According to Deb Nelson, Vision West, Dickinson, ND, the Vision West consortium has grown since the Bakken slowdown and oil price drop. Nelson said one of the big reasons for the growth is Vision West opened their membership doors to associate members. Since then local, county and state agencies have joined the consortium as well as some from the private sector.
She also elaborated on some of the new members and their involvement. She said it is a mixed bag of members. Some are out-of-towners wanting to be more involved and others are appointed by the county commission to serve as the county representative. Nelson said this ranges from tax directors to communications coordinators to county commissioners. Overall they are people in leadership roles appointed by their elected leaders.
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