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Priest River, Idaho Industrial Park: A small-town economic success story

As cities around the nation try to land the second Amazon headquarters and the bounty it brings, small rural towns are satisfied to fill a few buildings in their industrial parks – if they even have them.

Towns have tried, failed or dreamed of building an industrial park to attract a mix of manufacturing companies and jobs not dependent on their resource-based economies.

After 37 years, a group of tenacious volunteers in Priest River, Idaho, just a few miles from the Washington border, can claim a spot among those that have succeeded.

By Fred Willenbrock For the Spokesman-Review

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/nov/19/priest-river-industrial-park-a-small-town-economic/

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