The relationship between a community's resources and its economic development marketing strategy is examined using data from content analysis of economic development advertising and from secondary socioeconomic data on 177 US communities. The economic resource base of a community is measured by population-based data, income-based data, and community investment data. An unconstrained factor analysis with varimax rotation is used to examine the underlying relationships among the 12 items that measure cost leadership and differentiation strategies. The results indicate that resource-constrained communities are likely to market to firms pursuing a cost-based strategy. The results provide little additional consistent evidence that communities base their economic development marketing strategies on their resources.