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Economic development director outlines rapid growth, major investments and a $500,000 brownfields assessment grant

3633765 · June 2, 2025
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Economic development staff highlighted rapid population and job growth, multiple private investments across industrial and retail sectors and a newly awarded roughly $500,000 brownfields assessment grant to inventory and evaluate contaminated or underused sites.

Caldwell’s economic development team briefed council on a heavy pipeline of private investment and on a new federal brownfields assessment award.

Director Steve (last name not specified) and staff said the city has recorded fast population and job growth; staff cited a 2025 population estimate of about 77,610 and a multi‑year jobs growth figure used in local analysis. The presentation listed a series of large private…

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