Good evening Steve and welcome back!
Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.
I need to export the events from the original site and import it to the development site.
How is this done?
Actually, I believe we have just the thing for you.
You will be able to achieve this using our Event Aggregator service: https://theeventscalendar.com/product/event-aggregator/
This service offers many calendar import options. One of them is to import events from another site using the Events Calendar (as long as they are both using “similar” versions of the Events Calendar).
Another way to go about this is to simply try the built-in WordPress export tools and select Events.
Let me know if that helps.
Have a great day!
Geoff B.