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Casper business owners to vote on Downtown Development Authority

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Casper business owners will vote on whether to renew a tax on downtown businesses to fund the Downtown Development Authority.

 
The Downtown Development Authority, or DDA, is run by several business owners in Casper with the goal of improving the city’s downtown area and attracting customers to businesses.

 
City Councilman Bob Hopkins says the DDA provides important services.

 
“It’s like having another advertising agency for the city of Casper Downtown.” Hopkins said of the DDA, “If you hired a bunch of people that have had long term businesses and they all wanna get their heads together and advertise; the DDA represents that kind of function.”

 
The DDA is funded by a tax on the non-residential properties in the downtown area. The vote will be November 5.

Originally from Chester County, PA, Jordan Harper comes to us by way of the South Carolina Low-Country and Coastal Carolina University. He is a junior majoring in journalism and hopes to one day become a reporter. When not in the office or in the classroom, Jordan enjoys the occasional yoga session and playing rugby with the University's club team. A life long NPR listener and avid WPR fan since first landing in Laramie, Harper begrudgingly admitted to being somewhat star-struck upon his first tour of Laramie's WPR facility.
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