The Definition of Local Economic Development
5 Aug 2018
In this episode, Courtney Hendricson, CERC’s VP of Municipal Services, shares the CERC definition of local economic development – retention, expansion, attraction, and creation. Learn ways that a town’s elected officials can be doing all four economic development components within the context of community character.
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