Brevard County, Florida—The Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast has engaged in research, analysis and dialogue with key stakeholders to create a three-year strategic plan with four strategic priorities, three key goals and five industrial clusters. Linda Brandt, President and CEO, brandt ronat + company and Melinda Ridgley, Vice President, Accounts, brandt ronat + company have volunteered for important councils which will help guide the implementation of the EDC’s strategic plan. Each council is structured around four strategic priority areas and will serve as integral tools in achieving three important goals: Create 2,250 New Jobs; Change 12 Business Policies; and Become a Community of Distinction.

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Brevard County, Florida – Brandt Ronat and Company has joined with the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast in setting a 3-Year Strategic Plan focused on building a better Brevard County. Together with the other coalition partners, we have identified industry clusters, primary strategic priorities and goals by which we will measure our success. We do this to improve our businesses, our lives, our communities and our opportunities, and because we believe we are stronger together than we are apart.

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Brandt Ronat + Company is launching a special service line: Media Budget Consultation/Review and Recommendation.

In the community, we have many conversations with business people. Some of them are already our clients, but more often than not, these people are business colleagues, acquaintances and friends. They are business people focused on the day-to-day operations of their business and marketplace. They are extremely interested in how they are spending their media marketing and advertising budget. But they don’t always have all the information they need to stay knowledgeable and current about the media options that are available.

Or, they are extremely savvy marketers who have significant marketing budgets but don’t have enough time to stay on top of the rapidly changing current state of options that exist in the media world. They are wondering: “does that $200,000 annual contract still make sense? Can we save our company money and still get results? How do I recommend moving away from what has always worked?”

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Here on the Space Coast our namesake industry is always on our minds. It's a huge part of our economy and a large part of our identity. But the space industry is becoming increasingly global—a phenomenon the Space Foundation documents in their important annual publication, The Space Report.

These are works of substantial impact in the space industry—an authoritative look at the global impact of space activities with a focus on the economic impacts. This year’s book, recently completed and released, is an academic achievement credited to the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office led by Marty Hauser, Vice President, Research and Analysis, working with a team of contributors from across the country.

brandt ronat + company has served as the design/development team for the three Space Reports that have been published (2006, 2008 and 2009), guiding the look of the book through image selection and layout, as well as writing captions and producing digital editions of the books.

brandt ronat + company is proud to have contributed to the production of this book. The Space Report team consisted of Jay Decator, Project Manager; Julian Bennett, Lead Designer; Tina Shea, Designer; William Ronat, Support; Lisa Hansen, Support; and Linda Brandt, Account Supervisor.

To learn more about this comprehensive look at the global space industry, you may want to follow the link below to a SatMagazine article, which provides excerpts from the latest edition. Or you can follow the other links to the websites for Space Foundation and The Space Report, where the books are available for purchase.

SatMagazine

Space Foundation

The Space Report