E3 urges coordinated economic development structure; proposes economic development corporation
E3 staff said the next step for sustaining local entrepreneurship is an organized economic development corporation to centralize business retention, recruitment, housing and workforce initiatives; they said E3 has built capacity and seeks a coordinated structure.
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E3 presenters told the council they have built entrepreneurial capacity since 2021 and argued the next step is a coordinated economic-development corporation (EDC) to consolidate business retention, recruitment, housing, workforce and other functions across the city and county. Alicia Julius and Melissa Norard said the E3 pilot work demonstrates a need for a permanent, coordinated structure that can sustain broader economic-development efforts.
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