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their qualifications and length of time in the county
the committee elected a chairman (Brad Schneider) and set a meeting schedule for the next few weeks.
All of the members acknowledged that something needed to l>e done to attract mom business to the county and that the alternative, doing nothing, wasn't an option.
“If we don't do anything,” said Ben Jones, “we’re going to continue to fight over taxes and schools.”
Barbara Adolfi noted that the number of vacant buildings has continued to rise, and that attracting corporate offices -r- whose manufacturing was elsewhere - might be a goal.
Other early suggestions were about marketing the county's products more effectively (Cliff Miller) and using the agricultural assets thi' county has more effectively (John Genho of Eldon Farms. >
Four general industries were mentioned repeatedly agriculture, tourism, retail and technology - but most of the comments remained in the context of promoting the first two as outlined in the county’s comprehensive plan.
However, as committee member Kevin McCrohan - a marketing professor at George Mason University - pointed out, “You can’t build an economy based on 11 percent and 8 percent,” referring to the proportion of
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