How We Help
1-Day Rural Development Workshop—$2,000
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
- Pre-workshop—Meet with the economic development professional to get the lay of the land.
- Workshop—Bring leaders together to discuss your community's development challenges, obstacles, and opportunities.
- Discuss the essential elements for rural development success and how to develop them in your community.
- Identify your community's job growth
- Pre-workshop—Meet with the economic development professional to get the lay of the land.
- Workshop—Bring leaders together to discuss your community's development challenges, obstacles, and opportunities.
- Discuss the essential elements for rural development success and how to develop them in your community.
- Identify your community's job growth magnets and discuss how to leverage and grow them.
- Learn innovative and proven strategies to grow jobs and opportunities in your community.
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
- Pre-visit—Review the existing economic development plan and vital demographic data.
- Day 1—Tour the community and meet with economic development staff, board, and other government leaders.
- Day 2—Meet with local business and education leaders to discuss the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for job growth.
- Day 3—Present a development as
- Pre-visit—Review the existing economic development plan and vital demographic data.
- Day 1—Tour the community and meet with economic development staff, board, and other government leaders.
- Day 2—Meet with local business and education leaders to discuss the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for job growth.
- Day 3—Present a development assessment and develop an action plan you can implement to create jobs and opportunities in your community.
Strategic Plan & Implementation Support—$60,000
3-Day Development Assessment + Action Plan—$7,500
Strategic Plan & Implementation Support—$60,000
- Review the existing economic development plan and vital demographic data.
- Meet with government, business, education, and community leaders regarding development challenges and opportunities.
- Conduct workshops and focus groups to identify vital development issues and solutions.
- Work with community leaders to develop an actionable strategic pl
- Review the existing economic development plan and vital demographic data.
- Meet with government, business, education, and community leaders regarding development challenges and opportunities.
- Conduct workshops and focus groups to identify vital development issues and solutions.
- Work with community leaders to develop an actionable strategic plan to grow jobs and opportunities.
- We stay with you for 3 months to help you start getting things done.
About Us
Dr. Malcolm Portera
Dr. Portera, the former President of Mississippi State University and Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, has been involved in economic development for the past 40+ years. Dr. Portera helped to recruit industrial development projects that have resulted in over $15 billion of capital investment in the Southeast U.S. These projects include Nissan-Mississippi, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi, Hyundai-Alabama, Mercedes-Benz Alabama, Victor Company of Japan, and several others.
Andy Portera
Andy, an attorney by training, has worked with economic development organizations, city and county governments, and higher education partners since co-founding Portera & Associates in 2014. Andy’s consulting practice focuses on rural communities and organizations throughout the Southeast US. In addition, Andy has taken several partners on international recruiting trips to Germany, Japan, and South Korea.
