When you receive a questionnaire or survey or are contacted directly by a task force member, please take a few minutes to participate in this very important endeavor.

Working with the county, university, and school district, we determined the most important projects we could collectively tackle that would help us benefit our community. Seventy percent of our community is eligible for free or reduced lunches. We had an opportunity to do a first-ever youth master plan in San Marcos, and I was able to facilitate that.

A new Best Practice from GFOA suggests indicators for tracking the performance of economic development activities.