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New economic development role, $15 billion in announced projects spotlighted at St. Charles Parish meeting
Summary
Patrick Beard, the parish's new economic development director, outlined a plan to grow jobs and business investment, proposed a business engagement specialist (concierge) role, and said roughly $15 billion of announced projects could create hundreds of jobs locally.
Patrick Beard, director of Economic Development and Tourism for St. Charles Parish, told the parish council on Dec. 1 that his office will prioritize business retention, expansion and attraction while beefing up workforce partnerships and tourism support.
"We currently have around $15,000,000,000 in projects going on in this parish that are only announced projects," Beard said, saying that announced investments are in various stages and could yield "over 500 jobs" as projects complete.
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