Housing, industrial sites, immigrant business outreach and Ignite Denison among top goals for CDC
19 Oct 2021
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Strategic goals and progress throughout the county were topics highlighted by Evan Blakley, executive director, during the Chamber & Development Council (CDC) annual Business Appreciation Breakfast Thursday morning at Stables at Copper Ridge in Denison.
He listed the following top strategic goals for the next three to five years: Industrial site identification and development; Ignite Denison (read more about this later in this article); housing advocacy and coordination; website redevelopment; and working on forming on the CDC Immigrant Business Outreach Committee.
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