An exploratory committee of Haywood County business leaders will examine in the coming months whether to reshuffle the county’s economic development arm for the second time in a decade.
Traction is building to move the Haywood County Economic
Development Commission under the auspices of the Haywood County Chamber
of Commerce. Both are separate entities now — the chamber is run by
private business leaders and the economic development commission is run
by county government.
But both presumably have a similar goal: to improve commerce, bolster the economy and grow jobs.
The task force will examine whether those goals would be
better served if the county’s economic development commission was
brought into the chamber of commerce’s fold.
The county would continue to fund economic development
efforts, but they would be carried out in closer concert with the
chamber on a day-to-day basis. The possible configurations run the gamut
from simply sharing the same office building to the chamber directing
economic development activities. More here.
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