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Stephanie Wiechmann
Republican Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour and Democrat Muncie City Council President Jeff Robinson both already have responsibility for helping to direct Muncie's present and future. But when asked about making Muncie attractive to outsiders, the two verbally agreed to disagree. Robinson says the city first needs to build a desirable community.

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Jeff Robinson
What we need to be doing is focusing on our roads, our sidewalks. We need to make sure that we're preserving and maintaining the current parks that we have. If we don't make this, if we don't focus as a city government on the basic responsibilities of a city government, we will never attract residents.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ridenour believes the community is already desirable and now needs to focus on economic development.

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Dan Ridenour
We have proven people want to move here. They want to move here because we have a good accepting community. That's why they want to be here. That's why I moved here. The people were friendly, the people were nice. And it has great amenities. Economic development is about encouraging people to invest.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
During the hourlong forum, the audience ask questions on housing and blight, infrastructure and economic development, addiction and education and ethics and bipartisanship. The deadline to register to vote in this year's election is October 10th. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.