Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

Dane Carlson

Dane Carlson explores the strategies, ideas, and insights that are driving economic development forward into the future. You'll hear new insights from passionate ED's about their successes and struggles, and you'll learn from attraction and retention experts about how to apply actionable strategies inside your EDO. We'll help take your organization, your community, and your career to the next level.

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Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

Episodes (233)

Monday Infrastructure, Trust, and the Future of Economic Development with Will Williams
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Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

Aug 24, 2026
29¼ minutes
27 MB

In this episode of the Econ Dev Show Dane Carlson talks with Will Williams, president and CEO of the Western South Carolina Economic Development Partnership, about how economic development has changed over his career: from paper RFIs and long project timelines to massive capital investments, compressed decisions, and new infrastructure demands. They dig into Western South Carolina’s effort to develop a 1,900-acre industrial park, the growing constraint of electrical capacity, and the heated debate surrounding data centers. Will argues that communities should evaluate data centers the same way they evaluate other industrial projects: by lo...

Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development

Infrastructure, Trust, and the Future of Economic Development with Will Williams

Dane Carlson

00:00 -29:21