Your Strategic Partner for Economic Development
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Creating Opportunity for Community Growth
Our Purpose
Chace Community Growth Advisors serves as an economic development extension to your current team by leading projects or initiatives for community growth through economic development strategy, business retention & expansion outreach, and workforce development facilitation in collaboration with local business, education leaders and stakeholders.
Our Services
- Economic Development Strategy
- Business Retention & Expansion
- Workforce Development
- Community Engagement Facilitation
- Structuring Public-Private Partnerships
- Fractional Leadership
Our Clients
- Economic Development Organizations
- Cities and Counties
- School Districts
- Chambers of Commerce
- Regional Partnerships
- Developers
- Private Companies
Tina Chace, Principal
A trusted leader in collaborative initiatives that positively impact and empower communities, Chace brings passion, creativity and data-driven solutions to manage complex solutions amid financial challenges. Throughout her career, Tina Chace has worked across numerous areas of community and economic development, including:
Economic Development Leadership
Providing executive leadership for economic development organizations focused on business attraction, business retention and expansion, workforce initiatives, strategic planning, investor relations, and organizational management.
Business Retention & Expansion
Working directly with existing businesses to understand operational challenges, identify expansion opportunities, connect companies with available resources, and strengthen long-term business relationships.
Workforce Development
Developing partnerships between employers, educational institutions, workforce organizations, and community leaders to address workforce challenges and support long-term economic competitiveness.
Strategic Planning
Facilitating organizational planning efforts that establish priorities, create measurable objectives, and guide implementation for long-term success.
Community Engagement
Leading collaborative planning initiatives that bring together public officials, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, educational partners, developers, and residents to establish shared priorities and build community consensus.
Organizational Development
Strengthening economic development organizations through governance improvements, investor engagement, operational planning, board development, and strategic leadership.
Tina is deeply rooted in community and regional leadership. She actively engages with the Kansas City economic ecosystem, serving alongside partner organizations like the Kansas City Area Development Council, Missouri Partnership, and Mid-America Regional Council to align infrastructure priorities and bring new capital investment to the region. She has worked with major brands like Google, Meta, Amazon, and Ace Hardware to bring more than $525 million dollars in capital investment to the region with more than 2,000 direct jobs. This experience allows her to understand what drives company’s decisions to invest in communities.