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Author Archives: Caleb Pollard

Posted inGrowth and Development, Rural Economy

How We Built Ord’s Economy

by Caleb Pollard November 28, 2011November 29, 2011

Editor’s Note: Several weeks ago, the Daily Yonder reported on a remarkably successful economic development initiative in Ord, Nebraska. The town taxed itself to build a fund that was then used to build locally-owned businesses. Non-farm employment in Valley County, Nebraska, increased 42 percent from 2000 to 2008 as a result. Yonder editor Julie Ardery […]

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