DT #389: The BRE Strategy at the Greater Green Bay Chamber with Eric DeKorne
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Develop This: Economic and Community Development
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Each organization and each community approaches business retention and expansion efforts in a slightly different way. In this episode, Jason is joined by Eric DeKorne, Business Rentention & Expansion Manager with the Greater Green Bay Chamber in Wisconsin.
They talk outreach to companies, survey questions, knowledge transfer, and the aggregation of data.
This episode was recorded on site at the Mid-America EDC Conference, and Eric was both a Bob Ady scholarship winner and also accepted an award on behalf of the Greater Green Bay Chamber. Check out the video below.
Welcome Back Urban Hub (Award Winning) Video
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