Hudson, NH. Bill McInerney today announces the formation of McInerney Consultants, a privately owned, full service, New Hampshire based, professional consulting firm specializing in comprehensive and innovative private sector and municipal economic development services.
New England communities are now facing the harsh realities of the severe economic climate as more retailers and manufacturing firms fold or move and jobs vanish.
McInerney states," Even in the best of times muncipal economic development is a slow, continuous process, requring demanding resources, adequate funding, expertise with experience, technical know-how plus on-going research, planning, cutting-edge and cost effective marketing but with no guarantees in this " post globalization age."
"Many private firms have moved abroad or have taken flight to the south or western states forcing major changes in New England developmental theories and implementation. "
"As local and state-to-state competition for new businesses intensifies cities and towns need to be prudent in their developmental undertakings and realistic in their expectations."
Oportunities abound for those few communties that are realistic, competitive, innovative in their executing of well-planned, properly funded and developmental pursuits.
Before investing public resources some communties may want to ascertain if they are truly, "pro-developmental orientated?"
Others may have to face the consequences of decades of poor to no economic planning or worse and now face-up to the harsh realities of former local 'NIMBY' ( Not In My Backyard) encounters. Pro-active "anti-developmentalist"
The core dynamics of community development marketing has greatly changed and matured. Traditional and modern media needs to be creatively combined. Print advertising in select trade publication, national and regional press should be implemented in conjunction and in harmony with web sites, blogs and the use of social-media sites.
The more frugal communities might want to focus on only a few components rather than attempting to offer a full menu of programs and services. Categoties can be limited to: industrial retention, expansion and attraction, retail enhancement programs, business assistance or tourism enhancement efforts.
Today's savvy entrepreners seeking locations desire them at rock-bottom prices and with public and or public-and-private sector incentives and financial assistance. They know that slogans don't help in their bottom-line cost of relocation and set-up expenses.
Bill McInerney was a pioneer in the field of economic development with his innovative approach of working in collaboration and in active partnerships between economic development endeavors and institutes of high education in Massachusetts.
Some of McInerney's professional public consuling services include: Municipal Economic Plans, Business Retention Programs, Finaiclal Assistance Programs for Business, Economic Impact Analysis, Local Asset Analysis, Community Image Enhancement Programs, Marketing Programs and Community Specific Projects and offers oversight and evaluation services for on going programs.
For communties it's mission is to provide: competitive positioning and branding strategies, realistic municipal economic plans and strategies, advanced cost-effective markerting communication recommendsations, innovative and when possible, one-of -a kind economic development programs, program management, oversight and evaluation
Bill McInerney is the former Economic Development Director of Lynn, MA. He has over 30 years hands-on experience in both private and public sector economic development. As a fromer industrial and commercial broker he has sold or leased over ten million square feet of building area and helped to retain and attract numerous jobs in diverse industries.
He possesses extensive education and experience in banking, the property valuation process, markerting communications and finance.
He was awared a Special Citation by the Commonwealh of Massachusetts for his econimic development successfull activities. He can be reached at (617) 816-3933 or by e mail at: mcinerneyconsultants@
