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County Economic Research Institute (SIRI) asks to hold funding flat; commissioners debate business model
Summary
Doug Davidson of the County Economic Research Institute (SIRI) presented the nonprofit’s longstanding role in providing local economic data and requested a flat FY2026 grant of $300,000. Commissioners questioned SIRI’s funding model and whether membership, reintegration with county government, or other revenue models should be explored.
Doug Davidson, director of the County Economic Research Institute (SIRI), told the Board of County Commissioners that SIRI requests a flat FY2026 grant of $300,000 — the same amount received in previous years and the same dollar figure the organization requested the first year it separated from county government in 1994.
Davidson reviewed SIRI’s small staff and overhead, described recent outputs (including an economic impact study for Johnson County airports and ongoing monthly…
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