Economic & Workforce Development Consulting We Help You Grow Jobs.
We help clients CREATE + ACT on strategic plans to create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural communities.

We help clients CREATE + ACT on strategic plans to create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural communities.
We work with clients to create a customized strategic plan to help facilitate job growth and a more skilled workforce.
We work with clients to take their customized strategic plan, prioritize it, and act on it. We strive to "Do Something."
We work with our clients to help increase financial support for their economic development efforts.
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. In 2013, The Korea Innovation Center named Dr. Portera as a Global Leader Mentor to help advise Korea's Creative Economy Initiative. Throughout his career in higher education, Dr. Portera worked to ensure that his universities worked to support local, regional, and state economic and workforce development efforts.
Andy, an attorney by training, represented business and industry in complex litigation matters throughout the Southeast U.S. before turning his focus to economic and workforce development. Andy has an active consulting practice where he assists higher education clients, business and industry, and industrial development organizations throughout the Southeast. Andy's passion is helping communities create jobs that spur economic growth.
It's easy to spend your time analyzing, planning, and discussing potential solutions. Plans are essential, but they are useless sitting on a shelf. To achieve results, you must "Do Something."
Quality jobs are hard to come by. A focused retention and expansion program along with a targeted recruiting effort is critical to adding quality jobs in your community.
A skilled workforce is essential for existing businesses to grow and is also a top priority for outside investors.
Economic development is ultra-competitive, and adequate funding is vital. Let us help you build financial support that supports your development efforts.
Let us work with you to execute a strategic plan that leads to job growth and a more skilled workforce in your community.
"The money we spent with Portera is one of the best investments this county has ever made."
-County Board of Supervisor in rural Mississippi