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Economic development board considers contracting support for Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge; SEK Inc. presents regional workforce and housing initiatives
Summary
Commissioners heard from Jennifer Leech Harlow about options for the county economic-development board, including contracting a coordinator to run the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC) and other programs. Patty Ann Sanborn of SEK Inc. described regional efforts on housing, childcare and workforce development.
County commissioners heard two related presentations about economic development: one from Jennifer Leech Harlow on behalf of the local economic-development board and one from Patty Ann Sanborn, director of SEK Inc., a Southeast Kansas economic-development nonprofit.
Jennifer Leech Harlow asked the commission whether to retain the county’s economic-development board and how to staff imminent programs, including the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (YEC). Harlow said the YEC normally takes place in March and that the program provides awards (historically a $1,000 first…
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