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Local business mentors, IDA report activity as county employment edges up
Summary
Volunteers with a small-business mentoring program described webinars, one‑on‑one mentoring and bank partnerships; the county industrial development authority reported new staff and outreach. County employment figures rose slightly year over year.
A volunteer small‑business mentoring organization and the county industrial development authority (IDA) delivered updates to legislators on local economic development work.
Representatives of the mentoring group described a multi‑month program of webinars and one‑on‑one mentoring with area banks that produced thousands of mentoring sessions and more than 85 business starts over five years. A…
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