With a reputation for being out in front on major issues in economic development, Don A. Holbrook frequently serves as a media resource on:
- How cities of all sizes and shapes can begin to create tangible and intangible actions to build a world-class community
- How cities can become sought after locales for new high-skilled workforce residents and business opportunities
- Globalization as it relates to local city economic development (what it takes to succeed and the cost of procrastination and failure)
- The impact of technology on economic development
- The drivers of corporate site location decisions in the global economy
Don's contributed to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Times, Business Facilities, Site Selection, Canadian Business, Fox Prime Time, Inside Economic Development, Council for Urban Economic Development Commentary, Plant Sites & Parks, and the IEDC Economic Development Journal. He's also hosted a monthly public television show on development issues and has been a guest on numerous radio talk shows related to his field of expertise.
Recent Television Interviews
Don Holbrook interviewed on KTIV, May 2008, during the Economic Development Summit: Rural Economic Development in the 21st Century in Wayne, NE
Read full article, NE Economic Leaders: Rural America Is 'Dying', from KTIV News Channel 4.
Don Holbrook interviewed on Fox Business News, December 2007:
Don's second interview on Fox Business News, December 2007:
Recent Audio Interviews
Listen to Don Holbrook being interviewed by Krishna De about, "The Impact of Globalization on Local Economies" (50 mins):
Recent Press
Speaker: Economy is in 'transition,' not recession
by Jim Jaworski
Source: Chicago Sun-Times, June 26, 2008
Transition can be a very painful process, and Don Holbrook thinks America is in the middle of the biggest economic transition in history... More
Articles related to Don Holbrook serving as a judge for the North American Cities of the Future 2007/08 rankings:
www.fdimagazine.com
www.midwestbusiness.com
Representative Articles by Don A. Holbrook
- Small Community, Big-Picture Perspective, Economic Development America, December 2007 (423K PDF)
- Cities at War, Foreign Direct Investment, April/May 2007 (814K PDF)
- Site Selection Technology Paradigm Shift, Economic Development Journal, Summer 2005 (1.5MB PDF)
- How Useful Are City Ratings? , Economic Development Commentary, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1998 (104K PDF)
Contact Don to schedule an interview.
Listen to a testimonial for, "The Little Black Book," by Jeff Finkle, CEcD, President/CEO, The International Economic Development Council, IEDC (2 mins. 30 secs.):
