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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.


Today's issue is brought to you by LocalIntel.

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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