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opportunities that are helping meet the
needs of our local manufacturers, in
this new year we will focus on putting
together resources designed to meet
workforce needs of businesses and
individuals involved in the agricultural
sector of our county’s economy.
We’re also going to see if we can put
into practice that old saying about how
it is better to teach a person to fish,
rather than give him a fish. Our plan
is to see if we can help communities
throughout the county establish
individual economic development
commissions, created via the passage
of a local ordinance. When like-minded
folks join together to work on behalf
of their own communities, the results
are often much better than when a
centralized organization tries to step in
and assist.
Finally, we will continue to expand
our involvement with the five-county
Economic Development District (EDD)
of which Logan County is a member
(and which also includes Peoria, Tazwell,
Woodford, and Mason counties).
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