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For John, BLUF:  Smaller municipalities need innovation to grow, or sustain their current populations.  This should not be a shock,  Attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, “Now that we have run out of money we have to think.”  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Cambria County fights population loss in little, big ways

Here is the sub-headline:

The first of three reports on counties with declining populations.

From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by Reporter Salena Zito, 21 November 2021, 4:00 AM.

Here is the lede plus two:

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Reggie Canal began the process of moving from New York City to this Cambria County city this past July. The Queens native is a financial adviser who has spent much of his life working in the five boroughs as well as various places abroad. He was lured here for a number of reasons, including quality of life, affordability and the ability to start his own business in the main business district of a city, without breaking the bank.

The kicker, though, was the remote worker incentive, a pilot program that offered a cash motivation — $2,500 to be exact — to attract people to move to the county and take up residence.

The brainchild of local civic and business leaders with a boost from the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, the program required applicants to agree to live here for a year.

I applaud the County of my birth.  Those of us in smaller governmental units need to think smarter.

In Lowell we don't need more residents, per se, but se do need more and better jobs, and less homelessness.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff