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Meet Rohane Davidson

Rohane Davidson built ClearBuild and maintains it. He has more than 20 years in business development and construction, with project experience that includes New Balance, Panther Coffee and Wendy's. He built ClearBuild to put where to open, what it costs, how long permits take and how to fund it in one place, each answer with its source and date.