Well before her first day today as Iowa’s new economic development director, Debi Durham was working the phones and traveling the state.
“When I read about a company looking at Iowa, I’ve been picking up the phone and asking (community leaders), ‘How can I be helpful?’” said Durham, “That’s the kind of thing they’ve not had before.”
Durham, 50, has led the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and its economic development arm, the Siouxland Initiative, for the past 15 years and is well-known throughout the state’s business and community development circles.
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