State lottery funds will be used to fund an economic coordinator for Sweet Home.
A four-county Regional Investment Board recommended approval of a $30,000 grant to the Sweet Home Economic Development Group to fund the position, with a match of $15,000. County boards of commissioners in Linn, Lane, Benton and Lincoln counties all approved the project, and SHEDG learned of the approval last week.
SHEDG Board Member Erland Erickson is drafting a job description for…