How To Become a Member

Can you afford to be "off the map" when it comes to prospects?

Join one of the fastest growing marketing networks for economic development organizations and get your communities on the LocationOne map!

Discover the marketing advantage enjoyed by more than 6,500 communities across 16 states with this award winning site/building search engine. See What Our Members Say!

It's no secret that 95% of all site searches begin online. National site selections consultants are turning to LocationOne® more and more, resulting in nearly 200,000 data searches just last year. Don't you want your communities there? This revolutionary, web-enabled recruitment tool showcases communities, sites and buildings with attractive, customized views. Prospects are delighted by the powerful IEDC-compliant data sorting feature that provides a true "apples to apples" comparison of community information.

As a LocationOne Member, you will benefit by providing your organization and local economic development partners with an easy-to-use community and real estate marketing tool that will put them on a level playing field with the most sophisticated economic development organization. In return, through the unique one-point-of-entry advantage, your organization will have access to a real-time database of available sites and buildings in your service area, eliminating the need for in-house resources to collect information from your communities.

Connect Globally, Promote Locally

Connect and empower hundreds of communities - large and small. Be among an increasing number of communities electing to "link" to a customized LocationOne site from their community websites to ensure that potential prospects have direct access to their information.

LocationOne is developed and managed by KCP&L's Economic Development Division. It is therefore, created by and for economic developers.

A state or utility economic development organization can become a LocationOne on behalf of the communities they serve. LocationOne is a one-of-a-kind system. You could not design a system for less than our membership price.

For a demonstration on how this product can benefit your economic development organization and a price quote, contact locationone@locationone.com.

Testimonials

"Through participation in this robust database, economic development professionals are experiencing the rewards of unprecedented data-sharing."

-- Cheryl Welge, Ameren's Business Development Executive

"There is nothing else like it out there. Virtually all site searches begin on the web and now our 300 communities can compete on a level playing field - from the 50-person village to the 200,000-person city."

-- John Helms, Research Manager, Mississippi Development Authority and Board Member, The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) (formerly ACCRA).

"Our communities range in population from 1,000 - 50,000 and most of them could not afford to build or buy this powerful tool on their own. It has virtually leveled the marketing playing field across our state."

-- Dan Anderson, Senior Vice President, Iowa Area Development Group

"LocationOne's compliance with IEDC data fields is a tremendous advantage to us when responding to RFPs, We are prepared to react more quickly than ever, as many requests require us to present data consistent with IEDC guidelines."

-- Marlena Bandurski, Research Director, Greater Des Moines Partnership and Vice Chair of The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER).

"How many people get to talk directly to Microsoft and have changes made to applications that directly affect them? LocationOne subscribers enjoy an unparalleled involvement in the on-going development of this powerful application."

-- Sharon Seffrood, Web Marketing Specialist, Forward Wisconsin