Local Business Briefs: BEDC Project Manager Completes Course; Gluesenkamp Gets Award; Travel Leaders Names Branch Manager
1 Feb 2013
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BEDC project manager completes course
Dana Palazzo, project manager for the Bloomington Economic Development Corp., recently completed the Building Better Communities 2013 Indiana Economic Development course offered by Ball State University.
The course offers intensive training in the basic concepts, methods and strategies of economic, industrial, business and community development.
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