Link for Pittsburg City Commission meeting - 03/28/2023
The economic outlook for Crawford county and Pittsburg remains upbeat and optimistic.
That was Tuesday night's message from President of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce Blake Benson and Pittsburg State's Executive Director of Operations, Business Development, & Economic Engagement Darrell Pulliam.
Darrell spotlighted the work of the Small Business Development Center at Pitt State and their work helping launch a new business.
"We cover 11 counties with our small business development team. Within those numbers are 86 unique clients.
So that's 86 businesses, of people here in Pittsburg that are starting businesses.
And inside of those numbers, there's 11 new started businesses last year that we helped start a new business."
The Pittsburg Chamber also underscored a 25% increase in wages in Crawford County over the past two years; some of that due to the rise of inflation, around 9%.
Also, the low employment rate of Pittsburg, averaging about 3%. An increase from this time last year when unemployment was just 2%.
