Gary Carter, New Ventures Inc.

Gary Carter is the Senior Vice President of Community and Economic Development for DavenportOne.  His responsibilities include, but are not limited to, downtown revitalization and overseeing the self-taxing community improvement district, implementing the downtown facade grant program, managing downtown events, market and manage the city of Davenport's industrial park, and manage three separate public-private governance boards. 

Gary graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas in 1995 with a B.A. in Economics and in 1998 with a M.A. in Economics.  He has worked for the city of Kansas City, Missouri as a Financial Analyst and for the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City as a Senior Economist, and Executive Director, Tax Increment Financing Commission. 

Gary has over ten years of professional experience in economic development with expertise in: national business recruitment; local business retention; community marketing; development finance; economic research and analysis; strategic and organizational planning; program and policy analysis; legislative initiatives; community redevelopment; and community cost-benefit analysis.