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Southern Arizona region lays out plan for region’s economic future – TREO

In baseball, home runs are usually what make the crowds cheer and what creep into the ESPN highlight reels. But it’s base hits that win games, says Joe Snell, president of Tucson’s newest economic development group, TREO http://www.treoaz.org.

That’s the analogy Snell uses to explain Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities’ first-year plan for attracting and retaining business in the greater Tucson area. Snell is president of the nonprofit group known as TREO, which formed in July as a cure-all to the region’s fragmented approach to economic development.

While bringing new employers to the region will be a goal – such as it did with Iowa-based Pella Corp. – TREO’s plan this year revolves more around "blocking and tackling" for companies already operating in the region, Snell said.

"One of our key goals as we move forward will be a balanced approach to economic development," he said. "We’ve gotten a lot of recognition lately for the Pella relocation, but the reality is that most of our efforts – staffing and money – are really geared around growing companies within."

By Ryan J. Stanton, [email protected]

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