A local economic development group plans to use hundreds of thousands of tax dollars to bring more jobs to Topeka with the city and county’s blessing Wednesday evening. Shawnee County Commissioners Kevin Cook, Bill Riphahn and Aaron Mays, and Topeka Mayor De La Isla, Deputy Mayor Mike Padilla and city council members Hannah Naeger and Mike Lesser all voted on approving the four incentive projects proposed by the Joint Economic Development Organization. JEDO is a partnership between the City of Topeka and Shawnee County which has come up with four different projects intended to bring jobs to the area.
Source: KSNT News
