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Economic Development – Placed Based Assets

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More and more communities are beginning to recognize the need for place based asset strategies when it comes to economic development.

Many community citizens, stakeholders and even economic development professionals find this a new idea and wonder exactly what this is.

Read Community Development Regional Educator Heather Strohm’s news article about placemaking and the basic steps here!

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