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Economist presents Solano County's 2024 Index showing recovery but uneven sector growth
Summary
Dr. Robert Eiler presented Solano County's annual Index of Economic and Community Progress, showing recovery since the pandemic with strong gains in logistics and services but flatter growth in construction, farming employment and tech sectors; population forecasts show future growth but 2024 was roughly flat.
Solano County officials heard an annual economic index report from Dr. Robert Eiler, an economist affiliated with Sonoma State University, who presented indicators for employment, industry trends, housing, agriculture and social equity.
Eiler told supervisors that overall employment in the county recovered after the pandemic but growth has flattened in the last 12 months, and that industrial shifts continue to favor logistics and warehousing and many service sectors. "Logistics of warehousing is the real pop on…
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