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

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Community / Economic Development Minnesota

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