Twin City's economic-development office.

Given the financial woes of some chambers of commerce (see page 15), business leaders are looking at what they actually do with the money they get. Two Winston-Salem aldermen ore applying that same scrutiny to the Twin City's economic-development office. Vernon Robinson and Steve Whiton say businesses that the office recruited pay the city about $1.7 million a year in property taxes--but it costs the city about $1.6 million to run the office, which has five staff members. Deputy City Manager Allen...

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