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	Staycations: Supporting Local Community Resilience This article provides a rationale and an overview of factors aside from COVID reinforcing the long term potential for 'staycations'.Find out more

	Business Retention & Expansion(BRE) Essential for Economic Recovery This short article profiles why local leaders or economic development professionals should be engaging in BRE- if you are not already doing so. SEDA has resources available for members and can provide coaching if required. Find out more

	New non-profit newspaper breaks-even in first month Courtesy of the Bank of Ideas, this success story comes from rural Australia and is worthy of consideration for journalistic residents here in our province. Read more

	From 'chain to main': new place brand for Waupaca Wisconsin With a population of 6,000, the community is small by Wisconsin standards. By engaging local residents and traveling to other communities, a new place brand was conceived that transcends tourism and local economic development. Read more