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Consultants present Carbondale economic development plan; council flags data errors and delays adoption
Summary
BusinessFlare consultants outlined a 3–5 year economic development strategy focused on downtown identity, anchor partnerships and talent retention; council members identified factual errors in the draft and voted to move final adoption to a later meeting for corrections.
City staff introduced BusinessFlare LLC’s final draft of the Carbondale Economic Development Strategic Plan, a 3–5 year framework intended to guide downtown revitalization, anchor‑institution partnerships and talent‑retention efforts as the city recovers from the COVID‑era downturn. BusinessFlare founder Kevin Crowder and partner Ken Stapleton described five strategic goal areas: market position/brand, anchor partnerships (hospital and university), industry diversification, capital projects and supportive policies such as regulatory improvements and an expanded downtown SBDC…
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