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Germantown county board candidates stress housing and workforce as top economic priorities
Summary
At a Germantown forum hosted by the chamber, candidates for Washington County board districts 16–18 highlighted affordable housing and labor shortages as the county27s key economic challenges and called for local, not county-driven, solutions.
Candidates for three Washington County board seats met at a Germantown Chamber forum to answer community-submitted questions about economic development, housing and public services.
Stephanie Lel Erdman, running in District 16, said maintaining strong schools and keeping long-term residents from being “taxed out” are top local priorities, and urged local decision-making: “what happens in this room with the trustees is the most important way of developing Germantown, not at…
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