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on the town
and grow our economy with more of
the local market because there will be
more people earning salaries.
According to Huey, “Chambers of
Commerce are more focused on local
markets-serving companies —small
businesses, Main Street businesses.
they’re serving. Business climate and
regulations affect both of our worlds, so
we collaborate when there is overlap.
Basically, we rarely get into local markets
serving and chambers rarely play in our
space.”
Huey shared some EDC history with me.
The EDC function (it was not called the
EDC at that time) at our Chamber of
Commerce started with one employee
then grew to two employees. These
people did economic development work
that was largely reactive to opportunities
because they didn’t have the resources
to go beyond being reactive.
“Over time people said it got better and
better, and while there were efforts to
put more money into development along
the way, in 2004 there was a bigger effort
to put even more private and public
dollars into economic development.
When we got this increased funding,
there was a real sense of now we really
have to do more.”
Huey says more resources, incentives
and public tools were made available
so there was the idea they should create
a single purpose organization. This was
a big pivot for the EDC.
So, what are some of the EDC efforts
to diversify our economy and lure huge
companies with global reach? Do I hear
Amazon?
global business market, and one, if
landed, is a game changer for any
community seeking good clean green
jobs and an insurgence of green in the
bank accounts of the masses.
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