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Monroe City presents 2024 economic development annual report

2312241 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

City staff presented the 2024 economic development annual report, highlighting demographics, business activity, permit trends and a business survey; lodging tax and multifamily permits rose while overall 2024 sales tax came in below budgeted expectations.

Monroe City Council received the 2024 economic development annual report during its Feb. 11 meeting, a presentation that summarized demographic trends, permit activity, commercial vacancy rates and results of an annual business survey.

The report, presented by Patrick Doherty, lays out the economic development goals tied to Monroe’s recently completed comprehensive plan and is intended to inform city decisions on rules, incentives and outreach to prospective businesses and developers.

Doherty told the council the report is meant to be “a good tool for us, at the city government to understand the pulse of the economic vitality of our…

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