Leadership Transition at RDG
We are pleased to announce long-time principals Clint Nessmith and Matt Chambers will be transitioning to leadership roles as founders...
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Matthew Chambers
Jul 1, 20211 min read
A New Face at RDG
We are very pleased to announce that Lindsay Bensko has joined the RDG team. Lindsay brings 15-years of experience working in investor...
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Doug Radcliff
May 18, 20215 min read
POSITIONED TO WIN: How can communities organize to pursue federal funds and just about anything?
By RDG Director of Innovation and Global Research Doug Radcliff As a result of the ongoing pandemic, we know governments at all levels...
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Clint Nessmith
Apr 20, 20213 min read
Work From Home and Your Revenue
By RDG Principal Clint Nessmith I hope all our readers are doing well! With mass-vaccinations occurring (my arm was incredibly sore!) I...
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Matthew Chambers
Feb 26, 20214 min read
A Revolutionary Pivot or an Unscalable Experiment?
A Revolutionary Pivot or an Unscalable Experiment? By RDG Principal Matthew Chambers Only have ten seconds? The pandemic continues to...
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Clint Nessmith
Jan 20, 20213 min read
RDG's Interview Series
RDG's INTERVIEW SERIES A Conversation with Dr. Anna Lebesch about Talent Development By RDG Principal Clint Nessmith Resource Development...
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Rob Radcliff
Jun 24, 20203 min read
Does the Rising Tide Really Lift Everyone’s Boat?
These are truly unique times in which we are living: global pandemic, renewed focus on systemic racism and economic disparity,...
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Doug Radcliff
May 26, 20204 min read
The COVID-19 Wake-Up Call – Is it all Bad?
This week we are expanding our normal commentary on the intersection of life and economic development funding to look a bit more broadly...
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Beth Pulliam
May 14, 20203 min read
Lotteries, Risk, and Infectious Diseases.
By RDG Principal Beth Pulliam A few weeks ago, an organization known as Stop Predatory Gambling requested lottery betting to be...
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Rob Radcliff
May 4, 20203 min read
WHY DOESN’T CONGRESS LIKE THE 501(c)6?
If your corporate structure happens to be as a 501(c)6, that headline probably got your attention. In a recent POLL RDG conducted, 70% of...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 23, 20203 min read
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GREAT RECESSION
Do you read The Hustle? It’s an online subscription news service that offers an edgier dive into the topics of the day. Mike and I have...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 14, 20203 min read
Funding Your Work In Uncertain Times – Part Two!
First off, I hope everyone is healthy and safe right now. This is an uncertain time for us all and the most important thing we can do is...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Panoptic or Myopic?
I recently heard a comment that really stuck with me: We see what we dare to see. When I first heard this, I wasn’t exactly sure what the...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Collaboration Pays Off BIG!
Earlier this year, JP Morgan Chase announced the winners (see here) in their most recent round of Advancing Cities funding, which...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Funding Your Work In Uncertain Times
As EDOs look to their budgets over the next few months, determining the proper course of action will be challenging to say the least. We...
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Rob Radcliff
Jun 12, 20192 min read
We Can All Learn Something From Tiger
Tiger’s back! That was the headline a little over a month ago when Tiger Woods won the Masters, his first major championship since 2008....
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Rob Radcliff
May 6, 20192 min read
RDG Celebrates Economic Development Week 2019!
Happy fourth annual Economic Development Week! Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council...
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Rob Radcliff
Apr 15, 20193 min read
One Size Does Not Fit All
In my role as behind-the-scenes design “expert” for RDG, I am the chief Principal responsible for making our proposal responses to RFPs...
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Clint Nessmith
Mar 11, 20193 min read
Infrastructure, Transportation and Housing, Oh My…!
I live in Statesboro, GA, a small college town close to Savannah. Despite our relatively small size, Statesboro’s most pressing...
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Clint Nessmith
Dec 13, 20183 min read
Planning Now Translates To Future Fundraising Success
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of joining a panel at IEDC’s Annual Conference in Atlanta where my role was to speak about the...
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