Basinger out at Manatee EDC

BRADENTON — The Manatee Economic Development Council is losing its executive director, for Eric Basinger is leaving the EDC for a new opportunity in his home state of Alabama.

Basinger came to the Manatee EDC from Alabama in June 2009, and is now returning there to serve as executive director of the Ozark-Dale County Economic Development Corp., a release from the EDC explains.

The Manatee Chamber of Commerce says it will launch a national search to find a new executive director to replace Basinger. While that search is conducted, EDC Associate Director Sharon Hillstrom will lead the organization's ongoing company recruitment efforts.