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Missoula economic development project raises $2.3M, aims for 2,500 new jobs. Mayor Engen says Missoula ready to enjoy economic recovery

Economic development efforts in Missoula took a giant leap forward on Tuesday when it was announced that the Best Place Project http://www.makeitmissoula.com/business/missoula-best-place-initiative/ has raised 77 percent of its $3.2 million goal, according to project representatives.

Mayor John Engen announced the project to grow the local economy in his state of the city address last year, and later handed the endeavor over to a group of core community leaders from the private sector.

Steering committee president Jeff Fee made the announcement Tuesday morning, and said the project has raised $2.3 million of its $3.2 million goal.

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian missoulian.com

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_05b6239c-33a1-11e0-b6b6-001cc4c002e0.html

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Mayor Engen says Missoula ready to enjoy economic recovery

Having weathered the "worst recession in modern memory," Missoula is primed for economic success, and with a phrase that became his mantra Tuesday, Mayor John Engen said, "I see the evidence everywhere."

"Today, in the early months of 2011, Missoula, I believe, is poised to enjoy the recovery," Engen said. "I see the evidence everywhere."

By KEILA SZPALLER of the Missoulian missoulian.com

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_5a6788e4-3410-11e0-a5c1-001cc4c002e0.html

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Turning Fairfield, Iowa into a Rural Renaissance City

The Power of the Entrepreneurial Class

A new paradigm of entrepreneurial development was developed in tiny Fairfield, Iowa and resulted in the creation of a rural renaissance city, teeming with more jobs than the folks who live there and creating an arts community as robust as cities 100 times its size. Fairfield is 60 miles from the nearest interstate and over 100 miles from the nearest metro.

Full Story: http://www.matr.net/files/IEDCEDJChojnowski.pdf

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