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Advisory board distills 'Trails to Tomorrow' findings, agrees to draft general-plan language and tactics
Summary
A working group condensed the Trails to Tomorrow consultant report into a decision framework the board discussed Nov. 20; members emphasized public lands as the county’s economic driver, flagged workforce and housing constraints, and agreed to circulate materials and ask Chris Wilson to draft initial general-plan economic language.
Melissa Jeffers, who led the working group, presented a condensed version of the Trails to Tomorrow report Nov. 20 and proposed a decision framework — strengthen, diversify, develop and evolve — to convert consultant recommendations into county-tailored tactics. Jeffers told the board the goal was to make the consultant data actionable and to surface local nuances that consultants may have missed.
Jeffers summarized headline findings she reviewed with the report’s author, Jeremy Sage: "The direct tourism industry ... make up 87% of our taxable sales in our economy, make up 52% of our services taxable sales, and 49% of our residents are directly employed by…
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