How economic development teams can streamline programs with Bludot Projects

Economic development teams run a wide range of programs—from grants and site selection to community events and workforce initiatives. Each one requires careful tracking, collaboration, and reporting. Too often, though, this work is managed in spreadsheets or scattered tools, making it difficult to maintain a clear, centralized picture.

Bludot Projects offers a better way. It’s built to help cities, counties, and economic development organizations organize every program in one place, with flexible workflows that fit the way your team works.

Multiple ways to start a project with Bludot Projects

With Projects, you can create a new initiative in whichever way makes the most sense:

• Start from scratch for a completely custom setup

• Use a template for repeatable programs, saving time and ensuring consistency

• Convert a survey response directly into a project, instantly moving from data collection to action

This flexibility allows teams to launch new initiatives quickly while keeping processes standardized.

Customization to match your workflow

Every community has its own processes and priorities. Projects let you define custom statuses, fields, and tasks so your workflow matches the way you actually operate. Whether you’re managing a grant application and review process, a site selection pipeline, or an internship program, you can configure stages, data fields, and milestones that make sense for your team.

Tracking and visibility made simple

Projects are designed for easy filtering, sorting, and reporting. You can view projects in a clean, Excel-like table for quick updates or drill into each record to see details. Attach documents, add notes, and link relevant tasks directly to the project so everything lives in one place.

Connect projects to your business profiles

Because Projects integrates with Bludot’s CRM, each initiative is directly connected to the businesses involved. This makes it easy to see the full context—which programs a business has participated in, related communications, and other relevant activity.

Importing past work for continuity

If you’ve been tracking initiatives in Excel, Projects makes it easy to import your existing records so nothing is lost. You can pick up exactly where you left off, but with the added benefits of centralized access, collaboration, and integration with your CRM.

From surveys to action

One of the most powerful features of Projects is how it connects to surveys. For example, if you run a business retention & expansion survey, you can create follow-up projects directly from responses—whether that’s addressing a concern, connecting a business to a resource, or starting a new program. This eliminates manual data transfer and ensures no follow-up gets missed.

Bludot’s Projects feature turns complex, multi-step programs into organized, trackable workflows—so you can focus more on supporting your business community and less on managing spreadsheets.

If you’re ready to see how Projects can work for your team, schedule a demo today.