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South Burlington adopts five-year economic development strategic plan
Summary
After months of community engagement, the City Council unanimously adopted a five-year economic development strategic plan that prioritizes innovation, talent, place-making and building internal capacity to implement projects.
The South Burlington City Council unanimously adopted the city—s first formal Economic Development Strategic Plan during its Aug. 18 meeting, endorsing a five-goal framework focused on innovation, talent retention, destination development, readiness for quality growth, and internal capacity to implement the plan.
Nicole Debrek, chair of the Economic Development Committee, told the council the plan "creates the vision for the committee, and it crafts sort of our playbook, our work plan for the next 5 years." Community Development Director Alana Blanchard and consultants from CivicSoul (presenters Laura and Steven)…
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