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Podcast Episode 16 - With Change Agent Jimi Copland of The Rural Spark

Rural economic development, education, needle moving, change agent, and startup founder.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Podcast Episode 16 - With Change Agent Jimi Copland of The Rural Spark
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Episode #16 of the Econ Dev Show Podcast is now live.

I this episode, Dane talks with Jimi Copland.

Jimi is rural economic developer, educator, needle mover, encourager, change agent, and founder of startup The Rural Spark, an online educational platform for small communities.  

Listen now.

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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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