expediting-the-rfi-process-with-dane-carlson)), Sandy Dubay interviews Dane Carlson about his entrepreneurial journey in economic development. Dane shares the deeply personal story behind starting his podcast during COVID while his son underwent cancer treatment, his initial nervousness about hearing his own voice, and his strategy of cold-contacting newly certified economic developers for guests. The conversation explores the challenges economic developers face with changing leadership and boards, before diving into Dane's innovative solution: Sitehunt, (https://sitehunt.io) an AI-powered platform that transforms how economic developers respond to RFIs by automatically matching community assets with project requirements and generating detailed responses in minutes rather than days. Like this show? Please leave us a review here (https://econdevshow.com/rate-this-podcast/) — even one sentence helps! To reach Franklin for his podcast editing services, email franklin.carlson@icloud.com (mailto:franklin.carlson@icloud.com). Special Guest: Sandy Dubay. econdev, economic development, eco devo, Site Hunt, AI technology, RFI automation, podcast creation, economic development leadership, community asset management, data enrichment, site selection, board transitions, professional networking In this episode of the Econ Dev Show (a replay from EDO Breakthrough Podcast episode #10), Sandy Dubay interviews Dane Carlson about his entrepreneurial journey in economic development. Dane shares the deeply personal story behind starting his podcast during COVID while his son underwent cancer treatment, his initial nervousness about hearing his own voice, and his strategy of cold-contacting newly certified economic developers for guests. The conversation explores the challenges economic developers face with changing leadership and boards, before diving into Dane's innovative solution: Sitehunt, an AI-powered platform that transforms how economic developers respond to RFIs by automatically matching community assets with project requirements and generating detailed responses in minutes rather than days.

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To reach Franklin for his podcast editing services, email franklin.carlson@icloud.com.

Special Guest: Sandy Dubay.

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]]> In this episode of the Econ Dev Show (a replay from EDO Breakthrough Podcast episode #10), Sandy Dubay interviews Dane Carlson about his entrepreneurial journey in economic development. Dane shares the deeply personal story behind starting his podcast during COVID while his son underwent cancer treatment, his initial nervousness about hearing his own voice, and his strategy of cold-contacting newly certified economic developers for guests. The conversation explores the challenges economic developers face with changing leadership and boards, before diving into Dane's innovative solution: Sitehunt, an AI-powered platform that transforms how economic developers respond to RFIs by automatically matching community assets with project requirements and generating detailed responses in minutes rather than days.

Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps!

To reach Franklin for his podcast editing services, email franklin.carlson@icloud.com.

Special Guest: Sandy Dubay.

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