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Jones County commissioners approve application for USDA Rural Business Development Grant
Summary
The Jones County Board of Commissioners unanimously authorized applying for a $25,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Jones County Development Authority to pursue the program, which would fund a yearlong retail recruitment study by Retail Strategies and partners.
The Jones County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize an application for a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant and approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Jones County Development Authority to pursue the grant and related work.
The vote, taken during a regularly scheduled meeting, authorizes the county to apply for the $25,000 grant that would fund a yearlong retail-recruitment study and outreach program led by Retail Strategies, with support from Veil Strategies and a partnership role for Georgia EMC and Tri County. Miss Watson, who presented the application materials to the board, described the program as a process in which consultants will “pull all of our information, demographics about our community, and then they will find areas or, spaces that are available for development or to have new business put in.” She added,…
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