Domestic Economic Development Agencies

Originally Published MX November/December 2005

BUSINESS PLANNING & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

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Most economic development agencies in the United States will say that they'd like to have medical device manufacturers set up shop in their region. However, not all are backing this up with the incentives and outreach necessary to gain the attention of medical product companies. Below are agencies that have shown an active interest in attracting and supporting the medtech industry.

Enterprise Florida 390 N. Orange Ave., Ste. 1300 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: 407/316-4600 www.eflorida.com	Economic Development Alliance     of St. Clair County 735 Erie St., Ste. 250 Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: 810/982-9511 www.edaofstclaircounty.com	Charleston Regional    Development Alliance 5300 International Blvd., Ste.    103A North Charleston, SC 29418 Phone: 843/767-9300 www.charleston-for-business.com
Tampa Bay Partnership 4300 W. Cypress St., Ste. 250 Tampa, FL 33607 Phone: 813/878-2208 www.tampabay.org	Greater Raleigh Chamber of    Commerce 800 S. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919/664-7000 www.raleighchamber.org	Greater Austin Chamber of    Commerce 210 Barton Springs Rd., Ste. 400 Austin, TX 78704 Phone: 512/478-9383 www.austinchamber.org
Chicago-Cook Business Center 69 W. Washington St., Ste. 2900 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: 312/603-1070 www.chicago-cook.org	Greater Fargo Moorhead    Economic Development Corp. 51 Broadway, Ste. 500 Fargo, ND 58102 Phone: 877/243-0281 www.fmedc.com	The Health Industry Council 3001 Skyway Cir. N., Ste. 100 Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972/256-2291 www.healthindustrycouncil.org
Merrimack Valley    Economic Development    Council 439 S. Union St. Lawrence, MA 01843 Phone: 978/975-8787 www.merrimackvalley.info	Lehigh Valley Economic    Development Corp. P.O. Box 21750 Lehigh Valley, PA 18002 Phone: 610/266-6775 www.lehighvalley.org	Hampton Roads Economic    Development Alliance 500 Main St., Ste. 1300 Norfolk, VA 23510 Phone: 757/627-2315 www.hreda.com
SouthCoast Development    Partnership 285 Old Westport Rd. North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Phone: 508/999-9143 www.southcoastdev.org	Pittsburgh Regional Alliance Regional Enterprise Tower 425 Sixth Ave., Ste. 1100 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 877/392-1300 www.pittsburghregion.org	Economic Development Council    of Snohomish County 728 134th St. S.W., Ste. 128 Everett, WA 98204 Phone: 425/743-4567 www.snoedc.org
Michigan Economic Development    Corp. 300 N. Washington Sq. Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: 888/522-0103 http://medc.michigan.org	Palmetto Economic    Development Corp. 1201 Main St., Ste. 1710 Columbia, SC 29201 Phone: 803/254-9211 www.southcarolinapowerteam.com	Inland Northwest    Economic Alliance P.O. Box 164 Liberty Lake, WA 99019 Phone: 866/495-8877 www.inlandnorthwestregion.com
Oakland County Planning &    Economic Development 1200 N. Telegraph Rd., Bldg. 34E Pontiac, MI 48341 Phone: 248/858-9099 www.co.oakland.mi.us/peds

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