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More People Needed to Fuel Economic Growth

More People Needed to Fuel Economic Growth

Nancy Wenande Photo: WNAX


Finding workers for existing open jobs is a challenge for businesses across the region.

Nancy Wenande, C.E.O. of Yankton Area Progressive Growth, says they are working with immigrant groups as part of the recruitment program…

Wenande says the region will stagnate if the population doesn’t grow….

Wenande says quality of life is often more important than the jobs that are being offered…

Wenande, during the State of the Community update, says there are almost seven hundred open jobs now in Yankton County.

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