STAPLES — Cheryal Lee Hills, executive director of Region Five Development Commission and representative of the National Association of Development Organizations, testified before Congress Wednesday, May 11.
The U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth hosted the hearing, “Bringing Prosperity to Left-Behind Communities: Using Targeted Place-based Development to Expand Economic Opportunity.”
Select committee members and policy experts had an opportunity to examine how wealth disparities in local economies have increased — including in rural towns, industrial centers, and urban neighborhoods — and how targeted, place-based initiatives can restore local economies and bring jobs to economically vulnerable regions.
As a federally recognized Economic Development District, Region Five Development Commission develops and maintains the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the…
