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Regional council outlines gap-funding, meat-processing loans and technical-assistance hire; county dues reduced
Summary
Brent, executive director of the Lewis and Clark regional council, briefed the Board on gap-funding programs for businesses and housing, a loan program for meat and poultry processors, technical-assistance expansion funded by state money, and the council’s dues request (reduced from last year for one county example). No county action was taken.
Brent, identified as executive director of the Lewis and Clark regional council, briefed the Emmons County Board of Commissioners on the council’s programs, recent projects and a proposed staffing expansion for technical assistance.
Brent described four program areas: gap funding for business startups and expansions; a housing arm that works with housing tax credits and incentives; an EP2 down-payment program for essential public employees; and an intermediary lending program aimed at diversifying meat and poultry processing capacity. He said the EP2 program provides a down payment assistance…
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