Why We Don’t Recruit Every Business

By Breezy Straton | June 1, 2026

By Breezy Straton, President, Elevate Douglas Economic Partnership When people think about economic development, it’s easy to picture a simple goal: bring in as many companies as possible. But strong, modern communities don’t grow by accident, and they don’t grow by saying yes to everything. They grow by making deliberate choices about the kinds of…

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