Have you met Peter Bishop?

If you're a business owner or entrepreneur in Burlington, he's someone you'll want to know. Among other things, his job is to help you grow your business and harness resources that local and state governments offer.

This is the first of what we hope will become a regular podcast with Peter Bishop, who has his fingers in all sorts of pies as Director of Economic Development for the City of Burlington. He's the first economic development director in our city's history.

Future casts will get into the details of growth and projects in Burlington and Alamance County, but for now, let's get to know him and his job.

In this podcast:
Peter's background in Cleveland and eastern NC
19:00 -- Role and goals of economic development
20:27 -- The LabCorp/ACC biotech partnership and what that means for biz
22:30 -- Aiding start-ups
27:00 -- Which entities does Peter work with locally and statewide?
32:30 -- Economic and job growth comes from small businesses. Peter's job is to help those business plan well and succeed.
37:00 -- Who's on the city's economic development team?
40:00 -- A day in the life of a city economic developer
42:00 -- What's happening at the city's old landfill site near the airport, and what Peter has to do with it.
47:30 -- How data helps attract, retain business interest
48:30 -- Beginning to end: How an economic development director assists a business development or expansion.
54:00 -- "If it's not one person's job, it's nobody's job."