DAPRiXBLOG.COM---CHUCK D'APRIX, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAVERICK, REWORKS BLOG

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 25, 2007 -- Washington, DC (November 24, 2007)


Chuck D’Aprix, the outspoken and maverick economic development consultant has unveiled plans for his new weblog -- DAPRIXBLOG.COM. It will challenge conventional wisdom about the way we revitalize communities and will be, like its author—blunt, practical and at times controversial.

D’Aprix says, “I have been blogging for two years now and I have found that people who read DAPRIXBLOG.COM respond well when I am writing from my experience as an economic development and downtown practitioner, consultant, writer and researcher—but like it most when I challenge orthodoxy. There is an economic development establishment that has arisen in this country—and I spend every day challenging that establishment to move towards innovation, change and free-thinking. I urge everyone to question that establishment. My updated blog, DAPRIXBLOG.COM will do just that starting December first.”

Chuck D’Aprix continued, “We spend too much on economic development, we conduct needless studies, we have organizations—quasi-think tanks that do not need to exist, we jump on the bandwagon of the newest author to propose a new idea because we are so hungry for new ideas in this field. I will write openly and honestly about that and about my two consulting practices.”

D’Aprix owns Economic Development Visions, a high-energy, unconventional economic development consulting practice that is designed to lead communities toward new answers to old problems.

He also own The Downtown Entrepreneurship Project which helps downtowns and commercial centers attract, nurture and grow entrepreneurs and independent businesses.

DPRIXBLOG.COM will be an interesting stopping off point for those interested in real economic development change for their communiti

More information can be found online at http://www.economicvisions.com