The Chamber supports legislation that addresses the need to retain and recruit skilled and educated workers to continually replenish our workforce pool. We support legislation that narrows the gaps among business, workforce training, and education. Perhaps now more than ever, the creation of value added jobs will help the local economy and our tax base.

The Chamber supports legislation that addresses the need to recruit skilled and educated workers to continually replenish our workforce pool. The Chamber supports legislation that narrows the gaps among business, workforce training, and education. Now is the time to acknowledge that affordable workforce housing is one of the keys to attracting and keeping a workforce that is necessary and vital for planned growth. Smarter growth management and concurrent policies are needed that allow for a balance between the environment and economic development.