(Audubon) Communities in Audubon County are set to gain funding for economic development endeavors.
The question at this time is how much? As part of an Urban Renewal Plan, the county has $300,000 in revenue from wind turbines to distribute. The Audubon County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday discussed a proposal that would make additional money available. Supervisor’s Chairman Doug Sorensen suggests combining the wind turbine revenue with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Valley Business Park. “That would make $600,000 going to the communities and it would be disbursed based on population of each of the towns Kimballton, Brayton, Exira, Audubon, and Gray. Each town would get money that way. They would have to put in an application to say how they would use the money to improve the local economy.”
This proposal would leave roughly $1 million from the Valley Business Park sale. The remainder would be divided up for two purposes. “We would retain the cost of the original Valley Business Park which was $480,000.” Sorensen says, “The remainder we would give to Audubon County Economic Development to continue the great job they have done to promote our local economy.”
The topic was discussed during their meeting this week, but no official action was taken.
