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2025: A Year in Podcasts
2025's economic development people, strategies, ideas, and insights
Podcast 203: Transit as Economic Development Strategy with Joya Stetson
The workforce pipeline called, it wants a bus stop.
16 New Economic Development Jobs This Week
From $35,152 - $247,695
21 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week
The stories Dane thinks you need to see. December 18, 2025 edition.
Economic Development and Developers in the News # 225
Econ dev news from 74 economic development executives and organizations in 21 states.
January Is for Fresh Starts (and Better RFIs)
A better moment to look at how you respond to RFIs
Wait, Dane Built Sitehunt? Here’s What 500+ Demos Taught Him.
Economic Development's AI Evolution
Dane Carlson on the Rural Strong Podcast: AI, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development
Turning rural hustle and AI muscle into competitive advantage
Podcast 196: AI and the Future of Economic Development with Dane Carlson
All AI is not "AI slop"
How Sitehunt Complements (Not Replaces) Your ED Stack
“From display to delivery: Sitehunt turns scattered data into a finished, shippable RFI.”
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