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Schwerd Letter Says IGA Won’t Act On IDA Request

A Friday, May 30, letter from county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, to the county IDA said her Intergovernmental Affairs Committee “is not taking action at this time” on the IDA offer to take on the county’s Economic Development Office.

READ SCHWERD’S LETTER TO IDA

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