OM DENNE EPISODE
Todd Tucker has worked in economic development at three different altitudes: state commerce, utility site selection at Progress Energy, and now leading growth for a county whose tax base just jumped 30% in a single year. That range shows in how he thinks about the job.
Why most companies can't actually answer "how much power do you need," and what economic developers ask to get a real number
How Lee County's tax base grew 30% year over year to $8.8 billion, and the two levers, zoning and water and sewer access, local government actually has to manage it
"Coopetition": working with Raleigh, Durham, and Charlotte on shared infrastructure while still competing hard for the same projects
If your team is scaling growth, courting site selectors, or just trying to figure out which questions actually matter, this one's worth the full listen.
