State leaders seek business input on effort to develop economy

Department of Commerce’s Britteny Cioni-Haywood, left, director of Community and Economic Development Division, Development Manager Ethan Tyler and Commissioner Chris Hladick deliver a presentation on economic development strategy on Jan. 26. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Business and community leaders have told state officials they’d like to see new sources of money to finance economic development.
That was among the early findings of a state effort to build a comprehensive strategy