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Council weighs business development plan, permits and wastewater expansion to attract jobs and housing
Summary
Councilmembers discussed a business development plan, incentives for investment in struggling neighborhoods, development-review bottlenecks and a planned wastewater treatment expansion as key tools to support economic growth and new housing.
Councilmembers and staff discussed how industrial recruitment, small-business development, permitting processes and wastewater capacity interlock as factors that shape economic development and new housing in Goldsboro.
Interim City Manager Matt Livingston told the council the city had "signed a notice to proceed with the engineering firm and the contractor to do a 30% design" for the wastewater treatment plant expansion and said planning is essential because permitting and design can take several years. In a separate comment, a member described…
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