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Board members press for clearer strategy, earlier outreach for next RCG/RCOG cycle
Summary
Advisory board members debated Aug. 27 how to tighten RCG/RCOG application criteria, start outreach earlier and align grant priorities with a county economic development strategy that also addresses housing, workforce and tourism capacity.
Board members spent the largest portion of the Aug. 27 meeting discussing how to improve the RCG/RCOG grant cycle and how grant strategy should fit into a broader county economic development plan.
Aaron Lindberg and several board members urged starting the next grant outreach earlier—ideally advertising in December with a January workshop—so applicants can prepare and the board can perform deeper due diligence. “We started the process around February, felt kind of scrunched and squished,” Lindberg said; a later comment summarized the board’s view: start outreach earlier so the commission can consider recommendations in time to get funding into the county in the next fiscal cycle.
Members pushed for clearer, published criteria to help applicants self‑select…
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