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Chamber unveils inaugural education report; TVA pilot and absenteeism flagged as concerns
Summary
Will Evans of the chamber presented an economic dashboard and the chamber’s inaugural annual education report and said Columbia had been selected as a TVA Talent Accelerator pilot. Council members raised concern about rising student absenteeism and asked staff to continue collaboration with the school system.
Will Evans of the local chamber presented the group’s September economic dashboard and the chamber’s inaugural annual education report to the City of Columbia council on Sept. 12.
Evans said the chamber’s active pipeline of projects held steady and noted a July unemployment increase to just under 5 percent, which he described as an anomaly tied to seasonal hiring patterns and a two‑week shutdown at a regional employer. He also announced that Columbia was selected by the Tennessee Valley Authority for a TVA…
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