{"id":21596,"date":"2019-08-28T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=21596"},"modified":"2019-08-28T12:46:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T18:46:17","slug":"travis-wilson-named-city-of-florissant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=21596","title":{"rendered":"Travis Wilson Named City of Florissant . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Economic Development Director<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21588\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TRAVIS-Head-Shot-5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TRAVIS-Head-Shot-5.jpg?resize=240%2C274\" alt=\"Travis Wilson\" width=\"240\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travis Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor Tim Lowery announced that Travis Wilson has been selected as the City of Florissant\u2019s new director of Economic Development effective Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to accepting the position with the City of Florissant Travis was an economic development specialist with the City of St. Charles Travis participated in the development and implementation of the department\u2019s strategic plan. He executed Business Retention &amp; Expansion (BR &amp; E) visits where he completed over 1000 visits annually. He hosted the Large Employers quarterly breakfast meeting with the Mayor and with over 20 major employers. He organized and managed the department\u2019s itinerary for retail industry trade shows in Las Vegas, Chicago and other cities, in order to market his city to possible investors. Travis planned and facilitated the department\u2019s annual event, the Regional Investors Breakfast with over 400 attendees. He worked closely and met with commercial real estate brokers to educate them about opportunities available in his city.<\/p>\n<p>Travis has a bachelor degree from the University of Missouri \u2013 St. Louis in Business Administration where he majored in Marketing and holds a residential real estate license. Travis is a member of the National Association and Missouri Association of Realtors. 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