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Tense debate over Economic Development Committee’s scope and productivity
Summary
Trustees and EDC members clashed over the committee’s scope, activities and pace after roughly 13 meetings; EDC members described early work on the Wisconsin Innovation Grant, permitting efficiencies and community outreach, while critics pressed for more concrete business recruitment.
A heated exchange at the Salem Lakes Village Board meeting focused on the newly formed Economic Development Committee (EDC), with trustees questioning what tangible results the EDC has produced and EDC members and staff defending the committee’s advisory role and early-stage work.
Critics on the board asked what the EDC had accomplished after approximately a year and about a dozen meetings and urged concrete outreach to developers and recruitment of businesses. Trustee comments included direct questions about…
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