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Brookings merger committee outlines timeline for combining four economic-development organizations
Summary
A 15-member committee convened to draft an implementation plan to merge the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, Brookings Economic Development Corporation, Downtown Brookings and Visit Brookings; council members serving on the committee said staff and board forums will precede any council action in April–May.
Council member Andrew Rasmussen, who leads the committee, reported that a 15-member merger committee has been meeting to develop a draft implementation plan to combine four local economic-development organizations.
The committee aims to merge the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, the Brookings Economic Development Corporation, Downtown Brookings and Visit Brookings into a single entity that would “capture the mission of those four existing organizations,” Rasmussen said. The committee includes three city council members — Rasmussen, Council member Tiltonburn and Council member Avery — and members drawn from the boards of…
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