West Des Moines Economic Development Director Graduates from Prestigious Institute

A press release from West Des Moines Community and Economic Development:

Clyde E. Evans, director of Community and Economic Development for the city of West Des Moines, graduated from the University of Oklahoma Economic
Development Institute on Nov. 15, 2012 at the OU EDI fall session held in
Indianapolis.

OU EDI is an intensive week long, three-tier program, which provides a broad
spectrum of advanced education for the economic development professional.

“As the premier organization dedicated to training economic development professionals, I am very pleased with this year’s graduates,” said the institute’s dean LaDene Bowen. “They represent some of the finest economic development practitioners in the U.S. working to support their local communities. My congratulations to them.”

Institute classes focus on three major core areas, including business retention
and expansion, real estate, and finance, as well as areas of concentration in
marketing, strategic planning, entrepreneurship, and managing economic
development organizations.

Students complete 117 hours of instruction with curriculum selected from more than 50 seminars, workshops and discussion groups.

The institute  is celebrating its 50th year of service to the professional economic development community. Fully accredited by the International Economic Development Council, the program has trained over 3,500 graduates and remains the world’s leading economic development program