The Athens County Commissioners recently adopted an economic development strategic plan outlining five-year goals to add “2,500 new high-wage jobs,” cut child poverty by 5 percent, and increase “per capita incomes by 15 percent,” the Athens Messenger reports. One of the plan’s features is the “creation of an Athens County Community Fund with private and public contributions” that would “provide a funding source for emerging entrepreneurs and companies,” according to the article. Lenny Eliason, County Commissioner and chairman of the Athens County Economic Development Council, said the plan represents “the first time we’ve actually tried to write down what the vision is, where we want to go, what we want to do and how we want to get there.” For more, read the full article.
Athens County adopts strategic plan to guide economic development efforts
