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Consultant previews draft Rural Economic Blueprint for Morgan County; commissioners suggest edits
Summary
A Goio consultant shared a draft Rural Economic Blueprint that highlights Morgan Countystrengths, a SWOT, and 5- to 20-year goals including a Mountain Green town center and commercial land inventory; commissioners asked that inbound commuter patterns and local spending leakage be reflected in the weaknesses section.
August Grenath, who prepared the draft Rural Economic Blueprint with the county’s CEO steering committee, presented the document during a work session before the Morgan County Commission on Dec. 2. He said the draft combines quantitative data and stakeholder interviews into a SWOT analysis and a set of goals, strategies and projects intended to diversify the local economy and capture sales tax dollars now leaking from the county.
The blueprint notes Morgan Countyhas slowed population growth (from a historical ~4.1% annual rate in earlier decades to about 1.6% in the most recent five years), a high median household income and industry concentration in…
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