Brown County RDC debates how to create Economic Development Areas, focuses on Helmsburg and Bean Blossom
The Brown County Redevelopment Commission discussed statutory steps to create Economic Development Areas (EDAs), debated a stakeholder-driven outreach strategy versus a top-down approach, and reviewed draft maps showing potential boundaries around Helmsburg and Bean Blossom.
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The Brown County Redevelopment Commission spent its meeting outlining the statutory process to form Economic Development Areas and debating how the RDC should engage towns and residents. The chair emphasized that the legal steps in the statute—legal descriptions, maps, project lists and declaratory resolutions—cannot be bypassed and must be paired with locally tailored outreach before approaching commissioners and council.
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