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Create incentives to attract young residents
Several places are experimenting with ways to attract young people: forgiving student loans, eliminating or reducing income taxes, assistance in purchasing a home. Is there something along these lines that small towns could try?

From Victoria Ford of Saint Paul, MN on 05/15/05

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I'd like to find out where these ideas are occurring. Would a small town offer these incentives only to young people who grew up in the town, or to any young person? What would the minimum time be for the person to earn financial incentive?

From Addi Jadin of Minneapolis, MN on 05/15/06

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Of course we should do this.

From Mark Anderson of Madelia, MN on 05/11/06

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