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Economic development office outlines housing, childcare and tourism efforts
Summary
The county’s economic-development staff updated commissioners on employment trends, two housing projects in design, a down-payment assistance program with 20+ sign-ups, the county childcare coordinator’s outreach, and an effort to build a visitors-bureau-like tourism initiative without new taxes for residents.
Colton, representing the county’s economic-development work, updated commissioners on local business conditions, housing efforts, childcare coordination and tourism initiatives.
He said September unemployment was 3.7% (the most recent month cited) and summarized the completed housing study that produced two projects now in design engineering (one in Decatur and one in…
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