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Sacramento Republic FC stands among the top clubs in the USL Championship. Since its founding in 2014, the team has embodied the resilient spirit of California’s capital—setting league records, capturing a championship in its inaugural season, and igniting a strong regional passion for soccer. The organization is currently hiring for multiple creative positions, including Director of Marketing, Senior Graphic Designer, Graphic Designer, and Video Content Intern.

Over the past decade, #EconDevWeek has become a widely recognized celebration of economic development efforts, amplifying the critical work of the profession through media coverage and millions of social media impressions. PDDG proudly supports IEDC and the entire economic development profession via our long-standing partnership with EDOs across the U.S. Join us and IEDC in highlighting transformative efforts that have made a difference to the profession and industry.

The City of Reno may not have the global recognition or glitzy image of Las Vegas, but Nevada’s second-largest metro area is quickly surpassing Sin City in its appeal to California homebuyers. According to the latest housing data analysis from Realtor.com, in 2025, nearly 43% of online listing views to Reno came from users in California metros, the highest share in the data's history dating back to 2019.

The Suffolk City Council appointed Kevin Hughes as City Manager on March 5, 2026, previously serving as Deputy City Manager since 2020. Kevin and the City of Suffolk have been a PDDG client partner since 2018. Over the past several years, we have collaborated on numerous marketing projects for economic development, tourism, recreation, emergency services, library, and more.

The "Talent Up Fairfax" Program, recognized as Virginia's featured innovation in the "50 States, 50 Breakthroughs" nationwide showcase highlighting a single transformative public service project from each U.S. state, addressed two key challenges: (1) connecting overlooked jobseekers with high-quality career pathways and (2) providing businesses with a low-risk strategy to expand their workforce. PDDG supported all marketing, design, web/digital, and outreach needs to brand, launch, and promote the Talent Up Fairfax Program.

PDDG has more than 46 years of experience in marketing for the agriculture industry, and we have a particular niche in supporting ag-focused associations. This month marks the completion of our 600th project for our various ag clients. Our range of marketing communications services for our ag clients has included branding, graphic design, website design, copywriting, social media management, production, signage, and promotional items.

We are excited to announce our inaugural sponsorship of the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) 2026 Annual Economic Development Conference, to be held April 15-17, 2026, in Palm Springs, California. Although PDDG has worked in California's economic development space for more than 40 years, this is our first time sponsoring this particular conference.

2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). For a century, IEDC has helped lead and shape the economic development profession, elevating innovative approaches that drive economic prosperity for communities of all sizes. To celebrate this moment, IEDC is partnering with leading economic development organizations (EDOs) from across the globe to convene a series of Centennial Events throughout the year.

PDDG has been awarded a contract for Strategic Enrollment, Recruitment, and Marketing Consulting Services through 1GPA. As part of a national RFP open call, our agency was selected as one of ten awardees to provide these services. With our national presence and expertise, 1GPA's 1,600+ members across the U.S. will now have the opportunity to engage with our team for a wide array of enrollment, recruitment, and marketing services.

Over the past few years, MISCHIAN Strategies has grown, evolved, and greatly refined their focus and mission. As such, a new, expanded website was needed to better tell the organization’s current story. Working closely with MISCHIAN’s now-expanded team, we developed a more robust, customer-focused website presence bringing services and qualifications to the forefront, while also showcasing the well-qualified leadership team and the organization’s breadth of client work and expertise.

February 1, 2026, marks 49 years in business for PDDG! It’s truly remarkable to see how far our agency has come over nearly five decades in marketing and communications. And now the race to 50 is on!