A friend introduced me to downtown revitalization consultant David Milder, who sent me some of his thinking on economic development in small towns. I thought his idea for “small town entrepreneurship environments” was interesting, so I recorded a podcast with him on the subject. We talk about why many small towns can actually compete, why seeking to recruit manufacturing firms is likely a losing strategy, how to create an environment for “contingent entrepreneurs” the flourish, and quality of life improvement options.
You can download David’s white paper on STEEs here.
If the audio player doesn’t display for you, click over to listen on Soundcloud.
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Featured image photo credit: J. Stephen Conn, CC BY-NC 2.0
from Aaron M. Renn
http://www.urbanophile.com/2018/05/21/rethinking-small-town-economic-development/
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