Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) will soon launch the Career Builders program that will fund the creation of new jobs.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, JSDC Business Development Director, Corry Shevlin said funding of $100,000 will come from economic development funds to create 50 jobs over a one year period.  The funding must be approved by the City of Jamestown and Stutsman County.

He said once the program is started JSDC will contact area businesses or they may contact JSDC with interest in the program.

In other news at the monthly Board meeting, JSDC, CEO, Connie Ova reported that legal fees incurred by the Spiritwood Energy Park Association  (SEPA)  in a court dispute with Minnesota Soybean Processors amount to about $350,000.  The case was settled in February with each side covering its own costs and no payment of damages to either side.

The JSDC Board has approved the recommendation for the  fee payment, and is dependent with approvals from the City of Jamestown, and Stutsman County, that will be divided between, Great River Energy to pay about $40,000, the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. will pay $110,000 with $99,000 from the city of Jamestown and $11,000 from Stutsman County development funds, according to the recommendation by the JSDC Board of Directors.