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Avon officials review results of Make My Move pilot and propose expanded year-two incentive
Summary
Make My Move presented results from Avon’s first-year pilot: five households moved in, early economic impact estimates are positive, and the provider and staff proposed increasing incentives and continuing the program for a second year with state matching funds.
Avon officials on Aug. 14 reviewed the first-year results of the town’s Make My Move pilot and discussed a proposal to expand incentives and continue the program for another year.
Make My Move liaison Ryan Pike told the council the program aimed to recruit remote workers to relocate to Avon. “We did not get 10 households, we got 5 households,” Pike said, adding that the five moves generated about $223,800 in estimated annual economic output and about $30,306 in new annual state and local tax revenue in year one. Pike said the town’s investment so far is about $53,000. "For every dollar that's been invested right now, we've had with the town of Avon $4.21 were generated in year 1 alone," he said.
The program had been structured as a 10-household campaign with a one-to-one match from…
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