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EDC Searches For New Members (Leesburg Today)
The Loudoun County Economic Development Commission is looking for local business leaders who can contribute their time, energy, and ideas to promote business growth, strengthen the local economy, and preserve Loudoun's high quality of life. The EDC has openings for terms beginning January 2009.
VIDEO: Innovation the key, tourism board says (Naples Daily News)
It’s not enough to just be innovative. Like an Apple or Google, local business and economic development leaders need to strive for “game changing innovation” and not be afraid to fail, said Dale Brill, the director of Florida’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development speaking Thursday to a crowd of more than 100 at the Hilton Naples.
Kansas audit grapples with effects of economic incentives (The Kansas City Star)
The report’s conclusion? Economic development tools such as tax breaks, tax credits, cash payments and business loans help the state’s economy, but in ways difficult to prove.
More to be Done on Energy Independence, Pennsylvania Economic Development Executive Says (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Tremendous progress has been made toward energy independence but more work remains, a top Department of Community and Economic Development official said today at the Northeast Renewable Energy Conference in State College.
Hidden Island economy is described (The Martha's Vineyard Times)
Hard data is hard to come by. It's under the surface, though not very far under. No one wants to talk about it much. But an economist who recently studied the Island's underground economy - unreported jobs, wages, barter, and business profits - found that it may be as large as the hotel and restaurant sector, or the retail sector.
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