Members

Membership Benefits

Board of Directors Priority: Build Economic Development from a Foundation of Professionalism and Integrity.

Mission Statement: TCD supports economic development activities that create jobs and bring investment into western Nebraska.

Vision: Connecting business with possibilities.

Core Values: Community, Integrity, Service, Trust, Leadership, and Innovation

Members support and investment for Twin Cities Development provides the following core
economic development programs including:

• Lead Generation and Recruitment
• Entrepreneurship
• Workforce Development and Workforce Housing
• Grow Existing Companies

Communications

• We keep our partners and investors up to date with newsletters, blogs, and email notices. Keeping you informed on TCD activities, board actions, and important economic development data and demographics is important to us.
• Annual Meeting Luncheon: Late fall each year

Lead Generation

• TCD markets Scottsbluff/Gering/Terrytown/Bayard and Scotts Bluff County area in a comprehensive strategy to 16 counties surrounding our area and to Metropolitan communities of Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, and San Angelo and 6 cities in Canada for potential economic development projects in key target industries of agri-business/high technology agriculture; manufacturing and advanced precision manufacturing; value-added food processing; and transportation, logistics, and warehousing.
• Members can volunteer for Special Task Forces when needed on key economic development actions.
• Partner with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development on lead generation activities including trade shows, site consultant forums, and special target industry events.

Online Presence

• We bring exposure to your business through a multitude of media options including our website’s online member directory, hyperlinks, social media sites, newsletter, and emails. We exclusively refer our members daily through inquiries received via phone, mails, email, and walk-ins.
• The GIS component tool integrated into our website uses customizable layers with market information, demographics, workforce, infrastructure, housing, business, and industry. Members’ sites and buildings are added to the TCD list of available properties and are marketed nationally and internationally. TCD site and building evaluation for economic development projects.
• Data and Demographics: Customize and share important economic development data and demographics with members, organizations, prospects, and other agencies.
• Jobs listing on WeHaveJobs website
• TCD includes the entire region in all labor market analysis for economic development projects.

Entrepreneurship & Networking

• The eCenter offers office and innovation space for entrepreneurs to develop their business into successful businesses
• eCenter Coffees: The 1st Thursday of every month TCD discusses entrepreneurship training including marketing, finance, business plan development, “In your own words” new business startup stories on lessons learned in their journey to start a business, and Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) and Scottsbluff/Gering Chamber of Commerce workshops.
• eCenter Big Idea Thursdays: eCenter Big Idea Thursdays: The 3rd Thursday of every month TCD discusses economic development topics, TCD activities, and programs, special speakers, conversations on the four Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies of TCD (See Core Economic Development Programs above).

Workforce Housing & Workforce Development

• Workforce housing: Offer short-term and long-term housing to newly recruited employees to the community.
• Workforce housing grants for housing projects.
• TCD support and partners with WNCC and SB/Gering Chamber of Commerce on workforce skills development through the TCD eCenter.

Grow Existing Businesses in the Region

• TCD offers “One-Stop” Business Coaching for business startups partnering with the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBC), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Enterprise Assistance Program (REAP), and Panhandle Area Development District (PADD).  Any existing business or business startup can use this service.
• Support the Gering LB 840 incentives by consulting with each applicant on their application before it is reviewed by the Gering LB 840 Committee.      
• Meet with existing businesses to assist and support the growth of their business.