209: Building a Cross-Border Economic Engine with Heath Vescovi-Chiordi

About this episode

Dane Carlson interviews Heath Vescovi-Chiordi about economic development strategies in Pima County, Arizona, focusing on cross-border trade and community engagement.

In this episode of the Econ Dev Show, Dane Carlson sits down with Heath Vescovi-Chiordi, Director of Economic Development for Pima County, Arizona, to explore how one of the largest counties in the country balances rural biodiversity, cross-border trade with Mexico, aerospace and optics clusters, semiconductor workforce development, and even controversial data center projects. Heath shares how a four-and-a-half-person team coordinates across municipalities, tribal nations, academia, and public health to execute a regional strategy that blends quantitative results with qualitative community engagement. From a $1.2 billion battery manufacturing project to evolving policies on nondisclosure agreements and enhanced due diligence, this conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at modern county-level economic development in action Like this show? Please leave us a review here — even one sentence helps! Special Guest: Heath Vescovi-Chiordi. Sponsored By: Sitehunt : If your property data is scattered or out of date, you're losing projects. Sitehunt gives economic developers an AI-powered property database and instant RFI responses. Schedule a demo today! Links: Heath Vescovi-Chiordi…

People in this episode

Host: Dane Carlson

Guest: Heath Vescovi-Chiordi

Topics covered

• economic development
• cross-border trade
• workforce development
• community engagement
• biodiversity
• data centers

Keywords

• economic development
• cross-border trade
• Pima County
• Heath Vescovi-Chiordi
• workforce development
• biodiversity
• data centers
• community engagement
• battery manufacturing

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pima County

Places: Arizona, Mexico

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