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Commissioners, council and Randolph County United debate economic‑development role and funding structure
Summary
County leaders and Randolph County United representatives debated whether the county should retain, reshape or replace RCU’s combined chamber/economic‑development model; RCU defended grant capture work while commissioners raised concerns about structure, oversight and use of taxpayer funds.
Representatives of Randolph County United (RCU) — including executive director Sydney Shireze and RCU President Clyde Schafer — joined commissioners and council members for a lengthy discussion about the county’s economic‑development funding and the organizational structure that currently combines chamber and economic‑development functions.
Shireze and Schafer outlined RCU’s…
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