Tampa Bay EDC claims top award
September 22, 2023 -
The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, which promotes the region to growing and new businesses, has won the International Economic Development Council's Gold Economic Development Organization of the Year Excellence Award for 2023 in the large market category. The EDC received the award this week during the IEDC's annual conference hosted in Dallas. "Hillsborough County and the Tampa Bay EDC have been collaborating successfully on transformative projects since the organization’s inception,” Ken Hagan, chairman of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, said in a statement. “Our nationally renowned talent attraction campaign, Make it Tampa Bay, is just one example. Thanks to our joint efforts, Hillsborough County has become one of the fastest growing destinations in the country for tech talent and tops the list of places Generation Z graduates want to move to launch their careers.”