Cultivate an economic environment where all people and organizations flourish.
Core Business
(What We Do) – Success Of Primary-sector Companies
Retention & Expansion
Attraction
New Company Development
Core Values
(What We Believe And How We Behave)
Show Genuine Care
Create New Possibilities
Make it Happen
Strategic Pillars
(How We Succeed)
Serve as a Business Concierge to primary sector companies
Workforce Alignment by partnering to co-create and implement strategies to address workforce challenges, with our specific leadership focused on workforce recruitment
Ecosystem Development by intentionally catalyzing, convening, and collaborating to solve the biggest problems and create new opportunities to drive our economy
Led by a board of the metro’s top leaders, the GFMEDC has been serving the region’s economic development needs for more than 75 years.
Backed by a qualified staff and more than 115 private and public organizations, the GFMEDC remains dedicated to the regional economy’s biggest driver – primary-sector companies.