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		<title>Business Pointers For Newbies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Steve Hunnicutt.  My wife and I have been business owners in Hardy for over thirty years.  We have seen many folks come and go who have tried to get a business going in Hardy.  Here are some pointers for anyone trying to open and run a successful business anywhere, especially in such a small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scale and the Public Sector in Tourism and Economic Development</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many individual tourism-related businesses and attractions fail because they begin at the wrong scale. While finding a local entrepreneur often is an essential piece to building and tourism and economic development program you want, make sure that local person is supported in the same ways that I hope you support all local entrepreneurs. In particular, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Experience-Based Society</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, more than in previous decades, people respond well to quality and taste. The trip is about the experience. People with more money to spend in your town are particularly apt to be sensitive to incongruous elements that seem to ruin the atmosphere. The most appealing towns and cities demonstrate that not every single building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From One Tourist Attraction to More</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Then you need a technique for converting one tourist attraction, which most locations already have, or can uncover or create, into more than one attraction. If you have one of something, attempt first to develop more attractions that people with similar interests would enjoy. Sometimes in smaller communities the additional attractions need to take the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism and Economic Development Go Hand in Hand</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism and economic development are good partners by the very definition of economic development we use&#8211;a new activity that generates income from outside sources for your community. To have at least a partial connection between tourism and economic development, you&#8217;ll need: • At least one tourist attraction, which we define as something someone outside your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Main Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FIRST AND FOREMOST&#8230;GET INVOLVED! Hold a town meeting. Figure out the strengths and weaknesses of your town. Set some goals. Start raising money or support for specific projects. Ask more downtown merchants to become involved in the revitalization process. Develop a good relationship with your local news media. Publish a newsletter or write a regular [...]]]></description>
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