Nicholas Adcock: The Importance of Local Economies Amid an Increasingly Globalized World

In this episode, President and CEO of the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce Nicholas Adcock talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the importance of local economies and their relevance in an increasingly globalized world.  

About Nicholas Adcock:

Nicholas Adcock currently serves on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity, Riverside and previously served as president of the Pick Group of Young Professionals. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside. Nicholas Adcock joined the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in 2009 as the Community Development Coordinator and rose through positions of Communications & Marketing Manager and Governmental Affairs Manager before becoming the organization's Vice President in 2013. During that time, he focused on projects like securing state funding and accreditation for the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, advocating for reform and relief for businesses against predatory litigation, and securing local control of Ontario International Airport. More recently, Nicholas led the effort to transition several of the Chamber’s value and membership programs to virtual settings and provide the latest news, resources, and information to local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn more about Nicholas Adcock via https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-adcock-b5b77b75. 

Podcast Highlights:  

“We naturally tend to think that with the internet and e-commerce and all the wonderful sort of tools and realms in which people communicate or engage with each other, we tend to think that everything is on a global economy. And there are parts of it where it certainly is. But if you think for the average person so much of their lives is impacted and influenced by local decisions… In a globalized world that we live in, being hyper-local is more important than ever.”

-       Nicholas Adcock on the topic of the importance of local economies amid an increasingly globalized world. 

“And when you have strong economies, strong communities, it's because usually everybody understands where they bring the most strengths and not trying to be one thing for all people. I'm not trying to replicate government because that's their job. I'm not trying to replicate a corporation because that's their job. I'm trying to replicate what a Chamber of Commerce is set to do. I'm kind of bridging the gaps of what the other entity in a way can't fulfill.”

-       Nicholas Adcock on the topic of how a strong local economy is built by different organizations focusing on their specialties.  

“The trick of it all is you've got to think about a problem we experience today, can we fix it so that it's not a problem still 10 years from now...  To some degree I try to feel like if we can figure out whatever that root problem is then usually it helps us both both in both contexts, both today and tomorrow.”

-       Nicholas Adcock on the topic of the necessity of solving local problems so they don’t persist and remain future issues. 

Guest:

Nicholas Adcock (President and CEO of the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce) 

Interviewers:

Rachel Strausman (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Vice Chief Ambassador)

Naia Pizarro (UCR Public Policy Major, UCR School of Public Policy Student Senator) 

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