Bernard Wants Cooperative Economic Development

When Seth Bernard was on the Cumberland city council, he noted that economic development was siloed across the county, and were often vying for the same projects. As a Republican candidate for Allegany County Commissioner, he tells WCBC he would like to see the county become more integrated with municipalities on attracting business to the area…

“Success on a county level has been hampered because of that hesitation to really sign on to that model of a centralized platform where everyone is under one umbrella with one vision and one voice when we’re talking to entities from out of state to bring in business, when we’re talking to our state partners for funding.”