Leslie Hart Provides a Vital Bridge Between the Farming Community and the Business World. by Yvonne Butts-Mitchell + photos by Chris Jackson
PEOPLE
A Hart for Agriculture
Able to hold her own in both milking parlor and board room, Leslie Hart serves as a vital link between the farming community and the business community in her role as Washington County’ s agricultural marketing specialist.
Leslie Hart Provides a Vital Bridge Between the Farming Community and the Business World. by Yvonne Butts-Mitchell + photos by Chris Jackson
Leslie Hart’ s office chair is a tractor seat, a straw bale or a stool in a milking parlor. As the agricultural marketing specialist for Washington County, she will be engrossed in the job wherever the conversation needs to take place. While her formal mission is to attract, preserve and grow agricultural enterprise and related businesses in Washington County, her personal mission is to make sure all the connections are in place to take those words off the printed page and turn them into the dynamic synergies that benefit everyone involved. Leslie is passionate about her work and makes things happen by listening to the ag community and ensuring their voices are heard by other decision makers.
“ The county recognized some time ago that there was a lack of daily interaction between the business community and the ag community,” notes Brien Poffenberger,
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