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Episode #5: What's a Community Development Improvement Corporation with Josh Mejia

Dane and Josh talked community improvement, SpaceX, entrepreneurship-led economic development, international trade, and supply chains

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
Episode #5: What's a Community Development Improvement Corporation with Josh Mejia

Episode #5 of the Econ Dev Show Podcast is now live.

In this episode, Dane talks to Josh Mejia, the executive director of the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation in Brownsville, Texas about all the great work he's doing in Brownsville, Texas.  We also touch on his work with the IEDC and entrepreneurship-led economic development, SpaceX, international trade and supply chains, downtown redevelopment and more.

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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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