Growing up here, I heard a lot about economic development and trying to create higher paying jobs in the St. Cloud area. That effort has continued, and the need for higher paying jobs has not decreased.
Providing tax subsidies and other incentives for businesses to relocate or expand are common across our Country. That doesn't make them right, though. We should do more to create favorable permitting and licensing processes while building outstanding educational institutions and a quality of life that is second to none. Businesses are more likely to locate or expand in an area that people want to live and raise a family than simply a community that's willing to offer them a better financial package.
We need to do more to encourage entrepreneurship in St. Cloud. Our community loses a ton of talent and potential when students graduate from our higher ed institutions and leave. What can we do to keep them here, working or starting businesses? That's the conversation we should be having.
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