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Almost every economic conversation in this country happens within a hundred kilometers of a major airport. The other Canada, the rural Canada, the small-city Canada, the Canada that grows the food, powers the grid, and ships globally, gets footnoted.This show is built to change that.Economic development isn't a tax credit and a press release. It's a three-legged stool: economic, social, community. Knock one leg out and the whole thing falls. So True South isn't just about deals and dollars. It's about the full picture of what makes a region thrive.And economic development is, at its core, a relationship business. The deals that close, the projects that get built, the communities that hold together, they all run on trust, on connection, on people who know each other and pick up the phone. This podcast is part of that work. A place to make connections across the region, amplify the work people are quietly doing in their communities, and support the prosperity of southern Alberta as a whole. If you're listening, you're part of it.

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