Economic Vitality Committee
Primary Areas of Focus:
- Downtown Assessment – Creating building inventories, business inventories, conducting market analysis and collecting statistical information on the downtown
- Business Retention – Block captains, educational seminars, newsletters and merchant incentive programs that enhance the success of current businesses in the commercial district
- Business Expansion – Conduct focus groups, marketing feasibility studies and assistance with creating business plans and projections
- Business Recruitment – Develop recruitment packets, recruitment teams of community leaders and development incentives as recruitment resources
- Real Estate Development – Identify and implement clustering strategies, adaptive reuse and opportunities for Community Initiated Development
Monthly Meeting Time: 1st Wednesday of the month, 4:00 P.M.
Program of Work
Understanding the District
- Quarterly Merchants’ & Property Owners’ Coffee and Conversation
- ESRI Data/Market Analysis Info Distribution
New Uses for Old Places
- Commercial Property Open House
- Upstairs Downtown Open House
District Business Inventory
- Residents
- Retail
- Restaurants/Bars
- Service
- Professional
- Other
District Property Use Inventory
- Occupied Buildings
- Vacant Land
- Parking Spaces (public and private)
- Building Vacancies
- Upper Story Vacancies
- 2019 Marketing and Image Campaign
- Grants – Explore & Pursue Opportunities
- Ready to Recruit Training
- Business