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Commission votes to rescind withdrawal from local EDA amid grant concerns
Summary
After heated debate over leadership and grant risk, the commission voted to resend its earlier withdrawal letter to the Economic Development Agency (EDA), reversing the prior intent to opt out.
Loudon County commissioners voted on June 2 to withdraw the county’s prior withdrawal — effectively rescinding the commission’s earlier letter of intent to opt out of the regional Economic Development Agency (EDA) — after extended debate over the EDA’s value and the legal risk of losing state and federal grants.
Commissioner Whitfield moved to “resend our letter to the EDA” and said he was concerned that opting out could jeopardize federal and state grants to multiple county departments. “If…
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