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Chamber and EDC give Innovate 28 mid-campaign progress report; county questions funding focus
Summary
Chamber and Economic Development leaders told the Cass County commission Innovate 28 is roughly 10 months into a four-year, nearly $4 million-per-year public-private initiative focusing on workforce, business development and civic engagement; commissioners pressed for clearer metrics and budget guardrails.
Shannon Full, introduced as president of the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber, and Joe Raso of the Economic Development Corporation presented a quarter-three update on Innovate 28, a public-private regional initiative funded at just under $4 million a year.
Full and Raso described four priority pillars — workforce, public policy, business development and economic impact — and highlighted several recent successes: growth in concierge recruitment services, the Career Innovation Center opening and convenings that drew hundreds of business and education leaders. Full said the initiative has added roughly 4,600 people toward a…
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