SOURCE: WFSU PUBLIC MEDIA
According to the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity, Gadsden County had the highest unemployment rate in the Capital Region last year. Gadsden County Commission Chairman Kimblin NeSmith says he plans to address that by acquiring more infrastructure projects, like the purchase of a 52-acre plot of land in Quincy earlier this year.
NeSmith, in an interview earlier this year, discussed how programs like the Rural Infrastructure program, help counties like his.
“We’re looking at constructing a new governmental complex to better serve the residents of Gadsden County,” said NeSmith. “Along with that, we’re looking at possibly developing an industrial area [as] part of that property, as well as an affordable housing area. In order to attract the best staff to work in Gadsden County, in order to attract residents to move to Gadsden County; they need to live in affordable housing.”
Gadsden joins a growing list of rural communities across the panhandle that stand to benefit from the newly expanded grant program.
