Community Assessment Tour & Stakeholder Education Event

The ST. PETERSBURG EDC has invited Site Selection Consultant, Vicki Horton to evaluate the City of ST. PETERSBURG on July 20 and July 21. Vicki will be meeting with COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY LEADERS, and touring the City to provide her ASSESSMENT OF ST. Pete. She will also be reviewing critical site selection factors and discussing how ST. PETERSBURG matches up. Please join us to hear her evaluation and for a Q&A session on FRIDAY, JULY 21 AT 3:00 PM. Cocktails and a networking opportunity will be provided immediately following the EVENT. We look forward to seeing you there!     About Vicki Horton:  Vicki has been a professional site selection consultant for 25 years.  She assists her corporate clients with supply chain optimization, entry into the US market, location strategy, community evaluation, site selection, real estate negotiation, and economic development incentive negotiation and collection. In her 25 plus year career, Vicki has worked for well-known site selection firms including The Austin Company, Fantus Consulting, Deloitte and Touche, SC&H Group, Myriad Partners and Crowe Horwath.  She also spent a portion of her career as the Director of Network Strategy for a nationally known consumer products company. Vicki works with Fortune 100, 500 and middle market companies.  Some of her current and past clients include Porsche, Cox Enterprises, PPD, HCA, ConAgra, Hobart, Avery Dennison, Russell Stover, Under Armour, Springs Industries, ADP, Chicos, Simmons, Fisher Scientific, Owens Corning, Gaylord Entertainment, and AOL. Vicki earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Akron and a Masters of Public Administration degree from Cleveland State University. She is an active member of the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC), The Association of Operations Management (APICS), The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), International Tax Professionals (ITP) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Vicki is a paid speaker, professor, and an award-winning published author.  Her award-winning book, _The One You Feed_, is a compilation of short stories, reflection questions, and quotes designed to assist in the development of key character traits in children ages 7 to 14.  In 2013 _The One You Feed_ won the National Indie Excellence Award in the categories of Book Cover Non-Fiction and Young Adult Non-Fiction.  She is a part-time professor in the Geography Department at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.  She teaches courses on Site Selection and Economic Development.