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St. Cloud interviews economic-development consultants, council presses for jobs and project management
Summary
City officials interviewed three shortlisted firms for RFQ 2025209, pressing candidates for visible job-creation results within six months, stronger project management of dozens of active developments and strategies to leverage nearby NeoCity and local CRA assets.
The St. Cloud City Council on Wednesday interviewed three firms competing for RFQ 2025209 to provide economic-development consulting services, pressing applicants to show how they would deliver short-term job leads, manage existing projects and connect the city nd its land assets to new employers.
Mike Scholl, national economic-development lead for Ayers Associates, outlined a partnership that includes Metro Forecasting and Arnett Muldrow and said the firm brings developer relationships and proprietary market tools such as ESRI Business Analyst and CoStar. "I always say, if you control the land, you control your future," Scholl said, arguing that identifying developable ground and linking it to developers is central to recruitment.
Laura Smith, urban analytics director with GAI Consultants, said her Central Florida firm would begin with a market diagnostic and…
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