{"id":9564,"date":"2014-02-19T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2014-02-19T11:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T15:26:50","slug":"bill-to-allow-for-local-agriculture-marketing-with-dda-funds-passes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/02\/19\/bill-to-allow-for-local-agriculture-marketing-with-dda-funds-passes-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill to Allow for Local Agriculture Marketing With DDA Funds Passes House"},"content":{"rendered":"

HB\u00a04487<\/a>, a bill to allow Downtown Development Authority funds to be used for creating and operating a marketing program for local agricultural (think local farmer\u2019s markets), passed out of the full House of Representatives yesterday.\u00a0 The DDA act does not currently prohibit this type of activity but the sponsor (Rep. Stacey Erwin Oakes, D-Saginaw ) wanted to make it clear that it is allowable.\u00a0 An additional hope of the bill sponsor is that this legislation would bring to light the ability of DDAs to do this and thus they would begin partnering (or create) with their local farmer\u2019s market in an effort to make it more vibrant.\u00a0 The MEDC is supportive of this effort to create strong farmer\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n

Nikki Brown is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development and land use issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at nbrown@mml.org or 517-908-0305. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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