EDC luncheon told that without facilities, Marion at risk of being left behind.
By Rick Cundiff
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Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 6:30 a.m.
OCALA - Marion County needs to develop industrial sites if it wants to attract industry in the future, a leading site selection consultant said Wednesday.
John Rhodes, senior principal in the Moran, Stahl and Boyer consultant firm, told the annual luncheon of the Ocala/Marion County Economic Development Corp. that the county needs to get serious about developing new industrial sites or risk getting left behind when the economy recovers from the current slowdown.
Just offering vacant land without infrastructure development is no longer enough, Rhodes said.
"You are going to have to put some of your hard-earned money on the line," he told the audience of nearly 350 business and community leaders. "If you don't have the facilities and the readiness you need, stop marketing, because you're just playing games." More here.
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