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Community
Economics means both
People and Business Really Matter
Our business community takes pride in the fact that we seek
full assessments and evaluate all the costs for growth and the
Chamber is pleased to be at the forefront of these activities. Growth is not always bad
nor is it always good. Clearly
if our community accepts an industry that creates problems, it also
accepts long-range negative consequences in excess of the new
employment and currency it would bring.
The
decision to grow businesses in one manner or another may have
monetary impacts on community services and schools that exceed the
economic profits of a development effort.
Local
businesses and citizens who care about the future of our community
must continue to ask: "Will
the growth of our business community bring long term living-wage
jobs to our community's citizens or attract outside people to move in
to take the jobs it creates?
"Does the community benefit as a whole fiscally,
environmentally, and socially or are their hidden long-term negative
consequences that our children will be paying?"
We
can create jobs and positive growth by supporting local business and
expanding within pre-determined boundaries. As
a concerned group of business owners we put a collective human face
on how we see the future of our community. We
invite you to become involved in our efforts.
Contact the Chamber of Commerce for information on how you
can become a voice in these efforts. |
