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Will economic development initiative help Rock County?

By GREG PECK ( Contact ) Friday, October 30, 2009 - 3:01 p.m.

On Thursday, leaders unveiled an initiative called Rock County 5.0. It is designed to support the Rock County Development Alliance and its five partners with five key strategies for the next five years. You can read more about it here.

Is it what this county needs to get back on track? Will it be enough? Does it come soon enough? This will be the topic of the Gazette's editorial Sunday.

Greg Peck

Shopierehuh
Nov 2, 2009 at 10:14 p.m.
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"How 'bout ice arenas in milton, beloit, clinton, edgerton, and evansville too!"

Totally unfair unless Emerald Grove, Avalon, Shopiere and Tiffany can also have one.

fyoss
Nov 2, 2009 at 4:39 p.m.
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The article addressed a key question in any development plan. Funding, almost half the goal
of a Million dollars has been reached.

Unidentified
Oct 31, 2009 at 11:02 p.m.
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Maybe Rock County could be come an modular ice arena manufacturer.

woody
Oct 31, 2009 at 10:03 p.m.
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How 'bout ice arenas in milton, beloit, clinton, edgerton, and evansville too!

Sandman
Oct 31, 2009 at 1:02 p.m.
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Perhaps, if we can truly come to terms with and perhaps even eventually even embrace the concept of locally stockpiling nuclear and medical waste products.

Unidentified
Oct 30, 2009 at 8:07 p.m.
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There wasn't much detail in the article to give a real opinion. However, ANY effort at this point is welcome with open arms in my view. Janesville's only other option is the Big Dig of an ice arena plan.

janesvillean
Oct 30, 2009 at 5:04 p.m.
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So the conspiracy is that the business leaders of Rock County want the economy here to deteriorate further. Got it.
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It's hard to say if anything concrete will come of it, but the main aspect of note is the increased countywide cooperation.

BBB
Oct 30, 2009 at 4:33 p.m.
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That's they want you to be so they can pull the wool over your eyes.

sannio
Oct 30, 2009 at 3:53 p.m.
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After reading the article, I'm still clueless.

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