October Economic Development Panel discussion

Topic: Economic Development Panel
Facilitated by:  Brian Barkley
Panelists:       
Carla Merritt - Sr. Business Development Representative Department of Commerce
Ben Wu - CEO, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation
Cindy Stewart Rivarde - CEO, Rockville Economic Development, Inc. 
 

Join us as we answer the following questions and discuss the following topics:

• Learn what is actually happening behind the scenes in Montgomery County and Rockville economic development.
• COVID impact on Economic Development
• How are people adapting?
• What does the future hold?
• Overview of what each organization does  
• How do you work together?
• How do you promote Rockville for business expansion?
• What attributes are promoted when Rockville and Montgomery County locations are presented to business recruitment clients?
• What's in the project pipeline?
• What programs and initiatives are each of you working on? 
• What programs do you provide to businesses?  SBIF, Expansion grant
• What's the importance of Bio Health to the region ? as a sector.
• Twinbrook investment 
• Transit
• Millennials
• Future & Recent successes