2026 Schedule

Join Us!

Heartland EDC covers the basics for economic developers: Getting your Organization Ready, Getting your "Product" Ready, and Strengthening and Growing your Business Base.

Faculty information coming next March!

March 27, 9:00-11:15 AM or April 1, 9:00-11:15 AM (must attend one)

VIRTUAL: Heartland Course Overview | Strategic Planning for Economic Development Part 1 | Intro to Ethics

April 13

Optional evening reception and course check-in at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center

April 14 - Day 1

7:00 a.m. Course registration

8 a.m. Course opening

Course Sections (subject to change):

  • Managing an EDO
  • Ethics Part 2
  • Business Retention & Expansion

April 15 - Day 2

Course Sections (subject to change):

  • Economic Development Finance
  • Workforce Development & Talent Retention/Attraction
  • Entrepreneurship

State Dinners - on your own

April 16 - Day 3

Course Sections (subject to change):

  • Real Estate & RFIs
  • Disaster Prep & Response (Strategic Planning Part 2)
  • Neighborhood/Community Development/Placemaking Bus Tour & Training

April 17 - Day 4

Course Sections (subject to change):

  • Housing Strategies Share-Out
  • Understanding Site Selection
  • Wrap Up & Moving Forward

Adjourn by noon!

 

Upon satisfactory completion of the course and a course evaluation, participants receive a completion certificate and can continue their training with the International Economic Development Council's professional development series, or the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute.