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Key Challenge Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire. Given New Hampshire’s quaint charm, one might not expect a thriving metro. But the moment upon arriving in Manchester, you get the sense you aren’t in that New Hampshire anymore. Manchester is home to a strong...

Key Challenge At first glance, the City of Riviera Beach appears to be two worlds colliding. On Singer Island, gleaming residential and vacation rental towers preside over a pristine stretch of ocean and sand, their windows overlooking the comings and goings of leisure and commercial watercraft...

Challenge Austin, Texas. You may know it as the Live Music Capital of the World, but that was just its opening act. The region has transformed into a U.S. and global economic powerhouse. Its tech scene started the movement, but today, the Austin region has become...

Key Challenge Being “the other Paris” heaps a lot of expectations on a city. Paris, Texas holds up just fine in that regard. Their larger challenge is capturing their rightful share of Texas’s significant economic growth at more than 90 miles northeast of Dallas, which puts...

Key Challenge When your county includes one of the brightest and most well-known locations in the world, how do you put the spotlight on all of your other wonderful assets? Clark County, home of the Las Vegas strip, needed to rise to that challenge. The newly-formed...

Key Challenge The Monadnock Region of New Hampshire is overshadowed by the more popular and better promoted regions of the state like the White Mountains, the Lakes, and the Seacoast. Without a formal DMO (destination management organization), the promotion of the region was disjointed and intermittent....

Key Challenge With a population of just under 40,000 and over 800 open jobs, the City of Quincy, Illinois was dealing with a decline in population and an increase in job openings, both of which would have a negative impact on the local economy long-term. Local...

  Key Challenge Is it true that the outcome of coming together is working together? Sioux Falls decided to put that to the test. Multiple organizations wanted to maximize their own efforts by pursuing an integrated brand identity that delivered consistency but retained individuality. Could economic development,...

Key Challenge Overshadowed…From the outside looking in, Tempe has the reputation of a college town that likes to party. The city is home to Arizona State University, which has more than a few accolades to celebrate, including being ranked #1 for innovation three years in a...

Key Challenge In Frankfort, state government is the talk of the town — left, right, and center. But Kentucky’s capital is so synonymous with politics that people often don’t take the time to discover the city’s many other charms. From nature to culture, many of Frankfort’s...