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Wagoner economic developer outlines retail-recruitment findings; county-funded consultant flags grocery and corridor gaps
Summary
Darla Heller, Wagoner County economic developer, updated the Wagner Economic Development Authority on a one-year retail-recruitment contract. Consultants used Placer.ai visits, peer and gap analyses and identified grocery leakage and two corridor sites as top opportunities; consultants will report quarterly.
Darla Heller, the economic developer for Wagoner County, briefed the Wagner Economic Development Authority on Dec. 1 about work completed in the first four months of a one-year retail-recruitment contract with consultant Veil Strategies. Heller said the county contributed $50,000 to the effort and the city paid a nominal $4,000–$5,000 to participate.
"The county did put in $50,000," Heller said while outlining the contract's scope, and she described two documents she distributed to council members: a one-page community summary and a thicker retail strategies packet. She said…
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