Issue Position: Economic development

Issue Position

My principal goal is to foster and reinforce economic development in Berks County. I believe good jobs with wages that support families are the foundation of community prosperity. As a result, I meet regularly with individual businesses around the county to learn about their particular abilities and needs, whether they are small enterprises, healthcare or major companies, and I have established a business advisory council of local leaders to assist me. I work actively to bring state government and local resources together with existing and new businesses where we can help them to grow. And on the legislative side, I am co-sponsoring and support proposals to provide job-creation incentives and assistance to employers, and to do away with unreasonable bureaucratic and other barriers to economic development.

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