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Podcast Episode 54 - How to Change Your Community's Perception of Itself with Steve Griffin

Here's how a rural New York community has gone from a sleepy little community to leading their metro region.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Podcast Episode 54 - How to Change Your Community's Perception of Itself with Steve Griffin

Episode # 54 of the Econ Dev Show Podcast is now live.


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In this episode, Dane talks with Steve Griffin of Finger Lakes EDC.  

Steve's rural New York community has gone from a sleepy little community to leading their metro region by percentage growth in nearly every single economic category in the last 15 years.  Here's  how he did it.

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