The City of Rawlins is proud to announce our new Economic Development Director – Nate Davison. Nate will begin full-time with the City on December 6th.
“Nate has a strong banking/finance background and has been working one-on-one with business owners for most of his career. Nate has owned his own business for many years and understands the difficulties of owning a business,” said City Manager Shawn Metcalf. “Nate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities will be instrumental in providing opportunities for current businesses and helping outside businesses realize why they should come to Rawlins. Welcome Nate!”
Nate has been in the Finance Industry since 2006. He has worked in banking, including as the Branch Manager for the Bank of the West in Rawlins since 2018. He also owned his own small business, a retirement planning service, before he chose to move away from the chaos of Northern Colorado in 2018 and settled in Rawlins. He has a bachelor’s degree in Finance and is currently pursuing his Master’s in Business Administration with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Sales Management from Ball State University.
Nate stated, “I’m first a member of this community; I want Rawlins to be a great place for all of us. This position allows me to have a positive and significant impact on the world around me. My focus is to listen to our community and support businesses who are currently sharing their talent and dedication. We also need to diversity our economy to create more stability as individual industries experience periods of expansion and contraction.”
Hiring an Economic Development Director is a key element of the City’s Strategic Plan, which includes one prong focused on Community and Economic Development. To advance that focus, Nate will be working to expand the City's business recruitment and development program, partner to reduce the number of unused/vacant buildings, prepare properties to be shovel-ready for development, and to strengthen partnerships with economic development agencies. For more information about the City of Rawlins’ Strategic plan, please visit rawlinswy.org/strategicplan
For more information, please contact Mira Miller, City of Rawlins Community Relations Coordinator, at 307-328-4500 ext. 1022.
