The Patrick County Economic Development Authority (EDA) approved $85,000 for the Business Development Center’s (BDC) design contract at its July 27 meeting. The request was made after the Stuart Town Council rejected a request to fund the full cost of the $358,000 contract. Since the council meeting, Sean Adkins, the county’s director of economic development, said he’s talked with the design firm to request a lower bid amount. “We got them to come down to $311,000, so we’re going to get hopefully the remainder of the $311,000 from” other grants, he said. Adkins said he’s talked with the Appalachian Regional...
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Karen Raschke, a retired attorney in New York, started getting her groceries delivered early in the pandemic. Each delivery cost $30 in fees and tips, but it was worth it to avoid the store. Then earlier this spring, Raschke learned her rent was increasing by $617 per month. Delivery was one of the first things
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic bill toward Senate approval early Sunday, starting the sprawling collection of President Joe Biden’s priorities on climate, energy, health and taxes on a pathway that the party hopes will end in final congressional passage by the end of this week. The evenly divided Senate voted Saturday to begin debating
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