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Program Overview

How Texas Stacks Up Against Other States When It Comes to Incentives
When it comes down to making a good site decision a great one, incentives can often tip the scales. EDO’s rarely have time to evaluate what incentive programs are leveraged in their peer markets, knowledge that can be an effective tool when crafting a sales approach. This session will focus on best incentive practices across the U.S. and how top economic development programs stack up against the Lone Star State.

 Doug McDonald, Dir. of Economic Development, Plano TX, will also discuss the modernization of their incentives tool kit, along with best practices.
Speakers:
Alicia Hutchings, Site Selection Incentives, Project Manager, CRESA
Doug McDonald, Director of Economic Development, City of Plano
Thane Hutcherson, Director - Location and Incentives, Atlus Group

Electric Vehicles: A Case Study on Sustainability
PepsiCo has one of the largest privately owned fleets in North America with a goal to become net zero.  This session will target specific initiatives behind these goals and what is being done to achieve them.
Speaker:
Megan Petillo, Sustainability Director for Global Real Estate, PepsiCo

Local Trends and Topics
In this dynamic moderated audience-to-audience Q&A session, corporate real estate, economic development, and service provider professionals raise topics, while suggesting answers and solutions to CRE-related questions. Come prepared to ask questions and offer your own input.
Moderators:
"Super" Dave Quinn, Economic Development Manager, Fairview Texas EDC

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