Aug 13-14, 2020
Tennessee 2021
Helping communities in Tennessee learn to attract retail, teaching how data provides options, and real estate drives decisions.
empower
communities to ask for what they deserve.
educate
communities on what similar towns have received.
energize
communities to approach retail partners in a smart way.
equip
communities to meet their true potential.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY
A Partnership with the Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development
Retail Strategies is pleased to offer a program that fills a need and community desire to be more effective in retail recruitment. More than 85 Tennessee communities have participated in Retail Academy over the past four years.
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development is offering a grant opportunity to communities across the State with a population of less than 25,000 to help the selected communities increase revenues from retail. This grant will fully fund qualified cities to complete the Retail Academy program. The goal is to provide cities with the resources and education necessary to enhance their retail landscape and improve their economy as a whole. Retail Academy will educate communities on best practices to attract new retailers while providing resources support to existing local businesses. Retail Academy will empower these cities to increase their local sales and property tax collections as well as increase the overall quality of life.
This grant application applies to one of three programs offered:
Retail Academy 101, Retail Academy 201 and Retail Academy 301
Thursday, August 13th
12:30 Registration
1:00 Welcome and Overview
2:00 Breakouts (101,201,301)
3:30 – 5:30 Deal-Making Tables
6:30 Networking Reception – Granite City Food & Brewery
Friday, August 14th
7:00 Continental Breakfast at Hotel
8:00 Welcome and Recap
8:15 Case Study
9:00 Case Study
9:45 Redevelopment
10:30 Break
10:45 International Council of Shopping Centers
11:15 Next Steps & Benchmarks
12:00 Adjournment
301: Downtown Strategies
Thur, Nov 7, 2019
201: Site Strategies
Thur, Feb 6, 2020
101: COVID-19: Sales Tax
Forecasting and Job Vulnerability Tool
Thur, April 30, 2020
Lacy Beasley
President of Retail Strategies
lacy@retailstrategies.com
Madeline Farr
Director of Retail Academy
madeline@retailstrategies.com
Drury Plaza
1874 W McEwen Dr
Franklin, TN 37067
Economic Development Partnership
Retail Academy Tennessee pairs TNECD in the 4th Annual Retail Education sessions featuring multiple tiers of strategy and development for rural communities.
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Event Details
Event Date
Aug 13-14, 2020
Location
Franklin, TN or Online
Venue
Drury Plaza
1874 W McEwen Dr
Franklin, TN 37067
Contact
Madeline Farr
madeline@retailstrategies.com
Attendees
32 Communities
Hosted by Lacy Beasley, President of Retail Strategies, these intense learning sessions provide you with customized retail reports and best practices.
Retail Academy is a program that empowers community leaders to take a proactive approach to their retail opportunities. Communities will be trained and equipped with the tools and education necessary to attract new retailers to their markets, while providing support to their existing local businesses.
Retail Academy is designed to equip community leaders with a realistic list of retail prospects and action plan to market the community to the prospects.
Six hours of customized training include an education on the marketing materials provided, how to create an elevator pitch, setting up conference meetings, prospect outreach and where to find industry leading information critical to implementing a long-term retail recruitment plan.
Retail recruitment is a marathon, not a sprint
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