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Hamilton County begins five-year economic strategy update, commissioners press for countywide equity and housing affordability
Summary
Consultant Liz Bloom outlined a five-year update process to the county's comprehensive economic development strategy, with stakeholder interviews this spring and preliminary recommendations in October; commissioners urged faster short-term actions, countywide investment beyond downtown, and analysis of housing affordability and tax impacts.
Liz Bloom, the consultant leading Hamilton County's five-year comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) update, told the Board that the process will combine a data update, about 20 stakeholder interviews and two rounds of public engagement to shape preliminary recommendations in October and a final document in January.
"The objective is to identify strategic ways that we're going to grow the county's economy, population and the tax base," Bloom said, noting prior CEDS cycles produced measurable results…
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