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Why plan for economic development?(Inside the EDC)
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Bellingham Business Journal
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September 1, 2005
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Since unemployment rates have declined in many part of Washington, we can begin to think more carefully about the real goals of economic development planning.
Although job creation is always important, it makes sense to begin to ask what kinds of jobs we want to create. In many successful communities, other objectives of economic development planning are as important or more important than just the short-range objective of job creation.
Despite strong economies in recent years in the United States and Canada, economic development remains an important and a widely recognized activity. This is due in part to the persistent poverty that plagues many parts of both urban ...