Coordinates, manages, directs and oversees the City’s economic development activities and operation and provides administrative support to the Economic Development Review Committee and Business and Quality of Life Committee. Works in close collaboration with other City Departments and non-profit and private sector organizations engaged in economic development activities. The Economic Development Director works under policy direction of the City Council.
Under direction, the Economic Development Division Director performs administrative work in the planning and coordination of the City's economic development program, including business recruitment, job development, and business retention; develops marketing strategies designed to promote City as a business destination; conducts research and provides information services on matters of economic health, property tax issues, economic and real estate trends, and international development.