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COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS <br />An important facet of the site visit is for the Site Visit Team to meet with prominent community <br />leaders who are stakeholders in the local economic development process. To achieve this, nine <br />categories of community leaders have been identified. Each candidate organization is asked to select <br />four categories for the visiting team to meet with, each for no more than one hour. <br />Categories include: <br /> <br />1.Chief operating officer of a recently-located or recently assisted business; <br /> <br />2.Typical development ally; <br /> <br />3.Industrial/commercial real estate professional; <br /> <br />4.Representative of local/regional financial institution; <br /> <br />5.Key elected official; <br /> <br />6.Head of local planning agency; <br /> <br />7.Representative of state agency; <br /> <br />8.Representative of local/regional utility; and, <br /> <br />9.Open category (any individual not included in any of the above). <br /> <br />20 <br />Accredited Economic Development Organization <br />Program Description and Guidelines <br /> <br /> <br />