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JACK
ALLSTON, CEcD, FM.
Senior
Economic Development Consultant
Jack
has spent over 30 years in the field of economic development.
He has worked
throughout North America, including Canada, New York, Massachusetts,
West Virginia, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kansas.
He has worked
on dozens and dozens of site locations and expansions of companies
such as: CB Sports, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Yuasa- Exide, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, CR Bard, Mallinkrodt, Nationwide
Insurance, Hewlett-Packard, United Merchants and Manufacturers,
James River.
For eight
years he was managing consultant to Paragon Decision Resources,
a major site selection and relocation company headquartered out
of Chicago and California. While there, he wrote numerous plans,
studies and reports and advised communities on how to develop
and companies on where to locate.
He has lectured
and been a guest speaker throughout the continent and is particularly
noted for his talks in Canada on marketing and strategic planning,
the American way.
He is a graduate
of Lowell University, Lowell, Massachusetts; B.S., Business Administration,
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; M.A., Economics
(with a concentration in labor).
Graduate,
Institute for Organization Management sponsored by Chamber of
Commerce of U.S. Graduate, Economic Development Institute, University
of Oklahoma and American Economic Development Council.
Certified
Economic Developer (C.E.D.) and former member of the Certification
Board of the American Economic Development Council Fellow Member,
American Economic Development Council, winner of the Distinguished
Service Award from that council in 1993.
Jack went
to Paragon as a permanent employee in November, 1998 as manager
of Site Selection and Development and manages several projects
for Paragon. He has recently completed site selection work for
Reliastar/ING, Becton Dickinson, EMD Chemicals and a new corporate
headquarters location for La Quinta Hotels in Dallas.
He has conducted
workshops on economic development over the last several years
in Halifax for the Regional Economic Development Authorities of
the Province of Nova Scotia, CUED, the South Dakota Chamber of
Commerce and Economic Development Association, Stockton, California
for educators and training agencies on workforce development (3X),
Washington, Iowa for area volunteers and business people on principles
of economic development, the City of Toronto, Alliant Energy,
Mid America Economic Development Council (MAEDC) and many others,
Watertown, South Dakota on strategic planning and marketing, Mid
America Economic Development Council on workforce development.
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