Tourism Toolbox: Leveraging Assets for Economic Growth

Join us as we talk with Emily Yeager! Emily currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation Sciences and directs the Crisp Small Business Resource Center at East Carolina University with a research agenda focused on sustainable community development built upon a community's unique assets and cultural nuances. Be sure to check out the Tar-Pamlico Blue Economy Corridor Project: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7b317fd4dd0445a7928b29a03d524857 and the ECU Crisp Small Business Resource Center: https://business.ecu.edu/msoe/crisp/. Also, stay updated on what UPLIFT is doing at https://www.uplifttourism.com/.