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1012 ce&Commerce>Print>Counting construction jobs proves difficult <br /> Finance & Commerce http://finance-commerce.com <br /> Counting construction jobs proves difficult <br /> by Chris New marker <br /> Published: October 24th, 2012 <br /> - �� , <br /> LI (,,,,, t <br /> � � �� .: aka <br /> r, c �, <br /> u „ l �` f• <br /> 4. IRr ii€�eveiespm t Hour ag tiff Bus , J f;tri Fwd Offi <br /> I <br /> i <br /> gTfi <br /> I 10 <br /> ' , t " <br /> a 'fie <br /> a t-t <br /> ,a-.s 1y <br /> ' 3& xe � $ c <br /> s'°m y,1 <br /> bL t , 8 4�, t` 2 Sm <br /> i � a T ;. <br /> I <br /> i1 1 l'1 1 I I'1 <br /> x fir' <br /> Mgr�, f f 17w ei '%a'w i- ". r'€ Yk'1 +``F <br /> *l *l*Rt,k - a ' 7„kvp a £t a€i?FS" P,,aQ,"xfS t YYs,c <br /> Some cities kept track, but law didn't require it <br /> So how many hard-hat jobs did Minnesota's two-year"temporary authority to stimulate <br /> construction" actually create? <br /> Going by a formula used by the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, the number <br /> would be nearly 15,000. <br /> But it's unclear, for now, whether the $35.9 million in property taxes and $510.6 million in <br /> f total public and private investment actually achieved that number. <br /> That's because many of the 35 cities polled by Finance & Commerce did not count construction i <br /> jobs, or had incomplete or unverified numbers. Out of-6 p u ject, 44 did not track <br /> construction numbers. <br /> f inance-commerce.com/wp-content/plugins/tdc-sociable-toolbar/wp-print.php?p=52338 1/3 <br />