Kanab City Council hears county economic report

Kane County Commissioners Dirk Clayson, James Matson and Doug Heaton, along with Kane County’s Economic Development Director Matt Brown, presented statistics and their thoughts on issues affecting economic development in the county to the Kanab City Council. Utah’s economy is the second fastest growing in the U.S. and in Kane County, new growth is doubling the tax base. The role of governments, as outlined in Governor Gary Herbert’s Economic Summit, is “to create fertile ground in which private enterprises can succeed.” o this effect, the commissioners stated that they have reviewed the county’s regulations affecting businesses and eliminated or modified over 300 of them, thereby taking an active role in economic development. Southern Utah News