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Stories, links, images, and videos that'll make you a smarter economic developer. Published 7x per week.

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Firework shortages, LinkedIn marketing for EDOs, location benchmarking, reverse site selection, workforce analysis, and more.

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Time to close regional economic divides, the lure of H Mart, the rise of built-to-rent suburbs, are there psychological benefits to commuting to work, and Friday Fun.

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Navigating the post pandemic return to in-person conferences with color coded bracelets, 2 truths and a lie, and so much more.

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More than 25% of shoppers have a different size today than before the pandemic -- that and more.

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A decline in battery prices, the rise in food and commodity prices; growth in Texas population, decline in pasta size -- all this and more.

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Walmart's challenges, new trends in alcohol, equity at the EDA, the great wings rush, and more.

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How to navigate the 'Great Reset', how COVID has changed economics and inspired a new generation of entrepreneurs, give yourself the freedom to be creative, and more.

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We must be builders, old golf courses are turning into industrial space, creative destruction, and so much more.

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The southwest is America’s new factory hub, how the world ran out of everything, a new podcast episode, and more.

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Assorted Links Friday

Could the global home price boom haunt COVID recovery, what's up with the "parking lot" off the coast near California's ports, and more.

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