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Article Excerpt
When Jimmy Heidel, a nearly 40-year veteran of economic development and current consultant for the City of Jackson, was asked who had the biggest impact on his career, he named former U.S. congressmen and senators Jamie Whitten, David Bowen, John Stennis and James Eastland. He said he learned invaluable lessons from them, and counts trips to Washington as highly rewarding.
Successful economic development is a team effort, and important members of that team work in Washington. Staying in contact with the state's congressional delegation is an important job of economic developers, and that often means making a trip to the National Capital to meet with lawmakers.
So, how do economic developers plan for a trip to D.C.? What's the protocol? And, what...
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