About Community Matters

 Economic development organizations often struggle with staffing shortages, hindering critical project progress.  Community Matters founder Jessika Leatherbury witnessed this firsthand during her experience at both the local and state levels.  In 2014, she founded Community Matters LLC to address this very challenge, providing expert support and enabling organizations to focus on their core mission. 

We help your team do more! Community Matters empowers organizations by handling key functions without oversight or the cost of a full-time staff member. Functions include marketing, project management, event planning, organizational management, site selection, and startup marketing support. This frees your team to focus on other important tasks.