The Early Beginnings: How Economic Development Chose Me When I think back to how I got into the economic development profession, I realize that economic development chose me. Not the other way around. Perhaps it was a couple of weeks before high school “career day” when I was talking with my golfing buddy about who to go visit on this upcoming opportunity. Hey, my dad is the City Planner, why don’t you just go see him. So, I did. I…