Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The data is staggering: an estimated one in four businesses won’t reopen after a major disaster. The economic impact is crippling: the loss in revenues, inventory, property, wages and even jobs has an incredible ripple effect on local economies and global supply chains. The human impact is devastating: the stress and loss that comes from a disaster can be overwhelming, to say the least. Yet, studies show an estimated two out of three small businesses – or in some studies as high as three out...
It’s a story I’ve heard too many times in my own life and in the lives of the many small business owners I meet: Person grows up in a small town. Person moves to a city or urban area for college or work. Person yearns to return to the small-town life they love or return to raise their children in the same environment they grew up. However, a lack of job opportunities makes this American Dream unattainable. While it’s heartening to see many of our region’s major metropolitan areas flourish in this unprecedented booming economy, we need to incl...
