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Council hears economic development update as staff readies Invest Bend, program plan
Summary
City economic-development staff reviewed a programmatic approach that pairs a new department, advisory-board outreach and a data-driven dashboard to advance Invest Bend urban-renewal investments and a wider economic development plan.
Eric King, city manager, told the Bend City Council the city is shifting from quarterly council goal updates to more frequent, outcomes-driven work sessions and is embedding goal reporting into those meetings. “We want a more hands on approach to council goal implementation,” King said, explaining the new process will use multidisciplinary teams and tighter data tracking.
Katie Brooks, Bend’s new economic development officer, gave a progress report on the city’s economic-prosperity goal. Brooks said the program will pair two near-term tracks: Invest Bend, the urban-renewal investment process the Bend Urban Renewal Agency (BURRA) will consider in December, and a city-led economic development department…
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