Cities, states and regions must ultimately map own routes to success

Cities need to build their identities and economies based on indigenous strengths and needs versus what they envy about others.

It’s rarely a bad idea to compare-and-contrast when it comes to business development, whether it’s city to city, state to state or region to region.

It can be a really bad idea, however, to get hung up on it.

Unfortunately, the latter seems to be the case these days in Wisconsin, where a slow recovery from the Great Recession has sent business, government and economic development leaders scrambling for answers wherever the grass looks greener.

By Tom Still

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