Adam Grinold: Economic development is about people and communities

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Adam Grinold, who is the executive director of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corp.
I lead an organization that is working to build a vibrant regional economy. The dry language of economic development does little justice to the way our work touches real people and real communities. A sample of our activities from just the past few weeks illustrates the range of challenges and triumphs, and what our daily work entails:
• We brought 50 people tog