Economic Development and Tropical Fish
Jon Maynard |
TEDxUniversityofMississippi
• March 2021
Do local economic developers have the necessary skills and ability to adapt to a new way of doing business? The pandemic of 2020 will be a story in history books far into the future. Historians will analyze not only how we acted during the pandemic, but how we recovered from its far reaching effects. The global economy is showing signs of struggle and countries all around the world are working find ways to recover. Locally, it is the job of the economic developer to guide his or her community out of the difficulties the pandemic placed on their local economy.
Jon Maynard is an economic developer in Oxford, Mississippi. His work has lead him to some striking revelations about Mississippi’s economy, as well as innovative ideas on how to navigate out of the problems that he discovered. His thoughts about making a change for the better could not come at a more opportune time.