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Missoula City Council prods Missoula Economic Partnership

James Grunke brought the usual numbers to his initial budget presentation before Missoula City Council on Aug. 3. From his quiver, the president of the Missoula Economic Partnership http://www.missoulapartnership.com/ pulled statistics tallying the jobs created and companies assisted by his economic development organization over its first five years. But Councilman Bryan von Lossberg wanted more than data; he wanted stories, or at least the names of a few businesses in his ward that have benefited from taxpayers’ investment in MEP.

To that, Grunke seemed to draw a blank. A week later, when he still hadn’t produced a list of businesses, council took a preliminary vote to yank $75,000 of its $100,000 annual contribution to MEP.

"That was unexpected and unknown," Grunke says of the motion.

By Derek Brouwer

Full Story: http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/city-budget/Content?oid=3071214

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