Local Growth

Economic Development should be a balancing act between attracting big business to meet demand for good, services, and leisure and incubating local development that builds wealth in the community. I support Economic Development strategies that prioritize small, local businesses over big box stores and corporate chains. During my time on council I've worked to reach consensus on projects that incubated small, local business development; and to cut back at unnecessary red tape, in order to make it easier to do business in Cabot.

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Under Arkansas law (Ark. Code Ann. § 14-56-103), new developments must pay their fair share of infrastructure impact. We must enforce strict sequencing: no final plat approval or utility hookups until engineering data proves our water, sewer, and road grids can handle the load—ensuring existing residents never subsidize corporate windfalls.