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Buckeye receives regional economic outlook that flags housing affordability and workforce challenges
Summary
At a Feb. 4 City of Buckeye workshop, Jim Rohn of Rohn's Consulting Group told council members the national and Arizona economies show continued growth amid uncertainty, urged more creative local housing solutions and emphasized workforce development and state-level policy options.
Jim Rohn, president and CEO of Rohn's Consulting Group, told the City of Buckeye council during a Feb. 4 workshop that the national, state and local economies remain fundamentally positive but face notable uncertainties and structural challenges.
Rohn said housing affordability and workforce supply are the biggest near-term issues for communities such as Buckeye. He urged cities to weigh public policy decisions with business principles — treating public investments like projects with measurable returns — and to consider nontraditional incentives and land-use strategies to free up lower-cost housing.
“Overall, still very optimistic about the region, about the state,” Rohn said, while cautioning that “there's additional uncertainty coming up” tied to federal stimulus timing, inflation and labor-market shifts. He noted past federal spending and unusual business-cycle dynamics have left price levels elevated even as inflation moderates, which earlier boosted sales-tax receipts and now limits further automatic revenue gains.
Why this matters: Rohn’s comments outline…
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