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Residents urge broader economic strategy, urge nonprofit inclusion and question budget cuts and travel
Summary
Public commenters called on the council to broaden economic development beyond downtown, asked the city to include a neurodiversity nonprofit in the July nonprofit expo, and raised concerns about cuts to teen programming, a halved scribe response team budget and a mayoral trip to Chichibu, Japan.
Several residents used public comment on July 22 to press Antioch leaders on local economic strategy, nonprofit outreach and recent budget choices.
Melissa Case said she supports downtown revitalization but urged the council to pursue a broader economic strategy that benefits other parts of the city. “It feels like downtown is the entire focus, while the rest of the city, especially my part of town, is treated like a forgotten middle child,” she said, and urged the council to seek…
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