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EDAWN's Kazmierski, who helped get Tesla deal, resigning as CEO

Kazmierski says he plans to consider other opportunities in Northern Nevada after leaving the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada. ....

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The man who turned the lights back on in Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek

Many of us have forgotten the dark days before Dirk Draper took the helm at the Colorado Springs chamber. ....

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The man who turned the lights back on in Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek

Dirk Draper, right,
will retire at year’s end after more than six years as president and CEO of the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC. Draper, who turns 62 in November, said his retirement is a personal choice and an amicable one made in conjunction with the Chamber & EDC’s board of directors.
JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE file ....

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Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC leader brings social work background to helping businesses

Her first year on the job was not one Cecilia Harry could ever have envisioned.
She stepped into her role as chief economic development officer for the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC in December 2019. She and her family had moved from Wisconsin, where Harry had been president and CEO of Envision Greater Fond du Lac, the combined chamber of commerce and EDC for that community. She was eager to dive in, to shake hands with business and city leaders, to attend gatherings and visit key employers.
And then the pandemic took hold.
I got my 90-day review in quarantine, she recalls. ....

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Economic development officer for Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC has unusual first year on the job

Her first year on the job was not one Cecilia Harry could have ever envisioned. She stepped into her role as chief economic development officer for the Colorado Springs Chamber ....

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