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Is this the end for 144 MSAs, and the optimal length of a webinar.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
Assorted Links Sunday

144 cities could lose their metropolitan area status:

A committee of experts tasked by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with developing new standards for what defines a metropolitan center has recommended that dozens of cities be downgraded from metropolitan to "micropolitan" designations.
The news reportedly caught officials in some cities off guard.

You think?

Full map of the cities here.

How long should a webinar be?  9 minutes.

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CEO of Sitehunt, the AI platform for economic development, site selection and RFI automation. Host and publisher of the Econ Dev Show. In Houston, Texas.


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