Expertise Built On Experience
What sets Sanford Holshouser apart?
For over 20 years, Sanford Holshouser Economic Development Consulting, LLC (SHEDC) has been known as a highly respected economic development consulting firm. But, our sterling reputation is based on much more than our firm’s years of operation.
Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, SHEDC has satellite offices across North Carolina and Roanoke, Virginia.
Our team of innovative, accomplished economic development professionals collectively possess over 250 years of practitioner-based experience providing services in many states, and in other countries, as well. Every partner has “frontline” experience in running successful economic development programs at local, regional and state levels. This experience has proven very beneficial to our clients.
Service Offerings
Comprehensive Economic Development
SHEDC partners have spent years leading successful local, regional, and state-wide economic development organizations. As a result, we’re uniquely qualified to support communities with a range of services including Strategic Planning, Product Development, Incentive Negotiation and more.
Site Selection
SHEDC has provided site selection and incentive negotiation services to a wide range of global corporate clients. Since 2015, our partners have led projects representing over $4 billion in investments. With our services, all relevant data and factors will be considered, and no potential incentive support will be overlooked.
policy analysis
SHEDC has led a number of state level economic development analyses. These have included economic/fiscal impact studies and recommendations to create and improve public economic development policies and important state level policy and programmatic initiatives.
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