Officials with Montreal-based Research on Investment laid out their plan for developing business leads specific to Albany and Dougherty County at the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission's monthly meeting Wednesday.

Dan Silverman, ROI's vice president for business development, and Emire Agrasoy, the company's director of operations, discussed the company's methodology and some of its successes with the EDC board.

"We bring the horse to the water; we're bringing it to the Albany pond," Silverman said. "You've got to get him to drink."

EDC President Ted Clem said the development agency's one-year contract with ROI, which pays the international company $30,000, calls for as many as 25 "actionable leads" generated by the company.

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