State officials in Mt. Pleasant Monday to hear what economic impact communities need to see in order to thrive.
A roundtable of business and community leaders met with the director of the Labor and Economic Opportunity office to explain the needs of the area and give their opinions on federal COVID relief money plans.
State officials have been having these kind of meetings across the state in different communities as listening sessions. To hear what the local communities need when it comes to economic growth and what they are facing. It sounds like in Mt. Pleasant, like it is in many places, it’s all about people.
“Anything we do needs to also have a solution for our rural communities,” said Susan Corbin, director of LEO.
Michigan has billions in federal COVID relief money it has to spend and has yet to do it. So in the meantime, Corbin is going to the communities to hear what struggles they have, specifically people to…
