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Mayor urges council to join Heartland Forward cohort for data dashboard; council asks about cost and governance
Summary
Mayor Murn described a proposed multi‑year collaboration with Heartland Forward to build a public and an internal data dashboard for Findlay; the city would pay $7,500 per year and the mayor said the tool would aggregate official sources (BLS, Census, Ohio JFS) to help economic development and planning.
Mayor Murn presented Ordinance 2026‑010, a proposal authorizing the city to enter a multi‑year collaborative agreement with Heartland Forward to join a cohort focused on investment readiness and to fund development of a public and internal data dashboard.
The mayor said Heartland Forward was founded with support from the Walton Family Foundation and described it as a Midwest‑focused research organization that would build links to data sources (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Job and Family Services and…
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