A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk, Economic Diversification, in which Terry Tice interviews members of the Economic Development and Diversification Task Force (EDD): Judi Kiernan, Don LaChowski, and Steve Kennedy. The EDD committee's goal is to enhance the economic well-being of Telluride by the retention, support, expansion of local businesses and to attract more businesses to the area.
Is there economic hope for Telluride beyond the tourist industry? One idea is to have Telluride host conferences. Another is to offer more jobs and different types of businesses so that people can re-locate to Telluride. For example, a digital software company and a winery were considering setting up businesses in Telluride.
The recording is about 35 minutes long.
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