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Economic Development is
vital to healthy families, neighborhoods,
communities, cities and state. The trickle down
effect of a good job affects every home. Educating
and training our workforce from elementary school
upward to higher education is essential to the
development of a marketable community. Small
business growth, entrepreneurship and job creation
needs to be our top priority. Nationally small
business represents more than 99.7 percent of all
employers, employs more than half of all private
sector employees, pays 44.5 percent of total U.S.
private payroll and generates 60 to 80 percent of
net new jobs annually. It is imperative we recognize
these statistics and grow our small business
community. Small businesses offer a unique look to
communities. Retaining and supporting our
communities homegrown small businesses will give us
the financial stability our communities need. We
need to provide access to services and resources to
help individuals start, grow, and succeed in their
small business. Educate, encourage, promote and
retain our small business sector is key to economic
development.
We need to keep rural Nebraska robust by boosting
opportunities for farming and ranching, expanding
and enhancing their businesses in creative ways of
commerce. Nebraska is one of the food baskets of the
world and we need to do more to promote that segment
of our economy. We also need to identify the
uniqueness, warmth and charm of our small
communities, what they have to offer and what kind
of businesses they can sustain. The State Economic
Development Department should work closely and teach
rural community leaders how to assess their town’s
physical assets, make the best of them and how to
promote them. We also need to make sure our public
education opportunities are offered equally
throughout Nebraska.
The I-80 Platte River transportation corridor is a
prime locale for innovative businesses. There are
barriers of infrastructure that will be needed to
bring this to fruition. Technology, roads, water and
sewer are the basics needed. With thoughtful design
an economic development plan can envelop the beauty
of the dynamic land structure. However there is also
the need of an available workforce to inspire a new
business to locate in this corridor. As a state
legislator I will ensure we have the educational
opportunities to fill these future business needs.
Marketing and promoting Nebraska’s great assets of a
hard working skilled workforce, and the measures of
economic stimulus brought on by the Nebraska
Advantage Act, I believe we can encourage those
businesses to be a part of our great state.
Member of Womens Business Owners Network
Member of NorthView Business Association
Regularly attend:
Havelock Business Association monthly meetings
Community Development Task Force meetings
Served on:
Infrastructure Finance Committee - Neighborhood
Representative
IFC Cost savings and Efficiencies Committee
Long Range Transportation Task Force
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