Economic Development Coordinator for Grow Ashland, Aaron Pauly, stopped by the WRDL Studios on Wednesday, January 26 to talk about the Economic Development Office and its role in the community. According to GrowAshland.com, “Ashland Area Economic Development is a comprehensive economic development organization (EDO) operating under a public-private partnership structure. We strive to strengthen our local economy in these primary areas: business retention, expansion, attraction and entrepreneurship. Originally, Ashland Economic Development was a department within the City of Ashland that became the official EDO for the Ashland area that started January 1, 2001. In 2006 it became a Council of government.  We have since then transitioned into a new organization: Ashland Area Economic Development, Inc. This new private, non-profit organization was formed on January 1, 2017.”

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