Economic Development Success Story

The small town of Hastings, Minnesota, has found an economic development savior in a 50-year old "enterprise facilitiator."

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October 6, 2000, 8:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen


Ronald L. Toppin, a soft-spoken, grayhaired 50-year-old who was hired by local leaders three years ago to help would-be entrepreneurs -- many of them business neophytes -- start successful enterprises. He's called an "enterprise facilitator," and very different from and economic development officer.

Thanks to Chris Steins

Tuesday, September 12, 2000 in Wall St. Journal

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