Development group to get interim leader

CHAMPAIGN – John Dimit is expected to be hired as interim executive director of the Champaign County Economic Development Corp,

Dimit, 59, who retired in November as executive director of the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, stepped down from the economic development group's board of directors last fall. He continues to serve on the Urbana school board.

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