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Linn County weighs dissolving economic development board; attorney warns loans and grants could be at risk
Summary
County attorneys and commissioners debated dissolving the county's economic development board and its eCommunity partnership, with counsel warning that outstanding loans and grants to roughly five to seven local businesses could be jeopardized unless the county adopts a transition plan or interim manager.
Linn County commissioners spent a lengthy portion of their meeting discussing whether to dissolve the county's economic development board and what that would mean for businesses that have received county-backed loans and grants.
The county attorney told commissioners that existing cooperation agreements tie the availability and administration of certain grants and loans to the existence of an economic development board. "If we were to dissolve the economic development board, that would also dissolve our cooperation with the community, which would in turn mean that those businesses that are currently…
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