What is economic development?

Economic development is a process of improving the economic well-being and quality of life for everyone as an investment in the community

Economic development has become an integral part of public policy decision making with retaining and the growing of local businesses by job growth and job retention by nurturing current businesses and the latest
Entrepreneurs

Attract new businesses and invest capital, using such economic tools as;
Tax Incremental Districts-TIF
Community Block Grants-CDBG
Revolving Loan Funds-RLF
Economic success cannot be taken for granted

So what is economic development?
An important and continual job that requires cooperation, analysis, expertise and action through the work of professionals, like the professionals at Lincoln County EDC