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Economic development delegates return from Huntsville, urge faster permitting and market clarity
Summary
A trade delegation from St. Mary's County visited Huntsville, Ala., to study its diversified defense-and-tech economy. Delegation members said Huntsville’s rapid permitting, strong chamber role and workforce data offer lessons for accelerating local business development.
A St. Mary's County trade delegation that visited Huntsville, Alabama reported back Oct. 28, 2015, saying Huntsville’s mix of government, industry and university partnerships — and a faster permitting process — helped the city grow and diversify its economy.
Delegates said the two-day trip included meetings with the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Tommy Battle, NASA’s Payload Operations Integration Center, Cummings Research Park and local companies. Chris, who led the delegation briefing to the Economic Development Commission, said the research park hosts roughly 300 companies and that Huntsville has “about 50 percent military, 50 percent nonmilitary” economic…
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