Business Retention And Expansion Manager
Current• Formalize and carry out the City’s business retention & expansion (BRE) program, including surveying existing businesses and industries to assess key issues, needs or concerns affecting business growth and development in Covington. • Assist businesses with navigation of city departments, programs, regulations and other processes necessary to grow or enhance their business. • Provide technical assistance with identifying economic assistance and financial resources to assist with financing businesses expansion and relocations. • Manage all BRE expansion leads and projects, including reviewing incentive applications, negotiating development agreements and contracts, and managing all contracts from execution to closure, including incentive monitoring.• Meet annual goals for contracts, BRE visits, and programs implementation from the City’s Economic Development Strategy.• Work with department director to establish annual goals and sector priorities. • Maintain a list of Covington Businesses by sector to use for retention calls.• Maintain Communications and relationships with businesses located in the city and develop an understanding of business needs. • Track retention and expansion prospects and activity using the department’s web-based CRM platform. Implemented Executive Pulse CRM. • Assist other department staff with populating and maintaining available listing for commercial properties.• Maintaining a listing of state, federal and local economic development incentives available to assist with business retention. • Maintaining a listing of Covington Businesses by sector to use for retention calls• Work with department director to establish annual goals and sector priorities. • Special projects relating to existing businesses.• Research & implement best practices for BRE programming.• Served on the Kentucky Small Business Development Center Board.
