This document outlines trends and strategies for communities to recruit talent and foster economic development. It discusses four major trends: 1) Talent attraction by promoting communities to skilled workers, 2) Regional alliances where communities pool resources for larger projects, 3) Commercialization through venture capital and university partnerships, 4) Public-private business partnerships where communities take on some business risk. The document provides examples for each trend and instructs attendees to develop recruitment strategies based on one of the four trends.