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I HEAR VIA CALL TO ORDER THE GOLAND COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
MEETING MADAM DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PLEASE? SLOAN HERE.
MS. DEN WILL BE LATE AND MR. COLLIER IS ABSENT.
UH, DO WE HAVE NO CITIZENS PRESENT? AND I ASSUME WE HAVE NO CITIZENS ONLINE EITHER.
SO WE'LL MOVE AHEAD PAST THE SYSTEM.
COMMENT, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023, UH, MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY EXTENSIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND OUR NEXT, NEXT SCHEDULED MATTER IS TREASURER'S REPORT.
UM, IS THERE, AND YOU ARE GONNA DO A FOURTH WITH IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE'S ONLY ONE, UH, IT IS IN THE PACKAGE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE, UH, TRANSACTION THAT, UH, ADDS UP.
NOTE, THAT'S $66,663, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ACCORDING SARAH'S TRANSFER, UH, MONEY, UH, RELATED TO THE RESIDENCE INN OF THE NOTCH.
AND YOU'LL SEE IT UNDER, UH, PAYMENTS FROM, UH, PRIMARY GOVERNMENT TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FRONT ON PAGE NINE, BUT I, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT.
UM, ARE THERE, DO YOU HEARING THAT? YES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER HEARING? NO QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER.
UH, THERE ARE NO BILLS TO BE PAID.
AND THEREFORE, UH, SARAH, EXCUSE ME, MADAM DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, ADDRESSING THE SITE CHARACTERIZATION, UH, ISSUE.
AND I, I, I NOTE IN THE TWO PUBLICATIONS THAT, UH, CAME OUT IN, ONE WAS FROM THE DANVILLE PAPER AND THE OTHERS FROM THE, UH, I FORGET THE, THE GENTLEMAN THAT RUNS THE OTHER PAPER.
UH, SOME CHARACTERIZATIONS ABOUT THE SITES THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF TIER ONE TO FIVE AND SO FORTH.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JUMPING INTO AN EXPLANATION OF, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SITE CHARACT, UH, CHARACTERIZATION.
SO YEAH, PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION.
THIS PRESENTATION'S GONNA KIND OF GO OVER SOME VERY BASICS AS A REFRESHER COURSE OF WHAT SITE CHARACTERIZATION IS, WHAT THE TIER SYSTEM IS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPER AND SITE SELECTORS AND BUSINESSES.
AND I'VE IDENTIFIED SOME PRIORITY SITES THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT INTO MORE DETAIL TO DOING.
UM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO COMPANIES AND SITE SELECTORS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW SITE? SO, WORKFORCE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT A BIT EARLIER, IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
TYPICALLY, THAT THING, WORKFORCE IS ANALYZED BEFORE THEY'RE, THEY EVEN MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH US.
THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE AREA, THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY CAN GET THE WORKERS THAT THEY NEED IN A GENERAL AREA.
SAME THING, KIND OF WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS.
SO IT HAS TO MAKE SENSE FOR THE COMPANY, UM, TO, TO WANNA OPEN UP A LOCATION THERE OR MOVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO A SAID LOCATION.
WHERE IT KIND OF COMES INTO PLAY, UM, IS AFTER THEY'VE KIND OF NARROWED DOWN TO A, A STATE OR A REGION OR AN AREA OF INTEREST SITES, COLLECTORS, UM, AND COMPANIES WILL START LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SITES.
V E DP VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP MAKES IT SUPER EASY IN THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A WHOLE LISTING OF SITES THAT ARE OPEN AND AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE,
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WHICH WE ALSO HAVE FOR GLANDS SPECIFIC SITES.SO THEY CAN GO ON THESE SITES AND THEY CAN PULL DOWN AND THEY CAN LOOK AT THEM AND SAY, OKAY, WELL THIS, THIS SITE IS A TIER FIVE OR TIER FOUR, LIKE IT'S READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.
THIS SITE IS LIKE A TIER TWO, MAYBE A ONE.
IT'S GOT SOME, SOME THINGS, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET, TAKE POSSESSION OF THAT SITE AND GET MY BUILDING BUILT.
SO FOR A SITE SELECTOR AND FOR A COMPANIES TIME EQUALS MONEY, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THEIR RISK.
SO ANYTIME THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT A SITE AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN UM, PERMITTED, IT'S ALREADY HAS THIS WETLANDS ON IT, THAT JUST REDUCES THEIR RISK FOR THEM.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY HAVE A WILLING SELLER AND, UM, WHETHER THEY HAVE TO DO ANY DUE DILIGENCE ON THE SITE.
SO IT ALSO CAN HAPPEN VERY, VERY FAST.
UM, I STOLE THIS SLIDE FROM TIM'S GROUP, DID A PRESENTATION AT ONE OF MY PAST, UM, UH, TRAINING SESSIONS, UH, CONFERENCES THAT I WENT TO.
AND, UM, THEY'VE GIVEN US TIMELINE FOR PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT LEGO WAS BASICALLY, UM, INITIAL CONTACT TO ANNOUNCEMENT SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S FAST BECAUSE THEY KNEW WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE.
THEY SAW A SITE, THE SITE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE DEAL FAST.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW FAST IT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE RANGE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO NINE MONTHS.
AND THIS IS UP AND DOWN KIND OF THE SOUTHEAST, UM, OF THE UNITED STATES.
SO THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT, UM, HERE ARE THE STEPS, IF YOU WILL, FOR SITE READINESS.
THEY GOT THE SITE READINESS ROADMAP.
SO IF YOU LOOK UP HERE, TIER ONE IS THE LOWEST YOU CAN BE RAW LAND, YOU DO HAVE A WILLING SELLER, THERE'S NO CONTROL OVER THE SITE.
UM, AND IT GOES DOWN TO A TIER FIVE, WHICH IS BASICALLY YOU HAVE YOUR PERMITS FOR A BUILDING IN HAND, AND THAT THEY CAN, THE COMPANY CAN LITERALLY TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITE AND START BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, FOR COMPARISON, WEST CREEK HAS TURNED, CURRENTLY ZONED TO TIER TWO.
IT DOES HAVE M ONE ZONING, IT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH A COMP PLAN.
THERE'S BEEN SOME MEMO, MINIMAL DUE DILIGENCE DONE, BUT THERE'S STILL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL WETLAND AREAS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UM, IDENTIFIED AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UM, COMPARISON SOME OF OUR COMPETITION.
SO THIS IS THE BIG BERRY HILL SITE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF DOWN IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
UM, IT'S A MEGASITE, IT'S ONE OF THE FEW MEGA SITES THAT THE STATE HAS.
UM, AND HENRICO IS A TIER FOUR.
UM, HOLLAND TECH IS IN HANOVER.
THAT'S A TIER FOUR, JAMES RIVER AND MEADOWVILLE AND CHESTERFIELD.
AND THEY'RE ALL, UH, TIER FORCE.
SO, UM, YOU COULD KIND OF SEE WHY OUR COMPETITION GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE
SO THE PROCESS IS YOU HAVE TO GET A SITE.
YOU TAKE THIS SITE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN CHARACTERIZED BEFORE, AND YOU GET IT CHARACTERIZED.
AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS, IT'S A ENGINEERING REPORT.
THEY'LL GO OUT, THEY WILL DO ALL SORTS OF ANALYSIS ON IT, AND THEY WILL PRODUCE A REPORT.
AND I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF IT THAT WE CAN PULL UP, UM, THAT, THAT WILL SHOW WHERE THIS SITE IS ON THE SCALE AND THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO INCREASE THE TIER.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS YOU DO THOSE THINGS TO ENHANCE THE TIERS.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU START OUT AT A TWO DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PERMANENTLY STAY AT A TWO.
YOU CAN PUT MONEY INTO THE SITE TO DO THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO ENHANCE THE TIER TO GET HERE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE GENERAL PROCESS.
HERE'S KIND OF ANOTHER VISUAL OF IT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, GOING FROM ZERO DOWN TO FIVE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE THE MARKET DEMAND IS RIGHT AROUND TIER FOUR.
UM, IF, IF YOU WERE TO LEAVE IT TO YOUR OWN DEVICES, IF YOU WILL, IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO 10 YEARS FOR A SITE TO GO FROM LIKE A ONE TO A, JUST BECAUSE OF JUST TIME FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT.
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JUST THINGS JUST DON'T HAPPEN AS FAST UNLESS YOU ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO ENHANCE THE SITE HERE.UH, TYPICAL COST AND TIMELINES TO INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF SUCCESS.
WHAT'S INCLUDED UNDER DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT? LIKE, UH, ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES, WHAT THEY JUST PERMITTING AND ALL THAT STUFF? IS THAT ALL ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRON? SO LIKE PHASE ONES WETLAND ANALYSIS? UM, YEAH, THAT'S ALL THAT, YEAH.
UM, SO WHEN YOU GET UP HERE AND YOU GET DOWN TO THESE TIER THREES AND TO FIVE, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE GETTING, UH, HIGHER ODDS OF SUCCESS OF LANDING A PROJECT BASED ON HIGHER TIERS.
UM, I WILL SAY OVER HERE,
SO, UM, TYPICALLY YOU GET THAT MONEY BACK THOUGH WHEN THE LAND SELLS.
SO,
THE FIRST ONE IS WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN WEST CREEK IN THE SMALLER CAMPUSES FOR INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERIZATIONS.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT TRYING TO CHARACTERIZE WEST CREEK AT 3,500 ACRES, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT.
SO THEY SAID PICK OUT SOME, SOME PRIME AREAS IN WEST CREEK AND THEN GET THOSE CHARACTERIZED, AND THEN YOU CAN THEN MOVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL SITES HIGHER ON THE TIERS, IF, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, UM, PRIORITIZE POTENTIAL SITES AND THEN OBTAIN LANDOWNER'S PERMISSION TO PURSUE SITE CHARACTERIZATIONS AND THEN FUND THE CHARACTERIZATION.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE STEPS THAT I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW, AND WE'LL SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND WHEN YOU SAY CHARACTERIZATIONS, THAT'S JUST LIKE, UM, EXPLAIN WHAT THAT, UH, YEAH.
SO, UH, THAT IS IDENTIFYING THAT A SITE IS A TIER TWO OR A TIER ONE.
SO HOW DO YOU OBTAIN LANDOWNER'S PERMISSION? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THEM? AND I'VE GOT THAT LATER ON.
NOPE, THAT'S THAT, THAT'S PERFECT.
SO I'LL FINISH THIS, AND THEN IF YOU STILL HAVE NO PROBLEM QUESTION, WE CAN GET INTO IT.
UM, PHASE TWO WOULD THEN BE, OKAY, SO WE'VE CHARACTERIZED A SITE, MAYBE WE NEED TO BRING WATER AND SEWER ONTO THE SITE SPECIFICALLY.
MAYBE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED FEET DOWN THE ROAD AND WE NEED TO BRING IT INTO THE SITE.
WHAT, HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST TO DO THAT? CAN WE GET MONEY TO DO THAT? AND THEN WHEN IT'S DONE, UM, MAYBE IT MOVES IT UP TO A TIER FOUR AND MAKES IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.
UM, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLIFIED VERSION, BUT
AND THEN, UM, HOW DO WE FUND THOSE ENHANCEMENTS ON TO PRIVATE SITES, RIGHT? SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WEIRD SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, AND THEN FUTURE LOOKING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, HOW DOES A COUNTY AND THE ED OWN THEIR OWN LAND? SO THEN WE CAN START PUTTING MONEY INTO OUR OWN LAND TO GET OUR OWN SITES UP, RIGHT.
UM, SO, UH, SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HAD IS TO RETAIN A BROKER TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SITES IN THE COUNTY.
SO THERE MIGHT BE SITES THAT MAYBE COULD GO ON THE MARKET THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SELLING TO THE COUNTY VERSUS SELLING PRIVATELY.
UM, MAYBE THERE'S OPTIONS THAT WE CAN BE PUT ON SITES THAT WAY IF THEY DO SELL, WE HAVE AN OPTION TO, TO PURCHASE THEM.
AND THEN HOW DO WE FUND THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING NECESSARILY ABOUT WEST CREEK IN THAT REGARD? NO.
YOU, YOU TALK ANY WORD ANYWHERE.
AND DOES THAT INCLUDE ANY LAND THAT THE COUNTY ALREADY OWNS? IT, IT'S NOT DEVELOPED OR CHARACTERIZED? IT COULD, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S A COUNTY OWNS LAND AND AREAS THAT WE THINK ARE, COULD DEVELOP INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE COULD PUT MONEY TOWARDS GETTING IT CHARACTERIZED.
IS THAT GONNA BE SOMEWHERE? I HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY OF THOSE SITES.
UM, SO I DID, UM, WE COULD RUN THROUGH KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THE SITES THAT I, THAT I HAVE IDENTIFIED.
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UM, AND I TRY TO GIVE YOU KIND OF VICINITY, MAP PIERCE.SO THIS IS WEST CREEK, UH, BROAD STREET, PATTERSON AVENUE TO 88.
SO THIS SITE HERE IS ROUGHLY 400 ACRES.
IT SITS RIGHT ALONG IN THIS AREA.
AND, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT SITE I'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED IT TO FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS.
THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE SOME WETLANDS.
THE WATER LINE IS KIND OF DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE, THE SEWER LINE'S KIND OF DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE.
THERE COULD BE SOME, UH, PHASE ONE, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A PHASE ONE DONE ON IT.
SO IT'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT IF MO IF WE COULD GET IT CHARACTERIZED AND THEN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, MARKET THIS SITE BETTER.
OTHER POTENTIAL SITES HERE IN WEST CREEK IS, IS THIS, UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY WHERE THE STRIKERS ARE.
IT'S KIND OF LOCATED HERE IN WEST CREEK, 227 ACRES, AND THEN KIND OF THESE SITES ARE ALONG HERE.
UM, THE REVERSE SEA AS IT'S CALLED HERE, 452 ACRES.
AND THEN, UH, THIS IS IN OILVILLE, IT'S 152 ACRES SPANNING BOTH SIDES OF INTERSTATE 64, KIND OF HERE IN THE COUNTY AT OILVILLE.
SO RIGHT AT THE SOUTH, THE SOUTHERN INTERSECTION.
AND THEN SOME KIND OF PRIORITY TWO SITES.
THEY'RE STILL GOOD SITES, BUT NOT, NOT AS GOOD, UM, IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT MONEY SOMEWHERE, I'D RATHER PUT IT IN THE PRIORITY ONE.
BUT, UM, HERE IN THE NOTCH AT WEST CREEK AND THEN KIND OF HERE ALONG THIS AREA IN WEST CREEK.
SO SAME EXACT SLIDE AS YOU SAW BEFORE, BUT HIGHLIGHTED HERE, THIS IS WHERE I'M AT IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH LANDOWNERS.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE TO EVEN GET TO THIS POINT.
UM, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED A QUOTE AND IT'S ROUGHLY $50,000 TO GET ALL OF THOSE PRIORITY ONES CHARACTERIZED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHO QUOTED THAT? UH, THAT WAS AN ENGINEERING FIRM.
THAT, UM, HAS DONE PREVIOUS WORK SITE CHARACTERIZATION WORK.
UM, SO IF WE'VE TALK ABOUT, WELL, WHO, WHO FUNDS THE 50,000 RIGHT.
TO, TO, TO GET THIS DONE, UM, POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE V E D P DOES OFFER SITE CHARACTERIZATION GRANTS THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS READY SITES PROGRAM.
THEY WILL REFUND OR PAY 50% OF THE COST OF THE, OF THE SITE CHARACTERIZATION UP TO $5,000 PER SITE.
SO I CAN SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, AS MANY SITES AS I WANT, AND THEY WILL REIMBURSE $5,000 UP, UH, UP TO 5,000 FOR EACH SITE.
UM, SO THERE WOULD STILL BE PUBLIC FUNDS, TAKE THAT BACK.
THE PRIVATE PEOPLE CAN PUT UP THAT MATCH FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR THE V E D P TO MATCH.
THERE IS A GO VIRGINIA GRANT, UM, THAT, WHO, WHO WOULD DO THAT THOUGH? LIKE, RIGHT.
YOU WOULD NEED A WILLING LANDOWNER THAT WANTS TO ACTIVELY MARKET THEIR SITE.
UM, THE, THE PROBLEM I KIND OF HAVE WITH THAT'S A DYNAMIC, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, WHY, UM, WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE A WILLY LANDOWNER IF WILL PUT UP THAT MONEY.
CAUSE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST IS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE UNITED DEVELOPMENT WEST IS, IS THE COST OF THE LAND.
YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY, WHY IS THERE NO PRESSURE ON THEM TO WANT TO DO, TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS AND PAY A, A MATCH? YEAH, THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
UM, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE ANYONE HAS EVER HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AT THIS LEVEL KNOWING THAT, THAT THEY HAVE COUNTY SUPPORT TO DO THIS.
SO, UM, IT'S CONVERSATIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE HAD.
UM, GO, VIRGINIA HAS A GRANT, BUT WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION
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BETWEEN TWO OR MORE LO MORE LOCALITIES TO GET GO VIRGINIA MONEY BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT REGIONAL COLLABORATION.AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW I CAN SAY THAT
SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE A VIABLE OPTION.
UM, COUNTY ED FUNDED FULLY PRIVATELY FUNDED OR COMBINATION OF BOTH PUBLIC AND AND PRIVATE FUNDS.
SO, BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO TALK ABOUT USING PUBLIC MONEY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF PERFORMANCE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, SO I HAVE THOUGHT OF SOME POTENTIAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WHEN I HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH LANDOWNERS, WE WILL, THIS WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, UM, THAT POTENTIALLY THE LANDOWNER COULD ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE ED TO RECOUP THE COST OF THE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WE GET THE SITE CHARACTERIZED AND THEN IT, IT DOES WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO AND IT SELLS MM-HMM.
SO WE COULD EITHER ASK THAT AT THE POINT OF SALE, ALL OF THAT MONEY BE RETURNED FOR ANY SALE, OR MAYBE WE JUST USE IT AS, WE HAVE INVESTED $5,000 INTO THIS SITE, YOU'VE NOW SOLD IT TO A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL USER.
WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING IN RETURN BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON THAT.
UM, WHAT IF IT SELLS RESIDENTIAL OR SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT INTEND, THEN AT THAT POINT WE COULD POTENTIALLY RECOUP THE MONEY.
UM, MAYBE THE, THE LAST TWO OR THE LAST ONE WOULD BE A MORE OF AN AN AND THE LANDOWNERS WOULD NEED TO AGREE TO MARKET THE PROPERTY FOR USES APPROVED IN THE AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SAY THE PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE MARKETED FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL USE.
LIKE DON'T, YOU CAN'T MARKET IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ZONE.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE KIND OF SECOND BULLET POINT THERE WOULD MORE GO TOWARDS IF WE, IF WE PUT MONEY TO ENHANCE TIERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING INTO LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AT THAT POINT.
UM, MAYBE THERE'S A, A AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY OR EDA GETS FIRST RIGHT.
SO, AND THEN THAT WAY THAT COULD ALSO BE ANOTHER WAY TO ASCERTAIN PROPERTY THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT MONEY INTO.
SO, SO SIR, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
UM, SO EACH SITE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CHARACTERIZE THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE ABOUT 50 GRAND.
THAT'S TOTAL FOR ALL OF THOSE PRIORITY ONE SITES, LUMP TOGETHER, LUMP TOGETHER, NOT PER, YEAH, PER, IT'S ROUGHLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO $8,000 PER, PER SITES.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEPS THAT I NEED TO DO IS I NEED TO MEET WITH LANDOWNERS.
UM, I NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN GO OUT, GET IT DONE, AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT COSTS TO ENHANCE THE TIERS.
SO IF WE COME BACK AND WE'RE ALL TIER TWO
SO, UM, THAT WAS A QUICK AND DIRTY, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, REALLY.
IT PROVIDES A LOT OF, ESPECIALLY IN REFERENCE TO THE, THE ARTICLES AND I, I THINK THE WHOLE CONCEPT, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THE DA SHOULD, COULD, NEEDS TO DO, IF ANYTHING, AND HOW, HOW TO PLAY WITHIN THIS, BECAUSE IT BECOMES VERY, DEPENDING UPON HOW FAR WE WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PRIVATE INTERFACE IS ALWAYS A VERY, UH, YEAH.
INTERESTING THING, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
SO THERE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A REAL LOT OF RISK FOR THE ED.
ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET THE AGREEMENT,
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LIKE YOU SAID, THAT, UM, IT, IF IT SELLS FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN MM-HMM.WERE THE PRIORITY ONES, LET ME SAY REVERSE OILVILLE AND ASHLAND ROAD, WERE THOSE PRIORITY ONES? YES.
SO OUT OF ALL THE PRIORITY ONES, HOW MANY ARE CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE LANDOWNER, WOULD YOU SAY? SO THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS WEST CREEK.
THIS TOP ONE IS MARKEL, THIS IS WEST CREEK AND TER, UM, THAT IS WEST CREEK.
THIS IS OWNED BY A SINGLE OWNER, AND THESE ARE ALL OWNED BY A SINGLE OWNER.
SO THE ONE ON THE, THE BOTTOM, THE 126 ACRES ACRES MM-HMM.
WELL, IT'S ON THE, ARE ALREADY APPROVED TO YEAH, IT'S ON THE, UH, IT'S OWNS AGRICULTURE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IT'S GONNA GIVE IT A LOWER TIER IS IN THE WHOLE WATER CREEK DISTRICT.
UM, IT, OR IF IT'S NOT, IT CAN BE MM-HMM.
UM, IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE 64, SO ASHLAND 64.
SO THIS IS LIKE A WISE CHOICE RIGHT HERE, IF THAT HELPS YOU.
THIS WAS WAS THE OLD FIELD DAY OF THE PAST PROPERTY.
SO WHERE THE PARKING USED TO BE.
AND WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT'S OWNED BY A SINGLE IT IS, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF WEST CREEK IS THE, THE OWNERS ARE NOT, OH, THE OWNERS ARE NOT.
I THINK IT'S LIKE LUCK FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.
THAT SEEMS VERY PRIME RIGHT THERE.
W WOULD YOU MIND SENDING THAT OUT TO, TO US? OKAY.
SO WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AND, AND THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THING AGAIN THAT BECOMES OBVIOUS IS, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO ASCERTAIN HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SHOULD, COULD SUPPORT IT BANK BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD TALKED, UH, ABOUT, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD PLAY WITHIN THIS MM-HMM.
ARE, ARE THOSE GRANTS, THE $5,000 GRANTS AVAILABLE TO A COUNTY OR JUST AN ED? THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
IT COULD BE, YOU COULD REIMBURSE ED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS LUCK FAMILY OTHERED.
WOULD THE NEXT STEP THEN BE FOR YOU TO MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS? YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
OR WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THIS? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH IT? YEP.
ARE YOU OPEN TO GETTING IT CERTIFIED? OKAY.
YOU KNOW, ARE YOU OPEN TO ENTERING AN AGREEMENT WITH US? YEAH.
WE PAY FOR IT TO GET CERTIFIED.
SO THAT'S MY NEXT STEPS, UM, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO SET UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WOULD IF ALSO POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THE LAND THE COUNTY HAS MM-HMM.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING PIECES THAT, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GEARED TO DISPOSITION OF RIGHT.
AS OPPOSED TO COUNTY, BUT THAT'S JUST A THEORY THAT I HAVE.
AND THAT WOULD, I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING TOO TO, ESPECIALLY IN LOOKING AT IT, UH, FROM THE WHOLE DIFFERENT TIERS.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR DOING YEAH.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE
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CAN MOVE ON THEN TO NEW BUSINESS.SO, UH, LAST TIME WE MET, I TOLD YOU ABOUT US DOING A VIEWPOINT, UM, WELL BASICALLY A VIDEO THROUGH VIEWPOINT VIDEO.
UM, AND SO THAT WE HAD THE SHOOT, UH, APRIL 5TH, THEY CAME ON SITE AND WE SHOT AT LUCK COMPANIES.
SO WE GOT, UM, CHARLIE LUCK, WE'VE GOT, UM, CHAIR SPOON, HOWER, WE GOT A CITIZEN AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, ANGELA CARTER.
AND THEN WE WENT TO GREENSVILLE GROWERS AND WE GOT CARL GUPTON, UM, UH, ALL TALKING ABOUT WHY IT'S SO GREAT TO LIVE AND TO OWN A BUSINESS INLAND COUNTY.
UM, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT, UH, VIDEO.
I THINK WE, SHE SET A DRAFT AROUND JULY, SO THEY'RE GONNA GO AND DO THEIR PRODUCTION MAGIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A FUN DAY.
UM, IT'S, I AM CURRENTLY WORKING 25 PROJECTS.
THEY REPRESENT 1.6 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THEM, HONESTLY,
SO IT'S STILL IN THE PIPELINE.
UM, AND SO, UM, I THINK YOU GUYS WERE FAMILIAR WITH THE I 64 INDUSTRIAL PROJECT.
UM, IT'S SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD ON, UH, JUNE 6TH.
UM, JUST FOR CONTEXT, THESE SITES WOULD BE CONSIDERED LIKE A TIER FOUR.
SO IF WE GOT THE PROPERTY REZONED, THEY WOULD PUT IN A ROAD.
THERE'S NO WATER AND SEWER, SO IT WOULD BE ALL WELL AND SEPTIC.
UM, BUT ALL THE STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE THERE.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE READY TO, TO ROCK AND ROLL.
WE CAN'T TECHNICALLY GET THEM TEAR EVALUATED CUZ THEY'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH CUZ THEY'RE JUST LIKE TWO TO THREE ACRE LOTS.
BUT IN YOUR MIND, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN A PROJECT IS LOOKING FOR A PIECE OF LAND, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY WANNA LOOK FOR.
SO IF THIS REZONING WERE TO GO THROUGH, IT WOULD BE INCREASING OUR INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY IMMENSELY.
SO, SO WE PASSED THEM IN PLANNING.
IT'S JUST DEFERRED FROM DEFERRED TO THE BOARD.
BECAUSE THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH SOME HANOVER STUFF.
SO HALF OF IT'S IN MUTUAL AND HALF OF IT'S IN HANOVER COUNTY.
AND SO THEY'RE WAITING TO GET THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION AT HANOVER LEVEL RIGHT.
LET ME, LET ME ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT, WAS IT FIVE, OH, DO YOU KNOW? UH, YES, IT WAS FIVE.
WAS FOR, I THINK SOMEBODY VIOLATED AGAINST IT.
BUT I THINK IT WAS MR. ROCKET.
YEAH, I COULD WRONG BUT WHERE, WHERE I WAS GOING AS SHOULD WE ALSO BE ACTIVISTS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR, AND EVEN THE COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE IN A SENSE WE REPRESENT YEAH.
SHE WAS THERE AT THE MEETINGS WHEN IT'S HER.
DID, DID YOU SPEAK? AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET UP FRONT IN SPEAKING FOR THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECT ROCKY, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS FASCINATING.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS, I DON'T KNOW THESE ARGUMENTS, BUT THE POSITIONS INSANE.
UM, I SHOULDN'T SAY INSANE, BUT, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY COULD USE COUCHING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY MESSY.
AND I, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT.
SO I, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, BACK TO DISCUSSION IN GENERAL, I MEAN, AFTER THE TOUR WE CAN HAVE SIT AT THE KINDRED SPIRITS AND TALK
KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE GOING TO THIS MEETING BEN
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BUT THANK YOU.UH, AND PLEASE, I DIDN'T NEED TO INTERRUPT TOO MUCH DURING THE NO.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SHOP POSITION MIGHT APPEAR FOR THAT.
IT'S, IT'S THE HANDOVER PEOPLE, FRANKLY.
UM, I WILL SEND YOU ALL A CALENDAR INVITE FOR THAT DAY, AND THEN THAT WAY IF YOU, I'M HEADING TO MISS OUT OF THAT DAY.
SO, AND I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS HOW MUCH SHOULD WE AS AN ENTITY DECLARED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND SUPPORTED BY THE THE COUNTY.
I MEAN IF IT'S, THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR PURPOSE, RIGHT? IS OUR PURPOSE.
YOU CAN REWRITE THE COUNTY AND THAT'S OUR JOB IN THIS BOARD TO DRIVE THAT BUSINESS.
AND I THINK IT'D BE VERY ACCEPTABLE TO COME UP IN FRONT OF THE POINT SAYING, HAS OUR SUPPORT DOESN'T NEED TO BE MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I MEAN, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S AN AUDIENCE AND THERE'S A CONTESTED CASE, WELL, ESPECIALLY IF, IF WE WERE TO COMMIT TO SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR IT.
I THINK IT, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT PROJECT ROCKY, WE DID SIGN A LETTER RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING THE, THE ONLY WORD OF CAUTION I WOULD HAVE IS IF YOU DO SO MM-HMM.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SO YOU MEAN AN APPLICANT THAT WOULD ASK FOR THAT RIGHT.
AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION THAT THEY WANT SUPPORT AND VI AND VISUAL AND VOCAL SUPPORT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO, LIKE, CREATE CRITERIA FOR, OR SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL THRESHOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA BE WORTH, YOU KNOW, A PROJECT OF THIS VALUE OF CAPITAL INVEST OF X AMOUNT OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IT'S, YEAH.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN EVEN BRING IT UP FOR CONSIDERATION MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, NEXT PLANE COMMISSION MEETING, THIS IS GONNA BE COMING UP.
DO WE GET BEHIND IT? NOT GET BEHIND IT? I I DON'T MEAN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT GET BEHIND IT AND THEN MAKE SENSE, BUT SURE.
WELL, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD'VE THAT WORKED FOR, UH, WALTON DOVA, THE PROJECT I 64 BUSINESS PARTNER AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING? YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO COME SAVE.
I WOULD'VE EITHER, I WOULD'VE EITHER DONE IT OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE E D A WOULD'VE STOOD UP DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, I'M SPEAKING FOR THE ED AND THE ED SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE COULD BE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
SO WHAT I DO IS I ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN THE STAFF REPORTS, UM, BASED ON LIKE CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND NEED THAT I SEE IN THE COUNTY.
LIKE FOR THAT PROJECT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE TURNED AWAY LIKE FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAD NOWHERE TO PUT THEM.
UM, AND SO THOSE KIND OF FACTS COULD THEN ALSO BE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, STATING IT AT THE PODIUM.
UM, SO THE NEXT ONE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE COME IN.
UM, THERE'S BEEN THE PRE-APPLICATION FOR PRESENT COMMUNITIES THAT IS THE SPEC INDUSTRIAL, UH, WAREHOUSES 350,000 SQUARE FEET ON ASHLAND ROAD.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S JUST NORTH OF LANIER.
AND JUST FOR PARKSIDE, KIND OF THE SAME ARGUMENTS, UM, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED LIKE A TIER OF FIVE IF THEY TIERED.
CAUSE IT'S GOT A BUILDING ON IT.
SO ONCE THAT IS DEVELOPED AND THE BUILDING IS BUILT, I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST GONNA BE PUTTING IN USERS MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A NO BRAINER FOR US TO GET BEHIND AT YEAH.
UM, SO MAYBE
UM, SO THE NEXT UPDATE IS ON SPEED UP.
SO THAT'S THE SOUTHERN PRIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA.
YOU MAY REMEMBER WAY BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE COUNTY ADOPTED A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
THERE WAS AN AREA JUST WEST OF WEST CREEK
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AND EAST OF HOCKETT THAT AT THE TIME WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY MAJOR ROADS GOING THROUGH THERE.WE WEREN'T SURE THE LAND USES.
AND SO WE KIND OF PULLED IT OUT AND WE CALLED IT THE SPEED UP AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA ANALYZE THIS AREA AT A LATER DATE.
SO, UM, THE COUNTY IS LAUNCHING THAT PROCESS.
UH, THE RFP TO GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD IS GONNA BE COMING OUT SOON.
THIS CONSULTANT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN THE VILLAGE AREA PLAN CONSULTANTS IN TYPE, BECAUSE THE VILLAGE AREA PLAN CONSULTANTS, WE WERE LOOKING MORE FOR A PLACE MAKER KIND OF CONSULTANT.
LIKE, TELL US HOW TO DEVELOP UNIQUELY IN OUR VILLAGES.
TELL US HOW TO MAKE PLACE AND, AND WHAT TO DO WITH BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
FOR THE SPEEDO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT ROADS NEED TO GO IN, WHAT, WHAT ARE IN SEWER CAPACITIES? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET MORE, WHAT KIND OF LAND USES SHOULD GO THERE? SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, I GUESS, I DON'T WANNA SAY THE WORD HARD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LIKE, UM, STRUCTURE FOCUSED STRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED THAN THE VILLAGE AREA STUDIES.
UM, I WILL BE WORKING ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE SPEEDA.
SO THE, THE CONSULTANTS BRING THINGS IN FROM, SO I WILL BE REVIEWING IT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE REQUESTING AN ED MEMBER BE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO, UM, THEY'LL BE A BOARD MEMBER, A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER, AND AN ED MEMBER ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN I'LL BE ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS A BURNING DESIRE TO VOLUNTEER, BUT THEY'LL BE REQUESTING ONE PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
IT'S LIKE A PROJECT FOR KENNY.
I WAS GONNA SAY PUNISH THE PERSON IS NOTHING
I I WAS ALSO THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A PLAN COMMISSION PERSON HERE TOO, SO WE COULD HAVE A PLAN COMMISSION ED AND THE
THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR NEW BUSINESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR QUESTIONS? UH, EXISTING BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF OUR, WE'LL SAY APPRECIATION MONTH OR IS THAT THE MAIN TOPIC UNDER NO, I GOT PLENTY OF PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT.
BEEN A REALLY BUSY TWO MONTHS, UM, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
SO JANUARY 1ST, WE'VE DONE, UH, 36 BUSINESS RETENTION OR EXPANSION VISITS.
UM, AND OUT OF THOSE 36, 34 OF THEM HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES, WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, AND TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT, LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS HERE BY MYSELF, I ONLY GOT IN 34 BUSINESS VISITS THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO TRACK BUSINESS TOUCHPOINTS, WHICH AREN'T NECESSARY.
BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION VISITS, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HELP OR SUPPORT IN SOME SORT OF WAY.
UM, WE'VE HAD OVER 105 TOUCH POINTS BY THE END OF THIS WEEK WITH BUSINESSES AND THAT'S PROBABLY A LOW NUMBER JUST CUZ THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL EMAIL ME OR SARAH ASKING A QUESTION, WE WILL SHOOT BACK A RESPONSE AND WE'LL NEVER TRACK IT.
JUST CAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY A, SOMETHING THAT WAS TOO TIME CONSUMING.
UM, AND SO YEAH, THAT, THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD.
BEEN REALLY GETTING MYSELF ACCLIMATED WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THOSE VISITS, UH, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
UM, SO KENDRED SPIRIT IS GOING THROUGH A, UH, BDP PROGRAM.
NO, THAT WAS GONNA BE YOUR FIRST ONE.
HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU MEET WITH THEM?
BUT, UM, CAN SPIRIT, I, I HELPED THEM IN GETTING THEM SET UP THROUGH A BDP PROGRAM THAT SHOULD HELP THEM, UH, CREATE SOME MORE QUALITY, UH, QUALITY SALES LEADS AND MARKET RESEARCH FOR THEM.
UM, WE HELPED THE ESTATE AT RIVER RUN WITH SOME ISSUES WITH CSX THAT THEY WERE HAVING IN THE ING BLOWING.
UM, ESPECIALLY YOU DON'T WANT THAT HORN BLOWING DURING WHEN THE BRIDES WALKING DOWN THE AISLE, SO OH MY GOSH.
HELPED THEM GET CONNECTED WITH THEM.
UM, YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER THEY WERE, UH, ENVOY AT THE MEADOWS UHHUH, UM, THEY'RE NOW CHELSEA REHAB REHABILITATION AND I VISITED THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.
MET WITH THEIR NEW ADMINISTRATOR,
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LEARNED ABOUT THE, UH, NEW COMPANY THAT BOUGHT ENVOY.UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME EXPANSION PLANS AT THAT SITE.
THEY WANTED TO DO SOME REAL RENOVATIONS TO, TO LIFT IT UP AND TRY TO, RIGHT NOW I BELIEVE THEY'RE PROBABLY 95% OF A NURSING HOME IN ABOUT 10 PER OR FIVE TO 10% A UM, UH, REHAB FACILITY.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF UP THE REHAB NUMBERS AS WELL.
UM, BUT I ALSO HELPED THEM WITH SOME OF THEIR WORKFORCE, UH, CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD.
SO I CONNECTED THEM WITH OUR DIFFERENT WORKFORCE PARTNERS SO THAT THEY COULD, UH, CONNECT WITH THEM AND HELP SEE IF THEY HAD SOME JOB, JOB SEEKERS IN THEIR PIPELINES THAT THEY COULD CONNECT WITH WITH CHELSEA.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A GOOD OUTCOME.
UM, I WENT OVER TO THE GARDENER NURSE, WHICH WE HAD NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH.
UM, AND I JUST TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT THE REZONING AND THE MEDICAL BUILDING DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT AND EVERYTHING WITH THEM JUST TO GET THEIR OPINIONS ON, ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT.
IS THAT PROBABLY FOR SALE? UH, THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THEM IS, OH, GUARDIAN NURSE IS NOT.
UM, AND FOR THE MOST PART THEY WERE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AS LONG AS THE DEVELOP DEVELOPERS DO WHAT THEY, THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO THERE.
UM, WENT AND VISITED ALL THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN GOLAND, UM, AND TOOK THEM, UH, GOLAND GUIDES, WHICH ARE GUIDES THAT WHEN WE SCAN THE QR CODE, PULL UP ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND THINGS TO DO.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT THOSE IN THEIR NEW RESIDENT PACKETS AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY I GOT ALL TO THE COLLECTIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA START HAVING RESIDENTS MOVE IN IN MAY.
SO I WAS HAPPY TO GET THOSE TO THEM BEFORE THEY STARTED HAVING NEW RESIDENTS.
IS THAT THE ONE ON PATTERSON? YEAH.
THAT'S STILL BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, AND OH, AND THEN ONE LAST THING.
WE WORKED WITH RIVER ROAD COLLEGE AND AND SIX PENCE TO HELP THEM.
THEY WERE HAVING SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE PEDALERS LICENSE AND A LOT OF THEIR VENDORS, UM, FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING, THEY WERE BEING DOUBLE TAXED IN A SENSE.
SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND COMMISSIONER REVENUE TO KIND OF, UH, REWRITE SOME OF THOSE, UH, THINGS SO THAT THEY KINDA, NOT THEIR PILLARS, THEIR VENDORS, UH, FELT BETTER ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN BELAND, WHICH WAS REALLY PRODUCTIVE.
UM, OVER THE NEXT, FROM APRIL, I STARTED THIS YESTERDAY, THOSE WILL RUN THROUGH JULY.
I'M DOING AN INDUSTRIAL PARK WALKTHROUGH.
SO YESTERDAY I STARTED IN MIDPOINT.
UM, IT'S CURRENTLY SEVEN BUSINESS IN BUSINESSES IN MIDPOINT.
I MET WITH FOR YESTERDAY, HAVE MEETING WITH A FIFTH ON FRIDAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, I'M HOPING TO GO BACK OUT AND SEE IF I CAN CATCH 'EM, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
UM, AND SO ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS I'LL BE VISITING A DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL PARK AND TRYING TO HIT AS MANY BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE.
SO TRYING TO HOPEFULLY WHEN ALL OF IT'S SAID AND DONE, TALK TO AT LEAST 50 PLUS UNIQUE BUSINESSES YEAH.
TO DO THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL PARTS.
UM, COUPLE GOOD NEWS IN MIDPOINT, THERE'S A FEW BUSINESSES LOOKING TO EITHER EXPAND WITHIN THE COUNTY OR WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE MIDPOINT, WANTING TO BUY THEIR OWN LOT AND, AND BUILD ON THIS.
SO THAT'S SOME GOOD SITES AND, UH, GOT CONNECTED WITH THEM.
SO WHEN THEY'RE READY TO DO THAT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TOUCH WITH, UM, SO ENOUGH WITH BUSINESS VISITS.
UH, CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I'M THE CREATIVE TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM TO SET UP SOME INDUSTRY TOYS FOR THE FALL.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, ABOUT BEING WILLING PARTICIPANTS AND THE IDEA IS TO TAKE, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE CTE PROGRAM, COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS, AND TAKE 'EM TO THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES OR BUSINESSES IN GUEN COUNTY AND SHOW 'EM THAT THERE ARE GOOD JOBS OUT THERE FOR THEM WHEN THEY DO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND DON'T END IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM IN GUAN TO, TO HAVE A GOOD CAREER.
UM, AND SO, AND ANOTHER POINT OF THAT, THOSE TOYS IS TO ALSO SHOW THEIR TEACHINGS AND COUNSELORS THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS NEED TO GO TO COLLEGE.
THERE'S GOOD CAREERS HERE IN GOON RIGHT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND THEN NEXT IS WORKING ON A BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, WORKING ON SOME SORT OF SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN, TRYING TO GET THAT LAUNCHED, UH, FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FOR SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGNS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS THAT I'M TRYING TO FLESH OUT SOME IDEAS AND WORK ON, UM, TO TRY TO BUILD A BETTER ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM IN IN GLAND.
UM, UH, I DEVELOPED A NEW BR E SURVEY, UM, CUZ THE OLD BRE SURVEY I DID NOT LIKE MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO WE ARE PLANNING TO KIND OF MAKE THAT A MORE FORMAL SURVEY WHERE WE DEPLOY IT, WE HAVE A DEADLINE FOR THE SURVEY AND WE OFFER SOME INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
LIKE SOME FOOD GOOSE AND SWAGGER OR STUFF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT IN THE FALL.
UM, AND THEN BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH.
SARAH, SARAH AND I FINALIZED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR YOU AND ALL THE POSTS THAT WILL GO INTO IT.
EVENTS SHOULD BE ALL SET AND READY TO GO.
UH, MAY 3RD AT KINDRED SPIRIT, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30, UM, IS THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT.
UM, AND THEN MAY 12TH IS OUR OPEN HOUSE HERE WHERE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES CAN COME IN AND TALK TO US.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PARTNERING WITH CHICK-FIL-A ON THAT, UM, TO OFFER PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE, SOME CHICK-FIL-A GOODIES, AS WELL AS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE HIRING INFORMATION FOR THEIR NEW CHICK-FIL-A.
AND ALSO, UH, INFORMATION ON WHEN IT'S OPEN, WHEN IT'S OPENING IN THE PROGRESS ON THE, ON THAT.
YOU WOULDN'T THINK THEY'D NEED ANY MARKETING.
UH, YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T, BUT THEY REACHED OUT TO US FOR THAT.
UM, WE UPDATED SOME OF OUR KIND OF START NEW BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES.
LIKE I SAID, UM, WE HAD THIS START NEW BUSINESS, UH, BROCHURE.
UM, CAUSE I THINK IT WAS CREATED IN 2018 OR 2019.
AND THEN ALSO I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO ALL THE ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND RICHMOND REGION.
UM, AND SO WE ACTUALLY CREATED A NEW PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, THAT'S JUST LISTS OUT ALL THE RESOURCES, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENTREPRENEURS CAN, CAN PURSUE AS INCLUDING ACCELERATORS AND INCUBATORS THAT THEY CAN APPLY TO, TO WORK IN.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, I'M, I DEVELOPED A BROCHURE AND WE'RE ABOUT TO, I'M ABOUT TO FINALIZE THAT BROCHURE AND CONTRIBUTION GUIDE TO ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCES.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A NETWORKING EVENT AND AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AT DOVER HALL FOR OUR KIND OF OUR MAJOR, UH, EMPLOYEES OR EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT IN, UH, CALLED PALM DOVER HALL.
BUT YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN A BUSY FEW MONTHS, BUT A LOT DONE.
NEW BLOOD OR AT THE, UH, APPRECIATION MONTH OR IS IT JUST A GATHERING? UH, YEAH, IT'S THE, THE THIRD IS JUST A GATHERING, UM, JUST KIND OF WANTING TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, OFFER BUSINESSES A DRINK.
AND SO, SO THE WEEK AFTER NEXT GREAT.
WE GOT ON MY COUNTER AND, AND THEN MAY 2ND, THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT.
IS THE BOARD PROCLAMATION FOR, FOR GLAND.
UH, BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE THERE.
UM, WHEN THE BOARD MAKES THE PRO ON PRO PROCLAMATION
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT YOU FORGOT TO MENTION WAS THE AG DAY ACT TOUR.
HOW DID THAT GO? I WAS OUT OF TOWN.
SO WE ATTENDED THE AG TOUR ON THE FIRST, AND UM, WE TALKED WITH SOME OF, WE HAD OUR OWN BOOTH AND EVERYTHING.
UM, THE RAIN, THERE'S PROBABLY 40 OR 50 PARTICIPANTS, UM, WHICH WAS GOOD CONSIDERING THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT WE, UH, WE UH, WE STARTED BRAINSTORMING AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO THE, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR BIG AG DAY ON AUGUST 12TH, AND FOR THAT DAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALSO FARM TOURS.
SO GET THREE TO FIVE PARTICIPATING FARMS TO ALLOW THAT DAY TO, TO JUST BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC TO COME IN, SEE THE FARM, UM, LEARN ABOUT AGRICULTURE.
AND SO, UM, I'M MEETING WITH, UH, NICOLE SCHUMANN SCHUMANN FROM VIRGINIA TECH EXTENSION NEXT WEEK TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND START OUTREACH TO FARMS AND SEE IF WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, UM, A RECOMMENDATION MADE BY KENNY COLLIER THAT THE E D A CLARIFY, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE SPONSORED, UM, UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE BEER TICKETS FOR THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT.
KENNY WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT IT'S A TWO TICKET PER PERSON MAX, AND WE WILL NOT GIVE OUT MORE THAN TWO TICKETS PER PERSON.
UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE FORMALIZED IN A VOTE OR JUST A CONSENSUS THAT THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING.
NO ONE WILL GET MORE THAN TWO TICKETS AND, UM, SO I THINK WE'VE ADVOCATED THE MONEY ALREADY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO VOTE.
I WOULD JUST MATTER FORMALITY TO YEAH.
NO MORE PERSON GETS KNOW MORE THAN TWO TICKETS.
DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR CHAIRMAN
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ABOUT THAT? UH, ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO FANTASTIC WORK, REALLY JOB AND TOURISM? YES.SO WE'VE GOT A TOURISM UPDATE.
HEY, NOT TO
SO, UM, AS YOU RECALL, WE LAUNCHED IN JANUARY WITH OUR NEW WEBSITE AND OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, GET SOME, UH, DAY TRIP ITINERARY SETUP, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN, AND SOME PAID ADVERTISING FOR THOSE DAY TRIP ITINERARIES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND, UM, WE, UH, PULLED THE NUMBERS TODAY.
SO OUR USERS, TOTAL USERS WENT UP 481%.
DUE TO THE PAID SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR NEW USERS, SO NEW PEOPLE, 721%, OUR VIEWS WENT UP 440%.
UM, WHAT'S A EVENT COUNT
SO PAID SOCIAL MEDIA HAS PAID OFF FOR US.
CAN I ASK HOW MUCH THE, THE, HOW MUCH MONETARY WENT BEHIND THAT AND HOW LONG WAS THE CAMPAIGN? I CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
UH, THE CAMPAIGN IS STILL ONGOING.
I THINK IT ENDS END OF MAY IS WHEN IT WILL END.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO DID SOME, UM, MEDIA PITCHES.
AND SO WHAT THAT HAS DONE, IT'S LED TO A TRAVEL BLOGGER WHO'S INTERESTED IN COMING INTO THE COUNTY IN JUNE, AND WE CREATE A POTENTIAL ITINERARY, UM, BASED ON HIS INTEREST.
SO HE'S GONNA BE COMING IN IN JUNE AND WE'RE GOING TO NOTIFY THE BUSINESSES THAT HE'S COMING INTO TOWN AND THAT HE'LL BE VISITING THEIR ESTABLISHMENT AND, YOU KNOW, ENJOYING GLAND.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A GOOD BLOG OUT OF THAT, WHICH WILL, UM, INCREASE AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, LOUISA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TOURISM CONTACTED US AND WANTED TO DO A CENTRAL VIRGINIA BREW CAMPAIGN AND WE'RE, UH, GONNA CALL IT RED, WHITE AND BREW.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE GOLAND LOUISA, THE TOWN OF GORDONSVILLE AND LAKE ANNA.
IT'S GONNA RUN MAY 15TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3RD.
UM, AND BASICALLY CENTRAL VIRGINIA PORT TOUR.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THESE, UH, HANDOUTS AND SIGNS TO OUR CRAFT BEVERAGE LOCATIONS WITH THE LOCATION CODE.
WHEN FOLKS VISIT, THEY'LL SCAN, THEY'LL CREATE, THEY DO HAVE TO, IT'S A COUPLE STEPS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE TO, TO, TO GO TO THIS APP.
AND AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN WE'RE GOING TO, UM, PROVIDE THEM A SHIRT.
THEN WILL THERE BE LIKE SOME KIND OF RACK CARDS OR SOMETHING THAT, LIKE IF A BUSINESS WANTED TO PROMOTE THIS TOUR SOMEWHERE? YES, YES.
THAT WOULD BE A BIG THING AT FARMER'S MARKETS.
NOT THAT I RUN IN FRONT OF THESE MARKETS ANYMORE.
UM, SO WE HAVE AGREED TO THE COUNTY OUT OF, OF THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO, UM, ANYBODY THAT VISITS, UM, LOCATIONS IN GLAND AND, UH, GLAND'S SHARE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE, OF THE, OF THE T-SHIRT COST WILL BE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GLAD THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND UM, WHAT I THINK IT'LL DO IS IT'LL BRING DOWN MAYBE SOME PEOPLE FROM, UM, NORTHERN AREAS WHO AREN'T USED TO COMING DOWN TO GOLA.
UM, SO NO, AGAIN, IT'S, WE HAVE TONS OF PEOPLE THERE THAT YEAH, WE DO.
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ONLY 14.SO DOSOME BEVERAGE PRODUCES MAKEUP.
YEAH, WE NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MATT WAS TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOGETHER, BUT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, AND UH, SO OUR ARCA FUNDING, UM, IS RUNNING AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO HAVE SPENT THAT AND RUN OUT, UM, BY THE END OF END OF JUNE, WHICH WE'RE ON TRACK TO DO THAT.
AND, AND IT'S ALL GOOD THERE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN SUCH SUCCESS WITH USING A, UH, TOURISM BASED KIND OF CONSULTANT, UM, THAT WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND, UM, CONTRACTED WITH ADVANCED TOURISM AND TRAVEL FOR THE NEXT YEAR, BEGINNING JULY ONE.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE OFFERING US, UM, PAID SOCIAL GEOFENCING DISPLAY ADS, AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT THAT IS IN A MINUTE, AND THEN BLOGS.
BUT WHAT REALLY KIND OF SETS THIS VENDOR APART IS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, MOBILE VISITATION REPORTING.
SO WE, THEY CAN PULL CELL PHONE DATA FOR VISITORS THAT COME INTO GLAND COUNTY.
SO, UM, AND THEN WE CAN IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS AS TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING AND HOW MUCH TIME THEY'RE SPENDING THERE.
AND IT GIVES US KIND OF PERSONAS OF THOSE PEOPLE.
SO, UM, JUST AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS A PERSONA INFLUENCED BY INFLUENCERS.
SO THESE ARE TYPICALLY WHAT, 25 TO 30 YEAR OLDS GIVES US THEIR INCOME, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAVE CHILDREN OR NOT.
SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY START TO TAILOR IF WE SEE THAT MAYBE THE, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS NEXT ONE IS.
MAYBE THERE'S A LOT OF SETTLED AND SENSIBLES AND THAT ARE VISITING THE COURTHOUSE AREA.
SO THEN MAYBE WE COULD START TAILORING OUR, NO, THEY'RE THERE TOO.
UH, TAILORING OUR ADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE TO TRY TO REALLY DIAL IN VISITATION TO INCREASE OUR VISITATION NUMBERS.
UM, SO THEY ALSO, UM, OFFER A CAMPAIGN REPORTING DASHBOARD SO WE CAN SEE ON A REAL TIME BASIS HOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS DOING AND WHETHER WE'RE REACHING PEOPLE OR NOT, AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CAMPAIGN IS WORKING.
UM, SO THE GEO FENCING, WHICH I REFERENCED IS REALLY COOL IN THAT WE CAN SET UP THESE AREAS.
SO MAYBE PEOPLE ARE IN SHORT PUMP AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND WE CAN HAVE A DISPLAY AT WHAT THEY LOOK AT THEIR PHONE AND GO ON THE INTERNET
SO IT'S BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE AT THAT MOMENT.
SO I KNOW IT'S SOME SCARY STUFF, RIGHT?
SO, BUT NOW WE ARE GOING TO USE IT.
IT'S, UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, WE START WITH THEM, CONTRACT WITH THEM JULY ONE.
SO I THINK ONE THING WE DIDN'T LIKE TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT, BUT I THINK THE OTHER BIG THING WITH PARTNERING WITH ADVANCED TRAVEL TOURISM, UM, THAT IS GOING BE REALLY BENEFICIAL IS THAT THEY CAN ALSO, UH, THEY CAN COLLECT DATA ON VISITOR NUMBERS AND FOOT TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT THROUGH OUR PHONES.
UH, IT'S BY SETTING DIFFERENT FENCING AROUND AND THEN SEEING HOW MANY PHONES GO AND OUT OF THAT.
AND SO IT WILL ACTUALLY GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON HOW LIKE DATA, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THIS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT AN EVENT IN GOLAND, PUT A GEO FENCE AROUND IT, AND THEN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THERE ON THOSE, ON THOSE DEEP PERIODS.
AND SO WHEN I WAS, I FIRST TALKED TO THEM IN LATE DECEMBER AND I WAS TALKING TO OTHER DATA PLACES THAT DID SIMILAR THINGS.
UH, BUT THEN ALL THEY DID WAS DATA WHERE ADVANCED SHE TOURISM ALSO DOES ALL THAT PAID ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN.
AND, UM, THE COST WERE THE EXACT SAME, BUT WITHOUT THE PAID ADVERTISEMENT.
SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO GET A LOT OUT OF SOMETHING.
IS THAT A YEARLY CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE? YEAH.
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IT'S GONNA RUN JULY ONE THROUGH JUNE 30.AND THAT'S IN THE COUNTY BUDGET.
GETTING USE FOR SUBPOENAS,
UM, I HAVE IDENTIFIED A, I'M TRYING TO GET TO THE MAP SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA SEE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I IDENTIFIED A, UM, AN AFFORDABLE VENDOR TO TAKE US ON A TOUR.
UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY, SHE DOES MORE LIKE BREW TOURS,
SHE'S BASED OUT OF PALATAN, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, $500 FOR AN AFTERNOON AND IT'S A 15 PASSENGER BUS.
UM, SO THAT WILL INCORPORATE US, UM, WHETHER WE WANT TO INCLUDE THE BOARD SUPERVISORS OR NOT.
UM, AND THEN SINCE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE TO SAVE SOME SEATS FOR, FOR PUBLIC AS WELL.
SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS DEAL.
UM, AND SO WHAT I WAS ANTICIPATING AND WHAT I ASKED HER, UM, WOULD BE SOMETHING AROUND, YOU KNOW, UH, WE START SOMEWHERE IN WEST CREEK, WHETHER THAT'S HARDYWOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE WOULD GO THROUGH WEST CREEK, GO THROUGH CAPITAL ONE CAMPUS.
UM, KIND OF LOOP BACK AROUND AND THEN GO BACK UP AND WE CAN GO INTO WILKES RIDGE PARKWAY, UM, SEE THE DEVELOPMENT THERE, AND THEN GO UP TO ASHLAND ROAD, UM, AND, UH, KIND OF GO BACK IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS.
I KNOW AT SOME POINT YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GOING TO REPUBLIC SERVICES.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I KNOW OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID THAT AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GO UP ON TOP OF MOUNTAIN G***H,
SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD KIND OF AERIAL PERSPECTIVE SINCE WE'RE NOT, CAN'T RUN A HELICOPTER, UH,
UM, AND THEN WOULD THEY ALLOW US IN THE, THE, THIS BUS? YEAH.
WOULD THEY ALLOW THAT PERSON TO DRIVE THAT? YES.
NO, NOT A, WE WOULD HAVE TO WALK, I THINK.
HOW DID THE BOARD GET UP THERE? DID THEY DRIVE A VEHICLE? I THOUGHT IT WAS A VEHICLE, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THEN MAYBE, OR MAYBE SAY MAYBE REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS A VEHICLE THAT WOULD TAKE US UP THERE.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY PROBABLY NEED A PERMIT.
CAUSE I'M SURE IT'S THE INSURANCE SQUARE FALL OFF EDGE IS HUGE.
UM, AND SO THEN I ANTICIPATED, UH, GOING UP AND HITTING, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL PARKS AROUND ON BROAD STREET, KIND OF IN THE
UM, AND THEN GOING UP AND DOING MIDPOINT WHO I KNOW AND THEN COMING BACK.
UM, AND IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THE OFFICIAL MEETING, WE WOULD, WE WOULD CONTINUE IT.
UM, AND THEN IF NOT, WE, WE WOULD ADJOURN AND THEN YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK COUNTY BUSINESS AT THAT POINT.
UM, SO DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? IT IT, WELL, AND I'D BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, YOU THINKING IN A SPECIFIC CARMAX YEAH.
I, I'M THINKING IN PARTICULAR ASHLAND ROAD.
I THINK YOUR PRIMARY INTEREST YEAH.
THAT, TO START THIS OFF STARTED AND, BUT YEAH.
WEST CREEKS, IF THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT, WELL YOU, HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU EXPECT TO PUT TOWARDS ALL DAY? UH, I THINK THIS WAS FIVE HOURS.
I, WE CAN GET IT DONE IN FIVE HOURS.
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THE BOARDS? I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS.I GUESS IT WOULD'VE BEEN LISA.
I PROBABLY, YEAH, SHE WOULD PROBABLY KNOW.
SHE DOES EVERYTHING SHE DOES, SHE DOESN'T, UM, SHE DID SAY THE ONLY DATES SHE HAD TWO WEEKS OF BLACKOUT, A WEEK OF JUNE 26TH AND THE WEEK OF JULY 7TH.
SO SHE COULDN'T DO, UH, THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO WEEKS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA TRY TO GO AHEAD AND, BECAUSE I WOULD OBVIOUSLY NEED TO RESERVE HER AND THEN ADVERTISE THE MEETING AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO I DIDN'T GIVE IT AS MUCH TIME AS YOU YEAH.
AND I NOTICED YOU DID LEAVE, UH, LICKING HOLE, WHICH I
THEY'VE GOT THE BEST DOUBTS ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, DO YOU WANT A DATE NOW IN TERMS OF, UH, I COULD, WHAT I, I COULD DO IS SEND OUT SOME POTENTIAL DATES.
I'LL LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR POTENTIAL BOARD DATES AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO COMPLEX AND THEN SEND OUT A LIST OF DATES AND THEN LET YOU GUYS ALL KIND OF RESPOND BACK AS TO CAN YOU, THIS WILL WORK ON DOODLE FOR THAT? YEAH.
AND DID WE WANT TO INVITE THE BOARD OR DO YOU JUST WANNA DO THIS AS AN ED ONLY ADA ONLY THING PREFERENCE.
DIDN'T YOU SAY THE BOARD ALREADY DID? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY JUST THE ED.
THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE ROOM FOR YEAH, TRUE.
THERE'S ONLY ONE NEW, UM, MEMBER MR. WATERS WHO WASN'T PART OF THAT, SO.
YEAH, I THINK HE'S A PRETTY BUSY GUY, ESPECIALLY NOW.
I'LL LOOK AT SOME DATES AND SEND OUT A DOODLE POOL FOR THAT.
UM, THE CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT IS COMING UP.
SO I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UH, MR. SCHMIDT, MR. COLLIER CHANCE, ARE YOU STILL, WHEN, WHAT DAY IS THAT? SHE SAID THINK IT'S JUNE, MAY, MAY 22ND.
YOU'RE STILL OKAY? YEAH, YEAH, I'M GOOD.
AND LASTLY, FOR OTHER BUSINESS, UM, YOUR FY 24 V CORP INSURANCE PROPOSAL, UM, WAS ON THE TABLE THIS EVENING.
THERE IS A COST INCREASE OF $23 FOR ACCESS LIABILITY, BUT ALL YOUR DEDUCTIBLE COVERAGE REMAINS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
SO, AND IT RENEWS ON, IS THE DATE IN HERE? I THINK IT'S JULY ONE.
SO WE COULD EITHER KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD OR JUST GO AHEAD AND RENEW.
WE WORKED HARD ON GETTING OUR POLICY STRAIGHT, SO I'M OKAY WITH IT WAY IT IS.
WE DO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT THOUGH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
LET'S TAKE UP, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT.
WE ACCEPT IT AS, UM, PRESENTER.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION TO ACQUIRE THE V COURT, VA COURT INSURANCE FOR THIS YEAR.
WOULD ANYONE CARE TO READ IT OR SHOULD I? YOU SHOULD.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.2 3 7 11 AND 2.2 3 7 12, I MOVED AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF OFFICIAL COUNTY CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATING IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE AS PERMITTED BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS
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2, 2, 3, 7, 1 1 PARAGRAPHS A FIVE.IS THERE A SECOND? FIVE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE.