Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) met in monthly session, on Monday, at the Center for Economic Development in Downtown Jamestown.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC, Business Development Director, Corry Shevlin said approved was an integrated communication and marketing plan.

He said the plan is designed to bring new workers to Jamestown.

Shevlin, said that collaboration would be the key to making the project work.

A video, and social media use, and other communications tools are designed to promote the community, working with businesses and the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, as way to deliver the message outside the community.

He said, the next step in the process is to get together partners within the community.

The board approved a $75,000 grant to Jamestown Tourism for promotions and enhancement of tourist sites.

The JSDC board also voted to approve Flex PACE interest buydowns for Looysen I Care and Holte Construction, as the businesses expand in Jamestown.

Interest buydowns reduces the interest cost on bank loans.

The money granted by the JSDC on the Flex Pace program is repaid by the business after the bank loan is recovered.