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Greater Des Moines Partnership Staff

Greater Des Moines Partnership Staff. Monday, April 12, 2010. One City, One Voice: Metro Message Training. One City, One Voice: Purpose. Prepare business & community leaders to speak and promote Metro Des Moines Originally packaged as a training to sell office space

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Greater Des Moines Partnership Staff

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  1. Greater Des Moines Partnership Staff Monday, April 12, 2010 One City, One Voice: Metro Message Training

  2. One City, One Voice: Purpose Prepare business & community leaders to speak and promote Metro Des Moines Originally packaged as a training to sell office space Now must appeal to a wide audience and sell the Metro based on quality of life and business capabilities Serves as a press packet on the metro area All materials are available in the folder and electronically Accessible and easy to manage information

  3. One City, One Voice: Rankings Des Moines is ranked #1 City in the U.S. for doing business. –MarketWatch City of Des Moines is ranked #2 as the “Most Secure City to Live.” – Farmer’s Insurance Group First in the nation for real-estate as the “Most Livable Bargain Market.” – MSN.com Des Moines is 15% below the national average for cost of doing business. –Moody’s Economy

  4. One City, One Voice: Ambassadors YOU are the greatest ambassadors of our Metro YOU serve our community by being prepared with recent rankings, pro-business incentives and quality of life talking points YOU can use the materials as conversation starters and point of entry when starting business dialogue

  5. One City, One Voice: The Metro Greater Des Moines has 565,000 residents Population grew by 17.3% since 2000, U.S. growth is 8.8% Projected to grow at double the national rate by 2014 Major industries include: Finance & insurance Technology & IT Government Manufacturing Trade & service Biosciences

  6. One City, One Voice: The Partnership Mission Statement: One Voice, One Mission, One Region Founded in 1999 Economic development organization serving Greater Des Moines area Serves 4,400 regional members, 250 investors & 22 Affiliate Chamber groups CEO & President: Martha Willits Four pillars of work include: Regional Economic Development, Regional Workforce Development, Regional Business Development & Downtown Development

  7. One City, One Voice: Trainings 2010 Trainings: Economic Development Board Young Professionals Connection Communications Advisory Council Regional Business Development Board Future trainings: Workforce Attraction & Retention Board Greater Des Moines Partnership Board Davis Brown Law Firm Carlisle Affiliate Training for Partnership Boards & leadership groups Workforce to Young Professionals Trainings for Chambers & Affiliates

  8. One City, One Voice: Future One City, One Voice program to run until 2011 Continue trainings, outreach to media and business groups First measure results after Q2 & Q3 Track number of trainings Business leads Increased public awareness Media inquires & placements Will send updated materials as applicable

  9. One City, One Voice: Life Des Moines ranks as #5 city in the nation where “Americans Are Getting Richer.” – Forbes Des Moines is one of the top ten cities in the nation for volunteer service. – National Corporation on Volunteer Service Iowa ranks as the 2nd happiest state in the nation. - Mainstreet.com

  10. Contact Information Message Training inquiries: Lauren Burt Director of Media & Marketing 515.286.4947 lburt@desmoinesmetro.com Economic Development inquiries: David Maahs Executive Vice President of Regional Economic Development 515.286.4958 dmaahs@desmoinesmetro.com

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