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YES, GOOD EVENING.

IT IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20TH.

AND THE CALL TO ORDER THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THREE OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY.

THAT WAS SECRETARY MEMBER COURT HERE.

MR. COLLIER, MR. SMITH, MR. SOLOED AND MS. I'M HERE.

MR. MARVIN IS HERE VIA ZOOM, NONE HERE.

SO, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT.

WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING, UH, MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

NOW MADAM SECRETARY, DID YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING FIRST? THIS SCHEDULE MATTERS.

YES, SIR.

UM, SO MS. DEARMAN HAS TO LEAVE AT 6:00 PM.

SO WE WERE GOING TO MOVE THE OTHER BUSINESS UP ON THE AGENDA, UM, BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE A COUPLE OF VOTES FOR THAT.

SO THE FIRST THING UNDER OTHER BUSINESS IS THE BIG CORE INSURANCE PROPOSAL FOR FYI 23.

YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.

THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN COVERAGE AMOUNTS AND YOUR PREMIUM IS GOING DOWN BY $3.

SO, UH, JUST A REVIEW OF THAT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, UM, JUST TO VOTE AND I WILL SUBMIT THAT AND THEN THEY WILL SEND US AN INVOICE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE, UM, UM, PAGE SEVEN.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM GENERAL LIABILITY AND SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT WE STILL OWN PROPER B A MIDPOINT, CORRECT.

THERE'S STILL NEED THE ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING AND OUR TOTAL, OUR TOTAL, APPROXIMATELY YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS IN OUR, IN OUR FUNDS.

YES.

I BELIEVE IT IS ROUGHLY $700,000 BETWEEN ALL OF YOUR ASSETS.

OKAY.

JUST THE REASON I WAS ASKING, SO LOOKING AT THE COVERAGE LIMITS SHOULD FIT.

OKAY.

CLOSER TO CLOSER TO 800,781,000.

SO I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT QUITE FOLLOWING WHICH, WHICH, WHICH GENERAL.

YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BLANKET SEVEN 50, IF WE'RE OVER THAT, NOW THAT, UH, THE COVERAGE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT THAT ON MONETARY, BUT SINCE IT'S NOT A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH FOR APPROVAL.

SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN WE JUST GO OVER THAT AGAIN? YOU READ ABOUT THE BLANKET OF $750,000 FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OR COUNTERFEIT FORGERY, COMPUTER RUNNING.

YES.

AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 7 81.

YEAH.

THAT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

UM, I CAN GET, UH, UP-TO-DATE INSIDE THE CRIME SECTION RAIN.

YEAH.

RIGHT.

CORRECT.

SO YOU'D LIKE TO INCREASE IT, SARAH, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE LAND ASSET IN THERE BECAUSE THAT WOULD SORT OF BE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.

YEAH.

SO, OKAY.

SO CASH IN BANK, YOUR BALANCE WAS 7 27 LAND HELD FOR RESALES 28,000.

YEAH.

FROM A CRIME STANDPOINT, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FALL INTO THE AGGREGATE FOR THE BLANKETS.

SO I'LL STILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

UH, THE SECOND ITEM, MAYBE FOR THAT, I WILL SUBMIT THAT TO THEM.

UM, THE SECOND ITEM, UM, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THIS EVENING

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IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR THE I 64 ASHLAND ROAD INTERCHANGE, UH, DIVERGENT DIAMOND PROJECT.

UM, AND SO THEY ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.

OUR REQUEST HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY PLAN RVA STAFF FOR FUNDING.

THEY ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FUNDING AND IT CLOSES ON APRIL THE 28TH.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS FUNDING AND THAT IT WILL HELP OBVIOUSLY A STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR OR IN THE COUNTY.

CAN I JUST ASK, WHAT IS IT PROJECT? CAUSE I'M CONFUSED.

WE THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WAS DONE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS IS A EXTENSION OF THAT.

NAH, IT'S SO GOOD.

YEAH.

SO ASHLYN CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY IS NOT, UM, AT 64 IS KIND OF A FAILING INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S LONG WAIT TIMES AND THE DDI, THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND INTERSECTION WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.

THERE ARE TWO INDUSTRIAL PARKS RIGHT THERE.

UM, AS WELL AS THE MANIA OR THE, UM, POLITELY CALL IT THE DUMP RETURN.

THE LAND GOES RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

UM, THE CONVENIENCE CENTER AND, UM, WE IT'S BECOMING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KIND OF, UM, HOTSPOT FOR DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE'VE HAD PROJECTS LOOK AT THAT AREA, BUT THEY HAVE MASSIVE CONCERNS OVER, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA.

OUR, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS APPLIED FOR A SMART SCALE FUNDING THROUGH V DOT, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY AND HAS BEEN DENIED, UM, JUST BECAUSE THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN THERE, UM, IT IS ABOUT A $17 MILLION PROJECT TO PUT IN LEAVES, EVERY DIAMOND.

UM, SO WHAT THEY TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE IS NOT ALL OF THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE SMART SCALE APPLICATION.

UM, AND SO THEY, UM, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED, UM, THIS PROJECT BE FULLY FUNDED, UM, IN THIS GO AROUND.

AND SO NOW THAT GOES TO KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY, OH, THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.

DON'T WANT THAT.

OR THEY CAN GET A WHOPPING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM ALL KINDS OF IMPORTANT PARTIES TO SAY, YES, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

PLEASE FUND THIS POLICE ONE, THIS POLICE ONE, THIS AND A LOT OF TRUCKS ON THAT ROAD.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

UM, I THINK THERE'S AN, I THINK THERE'S A TITLE CARDS REGIONAL.

IS THAT HER OR SHOULD IT BE REGIONAL? YUP.

CDTA REGIONAL.

HMM.

I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND ME.

OH YES, YES WE WILL.

RE-PRINT THIS BEFORE MR. PENTECH SIGNS.

UM, THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS THEIR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP ON MAY 23RD.

THE EDA AS PART OF THEIR, UM, MEMBERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER GETS A GOLF TEAM INCLUDED.

I KNOW LAST YEAR, MR. KEYER WAS INTERESTED.

ARE YOU A, DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE, I HAVE A GOLF TEAM AGAIN THIS YEAR.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE WITH MR. COLLIER AND THAT DAY I WILL KIND DOESN'T MIND THAT I LOVE.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, WAS MR. COLLIER, MR. SMITH AT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT? UM, NOT UNLESS I CAN RIDE ON THE BEER TRUCK.

I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY PLAY GOLF, BUT I'LL PROBABLY GO TO IT FOR DAYS.

WHAT DAY IS THAT? IT WAS MAY 23RD AT HERMITAGE, WHICH IS A MONDAY I HAVE TO TEACH ALL DAY THAT DAY.

SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO GO.

I WILL, UM, MAKE SURE THAT DAY GET YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN FOR A GOLF TEAM.

AND THERE IS A PRETTY TEA PARTY HAPPENING ON MAY 10TH AT DRIVE SHACK FROM FIVE TO SEVEN.

AND THAT IS ALL FOR

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OTHER BUSINESS.

OKAY.

UM, MOVING ON, WE DO NOT HAVE A TREASURER'S REPORT TODAY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

NO NOS TO BE PAID NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.

SO WE HAVE 23 ACTIVE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.

UM, IF WE WERE TO LAND ALL OF THOSE, THAT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF ABOUT 1200 JOBS AND 692 MILLION OF INVESTMENT.

SO IF YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK, THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DOWN QUITE A BIT.

FROM LAST MONTH, WE LOST A PROJECT, UM, TO MR. SLOAN'S DISMAY WAS A SEMICONDUCTOR PROJECT, UM, THAT WE WERE WORKING THAT, UM, CHOSE TO LOCATE, UM, IN EUROPE DUE TO LACK OF MOVEMENT IN THE CHIPS ACT.

SO THE CHIPS, THE FEDERAL CHIPS.

SO IT WASN'T US.

IT WAS NOTHING WE DID.

IT'S JUST CORRECT.

SO THAT WAS A LOSS OF $5 BILLION OF INVESTMENT IN 1000 JOBS.

NOPE.

CAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A STATE PROJECT.

UM, SO THAT WAS A BIG BAR FOR US.

SO WHAT IS THIS APP THAT THEY FOUND EGREGIOUS? IT'S AN ACT GOING THROUGH.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF STYMIED IN CONGRESS, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO BRING TO THE INVESTMENT BECAUSE FAT PLANTS ARE RUNNING UP TO $10 BILLION A SEAT NOW OR A FACILITY.

AND SO IT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY TO CHANGE TAXES, TAX BURDEN, ACTUALLY PUT FORTH INVESTMENT LOANS, GRANTS, ET CETERA, TO BRING MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHY WOULDN'T WE BE DOING THAT POLITICS? IT'S JUST GOTTEN KIND OF HUNG UP BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS BEING ADDED INTO IT.

IT'S NOT JUST CHIPS, NOT PORK AND ALMOST ALL THE CHIPS ARE AMAZING FACTORED OVERSEAS, VERY HILL CONTROL.

SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE LOST THAT PROJECT.

THEY SAID THEY WOULD RECONSIDER IN SIX TO 12 MONTHS ON A US, UM, PROJECT, BUT ONLY IF THINGS SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, FROM A STANDPOINT OF LETTER, I MEAN, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ALSO FOR US TO PUT FORTH A LETTER TO OUR CONGRESS CRITTERS? UM, POTENTIALLY.

SO IT'S A STATE PROJECT, SO I POTENTIALLY I CAN ASK THE PROJECT MANAGER, WHO'S RUNNING IT TO SEE, UM, I CAN ASK.

YEAH.

YEAH.

CAUSE I THINK THE GOVERNOR CAN PUT PRESSURE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SO THEN TO TOURISM, UM, SO I WENT TO WHAT IS CALLED THE VAD MODE CONFERENCE, WHICH IS THE VIRGINIA DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION.

LAST YEAR, WE GOT, UM, A, TO BE A DMO.

SO VIRGINIA DMO CONFERENCE, UM, THEY HAD SOME GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA SUGGESTIONS FOR TOURISM AS WE'RE KIND OF GEARING THAT UP EXAMPLES AND BEST PRACTICES.

AND THEN IT WAS JUST ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES WHO ARE DMS AS WELL.

UM, THE ARPA TOURISM GRANT, WE'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THAT WITH THE BOARD IN TWO BY TWOS TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY.

THE GOAL IS TO SPEND IT ON KIND OF DAY TRIP ITINERARIES TO SET THOSE UP, UM, A TOURISM LOGO MAPPING ASSETS AND ADVERTISING.

SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD ONCE WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN THE TOURISM STRATEGIC PLAN, THE BOARD HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, UM, GOING THROUGH GETTING THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THAT APPROVED MAY OR JUNE.

UM, AND THEN THE SMALL AREA VILLAGE STUDIES ARE MOVING ALONG AND IN THE PROCESS THEY ARE, THEY HAVE SURVEYS OUT RIGHT NOW.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THEM OR HAVEN'T SEEN THE LINKS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE WILL SEND THEM BACK TO YOU.

UM, PLEASE TAKE THEM.

THEY ARE COMPILING SOME OF THAT INITIAL SURVEY DATA THAT THEY'RE GETTING BACK, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO RESCIND THEM OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING THEM AS WELL.

UM, SO IN THE LAST, SINCE WE LAST MET, WE HAD KIND OF TWO PROMOTIONAL EVENTS FOR GOOCHLAND.

WE HAD THE GREGOR EVENT, WHICH WAS THAT DRIVESHAFT GREGOR IS THE GREATER RICHMOND AREA OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

UM, WE PARTNERED WITH PALLET TAN, NEW KENT AND HANOVER TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTLINE COMMUNITIES HAVE KIND OF THE, UM, URBAN SPRAWL AND HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE CALLING KIND OF THE OUTLIER COMMUNITIES.

UM, IT WAS A REALLY

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GOOD EVENT.

WE GOT REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM DEVELOPERS.

UM, EVEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PANEL, I THINK LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO US ABOUT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT, UM, INDUSTRIAL BUILDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN LAST ONE I HAVE IS WE ALSO WENT TO THE VETO, WHICH IS THE VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS, DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION, UM, CONFERENCE.

UM, WE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE LAND.

WE HOSTED THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AT DRY SHACK.

THEY HAVE THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AT SYCAMORE CREEK AND THEN I HOSTED A PANEL AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HAPPENED TO BE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, WEST CREEK, WHICH WAS HELPFUL.

UM, AND SO THEY JUST MENTIONED WEST CREEK.

AND SO WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE LIKE, HEY, WHERE DOES THAT THAT'S RIGHT.

IT IS.

UM, SO IT WAS NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING KIND OF GOOD SLUM INTO A ROOM OF ALL THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.

WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT HAS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US TO KIND OF BRING THAT PRESENCE TO THAT GROUP.

SO THAT THAT'S IT THAT'S A LOT JUST THAT, UM, NEXT JUST BUSINESS UPDATE.

UH, YES SIR.

SO I FELT TWO VRA MEETINGS SINCE OUR LAST VISIT AND HAD 14 BUSINESS TOUCHES.

UM, I MET WITH VIRGINIA CAREER WORKS TO TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE RESOURCE FAIR.

I BELIEVE I MENTIONED IT LAST MONTH.

THIS IS WHERE BUSINESSES, IT'S AN IDEA I HAD.

UM, IT KINDA CAME OUT SOME OF THE VRA VISITS THAT I'VE HAD WHERE I'VE NOTICED THAT BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SMALLER BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY CAN GO TO HIRE EMPLOYEES AND RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NEED TO TWEAK THEIR BUSINESS, UH, TWEAK THEIR, UM, ADVERTISEMENT OR THEIR, UM, JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND TO REALLY KIND OF FIND OUT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THINGS ARE RAPIDLY INCREASING IN COST THESE DAYS.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WHAT I'M CALLING A WORKFORCE RESOURCE FAIR.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH PALPATE TAN SO WE CAN GET A BIGGER REACH.

UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOLDING IT IN SEPTEMBER AND I'LL BE SENDING OUT A SHORT SURVEY ASKING BUSINESSES IF THEY WOULD FIND THIS HELPFUL AND IF SO, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD THEY NEED? UM, AND SO THEN I'M HOPING TO GET THIS KIND OF UP AND GOING.

UM, SO FOR SEPTEMBER, SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, UM, I AM ALSO TRYING TO GET AN AG AGRICULTURE BUSINESS, UH, PRODUCER AND BUSINESS EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH VIRGINIA TECH EXTENSION AND KEITH BURGESS OF MONICA AND SOIL AND WATER.

UM, THIS WOULD BE AN FAMILY FRIENDLY OPEN HOUSE EVENT WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO GET PRODUCERS FROM AGAIN, GOOCHLAND EMPOWER TAN INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN, UM, FIND SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR THEM, BUT THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT, UH, WHAT I FIND IS WHEN I GO OUT TO MEET WITH THEM, I TELL THEM ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL, BUT THEY JUST, SOME FOLKS WANT TO FACE TO FACE KIND OF CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, SO BUSINESS CARD OR A MEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO REALLY KIND OF THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN TALKING WITH THESE PEOPLE.

SO I'M HOPING TO BRING TOGETHER MORE OF A, UH, FAIR KIND OF, UM, ATMOSPHERE FOR THAT.

UM, THE, YOU ALL GOT TO SEE OUR NEW NEWSLETTER THAT WENT OUT.

UM, I CAN, AT LEAST I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN ON A ONE SECOND, MAYBE.

YES, SARAH, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING THAT UP, I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT RESOURCE FAIR FOR AG.

I KNOW A LOT OF THESE VENDORS THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, SO OUR FIRST NEWSLETTER WENT OUT.

I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN, THERE YOU GO.

UM, UH, WENT OUT, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, UM, GOING OUT ROUGHLY ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

UM, THIS ONE WAS JUST KIND OF AN INTRODUCTORY ONE WHERE I WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS TO SOME OF THESE RESOURCES THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO A BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT EACH MONTH.

THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE A REOCCURRING, UM, FEATURE LOOKING TO GROW AND GET EACH LOAN.

THAT WAY BUSINESSES CAN GO STRAIGHT TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE

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AN AGRIBUSINESS KIND OF REOCCURRING ONE, ALSO PRESERVING OUR ROOTS.

UM, SO WE'RE WE'RE AND THEN REOCCURRING UPCOMING EVENTS AND TRAINING.

UM, SO THESE ARE ALL PUT OUT BY DIFFERENT RESOURCES.

UM, AND THEN EACH ONE HAS A LAKE.

YOU CAN SEE YOU JUST CLICK ON IT AND THEN OUR TOURISM EVENTS AS WELL.

UM, SO I'VE ALREADY STARTED DRAFTING THE MAY ONE.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, IF YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO IT, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SIGN UP UNDER THERE.

I THINK I HAVE SENT ALL OF THAT TO YOU.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESOURCE.

IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD TO GET THAT OUT.

UM, DO BUSINESSES EVERY, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH POWER.

AND RECENTLY I USED TO LET HIM HAVE A TAN ARE GOING TO BE, CO-HOSTING A VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER, IT'S TWO AND A HALF DAYS OF TOURING AG FACILITIES AND LEARNING ABOUT AGRICULTURE BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT IS THROUGH VDX AND THEN MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

THERE'S ROUGHLY 30 TO 50 ATTENDEES FROM AROUND VIRGINIA AND FROM AROUND MARYLAND.

SO WE'LL BE EXCITED TO BRING IN THOSE FOLKS AND HAVE THEM TOUR THOSE GOOCHLAND AND PALATINE FACILITIES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT AGRICULTURE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TOURISM, A LITTLE BIT OF AGRICULTURE, UM, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR THREE PRIORITIES, SO THAT'S UPCOMING AS WELL.

UM, AND THAT HAS ALL THAT I HAD.

THANK YOU.

UM, WE DID OTHER BUSINESS, SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE RIGHT INTO A CLOSED SESSION.

THAT'S OKAY.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND THEN YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE MOTION AND THEN I'LL, UH, CLOSE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 2.

I MOVED THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF GUSEWELLE COUNTY CONVENIENT CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING A PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATING IN THE COMMUNITY WERE DOING PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAS BEEN MADE AS PERMITTED BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS.

2.2 DASH 3 7 1 1 8 5 SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

AYE.

WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.