Established in 1993, Impact DataSource is an economic consulting firm that evaluates prospective economic development deals from all angles. We prepare individual analyses on projects, and also offer desktop and web-based impact models so that clients can run as many reports as they would like, only needing project data to utilize the pre-built tool. Our impact analysis will tie together the economic impact, fiscal impact, and possible incentives of the deal. Since every community is unique, ...
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064 - Economic Development Secrets - J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio
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J.P. Nauseef is a U.S. Air Force veteran, entrepreneur, and the president and chief executive officer of JobsOhio, a uniquely structured, private, economic development corporation that gives Ohio a competitive advantage in driving job creation and new capital investment in the State. He leads a team of nine targeted industry sector veterans, plus m…
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063 - Economic Development Secrets - The Impact of Remote Workers: It's Complicated
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063 - Economic Development Secrets - The Impact of Remote Workers: It's Complicated by Impact DataSourceBy Impact DataSource
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062 Economic Development Secrets Telly Tucker, Arlington Economic Development
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My guest this week is Telly Tucker. Telly is the Director of Arlington Economic Development (AED) for Arlington County, Virginia, where he currently leads an economic development team with more than 50 employees. As many of you in economic development may know, Amazon selected Arlington Virginia for one of its HQ2 locations in 2018. Amazon is movin…
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061 Economic Development Secrets - Impact DashBoard Essentials
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Paul & Anjie chat about Impact DashBoard Essentials. Learn how your organization can use Impact DashBoard to create a digital ED project questionnaire and receive project data from prospects all online.https://impactdatasource.com/offer/By Impact DataSource
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060 Economic Development Secrets Carla Pendergraft, Waco CVB
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Today’s special guest is Carla Pendergraft, Director of Marketing for the Waco Convention & Visitors Bureau. Carla discusses how attracting visitors and getting 'heads in beds' can actually enhance quality of life for residents. Despite a big drop in tourism in 2020, Waco as a destination is coming back strong in 2021.…
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059 - Economic Development Secrets - Jeff Finkle, IEDC
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Today’s special guest is Jeff Finkle, President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council. As one of the leaders of the economic development industry, Jeff shares with us how he has witnessed the past year’s impact on the industry and he gives his estimation on the field’s future. He also mentions various economic development initia…
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058 - Economic Development Secrets - Ruth Buchanan, Manatee County, FL
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This month's special guest is Ruth Buchanan, Economic Development Manager for Manatee County, FL. Ruth shares with us a plethora of information, including how her organization has been helping local businesses get through this especially difficult time. She also discusses the redevelopment initiatives that her organization prioritizes. Lastly, Ruth…
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057 - Economic Development Secrets - Alia Abbas, Toronto Global & Alia Consulting
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This month, I interviewed Alia Abbas, who is the founder and CEO of Alia Consulting and she is also the Investment Attraction Consultant for Toronto Global. Alia is kicking off our 2021 podcast series with a topic very relevant to all of us right now: disaster and emergency management. She describes how economic developers can cope with the current…
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056 - Economic Development Secrets - Your ED Project Questionnaire
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Paul Scheuren, Principal and Economist at Impact DataSource, joins as a guest speaker on this episode of the podcast. He discusses what his experience has been consulting clients using different types of data forms to collect important economic development project details. Paul also provides solutions to what he sees as common problems that economi…
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055 - Economic Development Secrets - Impact DataSource
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This month we have a unique episode that discusses Impact DataSource, the company behind the Economic Development Secrets Podcast. Paul Scheuren, Principal and Economist at Impact DataSource joins us and shares how the company was founded and what types of research and reports they specialize in. We also discuss our software solution, Impact DashBo…
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054 - Economic Development Secrets - David Leezer, Wichita Falls
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This month's special guest is David Leezer, Vice President of Business Attraction at the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce. David shares with us how he is moving forward with business recruitment during the COVID-19 pandemic and how his biggest mistake became one of his biggest assets.By Impact DataSource
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053 - Economic Development Secrets - Christine Bryant, Corpus Christi Regional EDC
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This month's special guest is Christine Bryant, Director of Business Retention and Expansion for the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation. Christine shares with us how COVID-19 has impacted her community and she shares what her team has done in response to the pandemic.By Impact DataSource
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052 - Economic Development Secrets - Kenny McDonald, One Columbus
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We have a very special guest this month - Kenny McDonald who is not only the President and Chief Economic Officer at One Columbus, but he is also the current chair at the International Economic Development Council. Kenny shares with us about how the coronavirus has impacted his community and what his team's response has been to the pandemic. He als…
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051 - Economic Development Secrets - Amy Madison, Pflugerville CDC
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This month's special guest is Amy Madison, Executive Director of the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation. Amy shares with us how the coronavirus has impacted her community, what her organization and other local response has been, and how she envisions recovery.By Impact DataSource
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050 - Economic Development Secrets - Barry Broome, Greater Sacramento Economic Council
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This month's special guest is Barry Broome, President and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. Barry discusses how his organization is responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic and he also shares how he thinks recovery will look.By Impact DataSource
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049 - Economic Development Secrets, Sales Tax Implications of COVID-19
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This episode is picking up from last week's discussion about how consumer spending is changing during the coronavirus lockdown. Paul Scheuren, Principal and Economist at Impact DataSource joins us again.By Impact DataSource
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048 - Economic Development Secrets - COVID-19 Consumer Spending Impact
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In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we recorded a very unique episode of the Economic Development Secrets Podcast featuring Paul Scheuren, Principal and Economist at Impact DataSource. Paul discusses how consumer spending helps us illustrate what is happening to the economy. He describes what types of spending we expect to go down, up, or be…
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047 - Economic Development Secrets - Alex West, Ann Arbor SPARK
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This month's special guest is Alex West, Director of Research at Ann Arbor SPARK. Alex discusses what data she tracks, how she maintains it, and how she shares this information with stakeholders. She also offers some advice on how people can get started tracking data at their organization.By Impact DataSource
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046 - Economic Development Secrets - Julie Floyd, Frisco EDC
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This month's special guest is Julie Floyd, Compliance Administrator at the Frisco EDC. Julie shares a break down of the EDC's incentive compliance program that she helped to build and implement and she tells listeners how they can get started with their own program.By Impact DataSource
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045 - Economic Development Secrets - Burdette (Pete) Fullerton, Kansas City Aviation Department
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This month's special guest is Pete Fullerton, Assistant Director for Commercial Properties & Development with the Kansas City Aviation Department. Pete shares his immense knowledge of performance metrics and incentive compliance. He discusses why it is vital for economic developers to track these metrics and offers advice on how to use this data.…
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044 - Economic Development Secrets - Christian Fletcher, Marble Falls EDC
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This month's special guest is Christian Fletcher, Executive Director of the Marble Falls EDC. He shares why his organization decided to transition from a Type A organization to a Type B economic development organization. Christian also discusses what metrics he currently measures and how he shares this information with stakeholders.…
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043 - Economic Development Secrets - Phoebe Fleming, Orlando Economic Partnership
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This month's special guest is Phoebe Fleming, Director of Research at the Orlando Economic Partnership. Phoebe discusses the merging of her organization - the Orlando Economic Development Commission with the Central Florida Partnership and she discusses how this merger has impacted how her organization views and conducts economic development. She a…
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042 - Economic Development Secrets - Shelby Zaricor, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
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This month's special guest is Shelby Zaricor, Director of Business Development at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. Shelby shares information about their very exciting role in the aerospace industry and also discusses their Foreign Direct Investment Strategy. She also shares how she uses Google Alerts to save economic development projects.…
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041 - Economic Development Secrets - Will Novak, Mesa, AZ
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This month's very unique episode catches up with Will Novak, Project Manager for the city of Mesa. Will starts out the episode discussing what's going on in Mesa, but then goes on to discuss his crazy story that has gotten much media attention.By Impact DataSource
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040 - Economic Development Secrets - Matt Wavering, Rockwall EDC
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This month's special guest is Matt Wavering, Director of Project Development at the Rockwall EDC. Today Matt discusses balancing out their historical perception of being a bedroom community, while also feeling the flex of rapid growth. Matt also discusses their workforce development efforts by means of an annual job fair and he shares the economics…
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039 - Economic Development Secrets - Andrew Stork, Klamath County EDA
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This month's special guest is Andrew Stork, Operations Manager for the Klamath County Economic Development Association. Andrew shares why his organization views itself as an extension for all of their local businesses and also how they are addressing some challenges such as a housing shortage.By Impact DataSource
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038 - Economic Development Secrets - Aaron Brossoit, Golden Shovel Agency
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In this month's bonus episode, we are joined by Aaron Brossoit, CEO and Founder of Golden Shovel Agency. Aaron shares how economic developers can use virtual reality to market their community, as well as other advanced marketing tactics.By Impact DataSource
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037 - Economic Development Secrets - Tracye McDaniel, TIP Strategies
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This month's special guest is Tracye McDaniel, President at TIP Strategies also the current Chair of the International Economic Development Council. She shares why corporate diversity is so important for economic development and what economic developers can do to help their local businesses with this initiative. Tracye also shares some of the excit…
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036 - Economic Development Secrets - Rachel Ray, Dublin, OH
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This month's special guest is Rachel Ray, Economic Development Administrator for the city of Dublin, Ohio. Today Rachel discusses how they use site capacity studies and also their Dublink Fiber Optics program. In this information-packed episode, Rachel also shares information about their Workforce Development Strategy and also a plethora of resourc…
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035 - Economic Development Secrets - Alex Philips, Burleson, TX
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This month's special guest is Alex Philips, Economic Development Manager for Burleson, TX. During this episode, Alex shares how his community views incentives and also tells the audience about their exciting Burleson Works program.By Impact DataSource
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034 - Economic Development Secrets - Impact DashBoard Updates, February 2019
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During this unique episode, Nicole D'Souza and Paul Scheuren tell listeners about Impact DataSource's Impact DashBoard model, and also share exciting updates being deployed this month!By Impact DataSource
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033 - Economic Development Secrets - Amy Madison, Pflugerville CDC
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This month's special guest is Amy Madison, Executive Director of the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation. Today Amy discusses how to build a mutually beneficial incentive package for both the community and business. She also shares how her organization benchmarks measurable success and relates that information to her board.…
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032 - Economic Development Secrets - Adriana Cruz, San Marcos Partnership
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This month's special guest is Adriana Cruz, President of the Greater San Marcos Partnership. Adriana shares how they turned their region's National Manufacturing day into a month-long informational celebration. She also shares how they've ignited local stakeholders to be active participants with their Vision 2020 strategic plan.…
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031 - Economic Development Secrets - Highlights From 2018
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During this special episode of the podcast, we reflect on unique tips and tricks shared by podcast guests throughout 2018.By Impact DataSource
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030 - Economic Development Secrets - Courtney Pogue, Dallas, Texas
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This month's special guest is Courtney Pogue, Director of Economic Development for the city of Dallas. Today Courtney shares how they use Market Value Analysis as a baseline to shape economic development policy, and he also discusses their PACE program, which was recognized by the International Economic Development Council with the Silver Excellenc…
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029 - Economic Development Secrets - Gail Bulfin, Greater Fort Lauderdale
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This week's special guest is Gail Bulfin, Vice President of Membership Development for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. Gail discusses their leadership trips where her organization takes a group of stakeholders to visit different communities around the country. Her group then analyzes the community to look for takeaways that they can implement…
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028 - Economic Development Secrets - Michelle Geller, Escondido, CA
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This month's special guest is Michelle Geller, Economic Development Manager at the city of Escondido. Michelle discusses their Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that is rooted in data. She also shares information about Innovate 78, which is their regional alliance.By Impact DataSource
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027 - Economic Development Secrets - Marlisa Briggs, North Houston Association
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This month's special guest is Marlisa Briggs, Executive Director of the North Houston Association. Today Marlisa shares about an upcoming bond election that came about as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. She also discusses the different economic development topics that their Development Trends Committee discusses, including e…
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026 - Economic Development Secrets - Jackie Keliiaa, East Bay EDA
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This month's special guest is Jackie Keliiaa, Senior Economic Development Analyst for the East Bay Economic Development Alliance. Jackie discusses a couple of exciting programs that they offer in promoting regionalism in this vibrant area. One of which is panels of current economic development trends that professionals in the field need to be famil…
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025 - Economic Development Secrets - Bryan Brackemyre, IMPA
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This month's special guest is Bryan Brackemyre, Vice President of Member Services at the Indiana Municipal Power Agency. In this role, Bryan is responsible for working on various economic development projects with many different types of communities.Today Bryan shares many economic development tactics, and he also gives advice on how to start an ec…
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024 - Economic Development Secrets - Kelly Overby, Longview EDC
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This month's podcast episode features Kelly Kinsey Overby, Business Retention & Expansion Director for the Longview, TX Economic Development.By Impact DataSource
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023 - Economic Development Secrets - David Camerlengo, Queensland Australia
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This month I'm joined by David Camerlengo, Trade & Investment Commissioner for North America for the Queensland, Australia Trade & Investment Department. David discusses their Advance Queensland Initiative and shares different elements of international economic development.By Impact DataSource
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022 - Economic Development Secrets - Tony Giovaniello, Shasta EDC
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This month's special guest is Tony Gioveniello, President of Shasta EDC. Tony discusses several BRE practices that they've implemented to assist their local businesses. He shares how they've done an in depth study of what their business community's internet presence is and how they've been able to assist them in advancing this web presence. Tony al…
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021 - Economic Development Secrets - Carlton Schwab, TEDC
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This month's special guest is Carlton Schwab, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Council. As the leader of a state advocacy group, Carlton shares a unique perspective on economic development at the state and local level and also discusses the future of economic development.By Impact DataSource
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020 - Economic Development Secrets - Mark Lautman, Lautman Economic Architecture
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This month's special guest is Mark Lautman, Principal at Lautman Economic Architecture, LLC. He is the author of "When the Boomers Bail," which discusses how the powerful combination of economic and demographic forces change the job creation game and make it more difficult for community leaders to manage their local economies. Along with a group of…
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019 - Economic Development Secrets - Highlights From 2017
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In this special episode of Economic Development Secrets, we discuss highlights from this year’s podcast episodes. We will cover current trends in the economic development field and discuss some of the top tips shared by our special guests.By Impact DataSource
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018 - Economic Development Secrets - Nathan Tafoya, Lamesa, TX
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This episode of Economic Development Secrets features Nathan Tafoya, Executive Director of the Lamesa Economic Development Corporation. Nathan shares tips for rural economic developers and compares economic development tactics in Texas and New Mexico.By Impact DataSource
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017 - Economic Development Secrets - Jenny Philip, Greater Houston Partnership
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This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Jenny Philip, Director of Research for the Greater Houston Partnership. She discusses what outlets to use as you get started using economic development research more.By Impact DataSource
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016 - Economic Development Secrets - Michael Collins, Port Kansas City, MO
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This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Michael Collins, President & CEO of Port KC. Michael shares how to conduct effective bi-state economic development and how their industrial sector has become one of the top eight in the nation.By Impact DataSource
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015 - Economic Development Secrets - Kevin Carter, The High Ground of Texas
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This month's episode of Economic Development Secrets features Kevin Carter, Executive Director of the High Ground of Texas. Kevin discusses rural economic development and strategic regionalism.By Impact DataSource
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