Coleen Terry is the President of ECON partners, inc., a woman-owned economic development firm located in Pennsylvania with offices in Radnor and Harrisburg. Coleen has spent nearly 20 years designing and advancing highly successful implementation strategies for complex development projects. She leads ECON’s work supporting new development as well as repurposing underutilized sites and brownfields. Coleen has worked directly on projects with public and private sector clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic, and has strong experience throughout the Commonwealth’s urban cores. The firm specializes in brownfield redevelopment and adaptive reuse.
Prior to founding ECON partners, Coleen served as Vice President of a mid-sized economic development firm. She led a service area that delivered over $450 Million of public funding to projects.
ECON partners, inc.
ECON partners is an economic development consulting firm that specializes in full spectrum public funding and real estate development services. We are also certified by the Commonwealth as a third-party reviewer with the Office of Budget on behalf of the RACP program. We manag hands-on writing, approval, administration and compliance services for Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant projects and other grant, loan and tax credit applications.
We prepare and facilitate:
- Public funding strategies – Delivering gap funding and financing for public and private development projects.
- Public/private partnerships – Structuring public/private partnerships that are necessary to transform underutilized properties into vibrant, income and job producing neighborhood assets.
- Brownfield and transit-oriented development – Repositioning underutilized properties for successful development, including brownfields, municipal and public safety facilities, transit-oriented real estate, underdeveloped sites and historic structures.
- Government relations – Engaging public officials as ambassadors for and champions of project-specific economic development efforts.