True South Basic Economic Development Course
September 17-20, 2012
Trent Lott National Center
Hattiesburg, Miss.
An introductory course exposing participants to the fundamentals and practice of creating jobs, increasing wealth, improving the tax base, and enhancing a community’s quality-of-life is the first step in pursuing professional certification. This course also satisfies the IEDC course requirement for Introduction to Economic Development.
- Develop a network of fellow economic developers
- Learn the fundamentals of economic development
- The start of the Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) designation
- Earn graduate credit hours
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