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Economic Developer Role Shifting from Deal-Making to Systems Stewardship
3 Feb 2026
News
You're in a meeting about childcare.
Not business attraction, not incentives, not site selection. Childcare. Three employers told you the same thing last quarter: they can't fill the second shift because parents can't find care after 6:00 p.m. So now you're at a table with the United Way, a hospital HR director, two daycare operators, and a county commissioner, trying to solve a problem that wasn't in your job description five years ago.
This is one example of how the economic development field is shifting.
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