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<title>A Year of Hard Choices: Bucking the trend, a business built to last</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 27, 2009) On Monday, SUNY Potsdam economics professor Greg Gardner described a theory of development that he believes may be a good fit for the North Country in today&apos;s economy.  Instead of trying to hook that big fish to create hundreds of jobs at once, Gardner says make your community attractive to young entrepreneurs.  &quot;Having educated creative people who then want to live in your community because it’s a nice place to live,&quot; Gardner says, &quot;and if they can’t find a job, they’ll just make one.&quot;  For today’s installment of A Year of Hard Choices, we meet a Canton couple who fit this profile to a “T”.  Ken and Katrina Hebb own the Blackbird Café on the main corner in the village.  They say despite the recession, their business is thriving.  David Sommerstein has their story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13247/20090327/a-year-of-hard-choices-bucking-the-trend-a-business-built-to-last">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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