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Podcast: Simple Civics: Greenville County
Episode: Van Broad, City of Mauldin, and Taft Matney, Mauldin City Council
Description: "Businesses like to go where people are happy. If you've got people who are happy, you've got happy employees." Van Broad, newly retired economic development director for the City of Mauldin, reflects on why economic development is important, how it is done, and how it's about so much more than simply recruiting businesses to our community. He's interviewed by Taft Matney, Mauldin City Council member, and he says: "Economic development is multifaceted. It can be community development - like renewing a downtown - taking events, the cultural center, activities, connecting people, connecting opportunity, and using tha...