County asked to commit $35,000 to regional planning “decision‑making dashboard”

Aug 4, 2026

Presenters asked Valley County to invest $35,000 over two years in a West Central Mountains data and decision‑making dashboard, citing a $125,000 grant from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation and a regional match to aggregate infrastructure and environmental data for long‑range planning.

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Brittany Brand, director of the Resilience Institute, urged Valley County commissioners to invest in a regional “decision‑making dashboard” that would centralize infrastructure and environmental data and produce scenario planning tools to guide long‑term development decisions. Brand said the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation has pledged $125,000 and asked the county for a $35,000 match spread over two years to build the two‑year platform.

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