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		<title>Supporting economic development in Ukraine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supporting economic development in Ukraine Last month I had the privilege of participating in an international development program operated by Federation of Canadian Municipalities. My destination was Ukraine, where FCM runs the Municipal Local Economic Development Program. I had a wonderful time in Kiev – both on professional development and personal ends of the spectrum.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lending a Helping Hand in Janvier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lending a Helping Hand in Janvier It was a pleasure for me to be one of three members of the Millier Dickinson Blais team who were in Janvier, Alberta, on Saturday, October 15th to help clean up a burnt down elder/youth centre. Joined by the helping hands and backs of five others, and with Steve at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Economic Development Too Trendy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is Economic Development Too Trendy? We spend a lot of time in our line of work reading reports, publications and articles that detail the trends and opportunities for provincial, national and international economic growth and trying to connect these findings with what is possible and realistic in a community at any given time. What concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This American Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This American Life on &#8220;How to Create a Job&#8221; One of my favourite radio programs is This American Life, which I often listen to as a podcast and also airs in Canada on CBC Radio One. This award-winning show combines reported stories, humorous essays and other “acts” into an hour-long show every week. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Small Business to Our Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Importance of Small Business to Our Economy I recently came across two resources that quantify the importance of small business to the economy. Statistics Canada’s report titled The Contribution of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Gross Domestic Product and TD Economics Special Report titled Small Businesses will Reclaim the Driver’s Seat Behind the Economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the &#8220;C&#8221; in CED?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the &#8220;C&#8221; in CED? After our tour of Downtown Kitchener, Dr. Sharpe and I had a chance to catch up at dinner. He supervised both my BA and MA theses, but it was during my MA that he offered me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conduct my field work on Baffin Island (a hint as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Revitalization in Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Downtown Revitalization in Action A couple of Saturdays ago I attended a celebration commemorating 50 years of geography at Wilfrid Laurier University – I obtained my BA and MA there a “few” years ago. And hey, what’s a geography get together without a field trip? I picked the tour of Downtown Kitchener led by my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rediscovering the Wealth of Places</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rediscovering the Wealth of Places In 2010 I had the great privilege of publishing Rediscovering the Wealth of Places: A Municipal Cultural Planning Handbook for Canadian Communities through Municipal World. I am pleased to say the book has received very positive reviews both in Canada and abroad and has now been sold in 6 countries. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.millierdickinsonblais.com/blog/rediscovering-the-wealth-of-places</link>
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		<title>ontario east interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview with the Ontario East Economic Development Corporation I recently had the opportunity to chat with the Ontario East Economic Development Corporation about our Profit Hot 50 success, economic development, eastern Ontario, and the creative economy. You can read the whole interview on the Ontario East blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Shakes Up the Travel Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Shakes Up the Travel Industry On July 1st, 2010 Google announced it would buy ITA software, the leading source of critical air fare software used by search engines and travel sites alike, such as Hotwire and Air Canada Vacations. The question is, how will this affect the consumer? FairSearch.org is a group of businesses [...]]]></description>
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