๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜… ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ)

Glenn

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Date posted

November 11, 2025

Welcome to the first ED Unpacked Youtube video. This video series will provide deep dives, thought leadership, and challenge conventional wisdom in local and regional economic development.

I’ve reviewed hundreds of economic development strategies over 30 years and been involved in hundreds of projects. And I keep seeing the same three mistakes over and over again.

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