Jan 17, 2024 EDA Meeting 1-17-2024

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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THE JANUARY 17TH, 2024

[I. Call to Order, 5:30 P.M.]

MADAM ECONOMIC DIRECTOR AND MEDIA SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE? UH, MS. DEAR HERE,

[Roll Call]

MR. SLOAN? HERE.

MR. COLLIER HERE.

YOU ALL PRESENT? YOU DO HAVE A COURT.

THANK YOU

[II. Determination of a Quorum]

UM, WE

[III. Citizen Comment]

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE AND SECRETARY? NO.

ONE ONLINE.

AND IN OUR PRESENCE, UH, FORMERLY FROM THE MONON SOIL AND WATER DISTRICT AND CITIZEN OF DISTRICT FIVE, NOW BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM DISTRICT FIVE.

MR. JONATHAN LYLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY SENSE, COMMENT? NO.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY.

I'M, I'M STRUCK.

UH, LADIES, UH, I'M SPEAK, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE START THE MEETING? NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH,

[IV. Approval of Minutes]

[1. Minutes of Nov 15, 2023 5:30 PM]

UH, SECOND, DEBORAH.

UH, I'M SORRY.

I SO MOVED.

SO MOVED.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

WE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES HEARING? NO DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF VOTING, OR EXCUSE ME.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED NAY EXTENSIONS.

AND

[V. Scheduled Matters]

YOU TAKE AWAY D

[A. Treasurer's Report]

I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT,

[1. Bills to be Paid: Goochland Chamber of Commerce]

UH, YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, THIS, THIS PAGE RIGHT HERE, ONLY YOU HAVE THAT.

OH, I ONLY HAVE IT.

OH, OKAY.

GOOD.

WELL, THE MAGIC OF TECHNOLOGY, I'M GONNA GO OVER, UH, WHAT I KNOW AND KEEP IT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE HAD, UH, $5,000 GO OUT TO THE BLUE DOT TECHNOLOGIES.

THAT'S THE, IT'S BY GLAND CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT'S $5,000 HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

UH, WE HAVE THE USUAL PAYMENTS TO CHRISTIAN BARTON.

UH, IT'S NO LONGER CHRISTIAN BARTON AND S HUH? OR IS IT? IT'S CHRISTIAN BARTON.

CHRISTIAN BARTON, UH, FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

WE ALSO HAVE A PAYMENT, UM, OF $1,100 FOR THE APPRAISAL OF THE LAND.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LATER ON IN THE MEETING.

AND, UH, THE BERRY ENGINEERS, UH, $7,000 WENT TO THEM.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY, WE, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, GOTTEN THE SHARE FROM THE PURCHASER.

YEAH.

FROM THE LANDOWNER.

LANDOWNER.

AND WE'RE WAITING FOR A SHERIFF IN THE STATE.

YES.

AND SO THAT WILL, THAT $7,000 WILL BE, UH, MITIGATED OR ELIMINATED.

YEAH.

THE EDA PORTION WILL BE 1750.

YEAH.

YES.

OKAY.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER CHANGE, UH, OTHER THAN THOSE, THOSE PAYMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN.

AND, UH, I WON'T, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURER HEARING? NO QUESTIONS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF AGENDA.

AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE IS, UM, A BILL TO BE

[1. Motion to approve 2024 Goochland Chamber of Commerce Dues]

IT IS THE CHAMBER ANNUAL DUES, UM, FOR THE GLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

IT'S $2,500.

IT'S DUE ANNUALLY MOST OF THE TIME, UM, IN JANUARY.

AND I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT AS PART OF THAT, UM, THE CHAMBER HAS ADDED A COUPLE EXTRA BENEFITS TO THE EDA FOR BEING, UM, UH, A CHAMBER MEMBER.

WE GET, UM, UNLIMITED JOB POSTINGS.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, , WHEN MAYBE OUR NEW EDA MEMBER JOB CAN GO OUT, UM, WE GET, UH, UNLIMITED ADVERTISING OF HOT DEALS.

UM, UH, WE DO GET A COMPANY LOGO ON THE HOMEPAGE.

SO THE EDA UGLAND COUNTY LOGO.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY GOT WAS AN EXPO TABLE, A FREE TEAM IN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, UM, ANNUAL EVENT TICKETS, A DIRECTORY AD.

UM, AND THEN SHE IS ADDING, UM, A ONE MEET THE MEMBER VIDEO PER YEAR.

SO SHE'S ABLE TO COME OUT AND DO LIKE A LITTLE QUICK VIDEO ON THE EDA AND THEN THAT'LL BE USED IN SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, A MEMBER MARKETING BLAST, AND THEN, UM, ONE TICKET TO EACH GLAND GATHERING MEETING.

SO THAT HAPPENS FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

UM, SO THE EDA WILL HAVE ONE TICKET AVAILABLE TO USE IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANNA ATTEND THOSE.

IF NOT CHANCELLOR, I'LL USE IT.

UM, SO ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR 2,500.

AND JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY ON THE UPCOMING EVENT, 25TH.

25TH, UH, TWO TICKETS, UH, THERE'S FOUR TICKETS AVAILABLE.

YES.

SO, UM, IN

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SO WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION AND, UH, MO POTENTIAL MOTION TO, UH, WRITE A CHECK TO THE HAM COUNTY, UH, COMMERCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UM, OR MAY I ASK, IS THERE ANY, ANY CHANGE IN THAT AMOUNT? NO.

SO THAT'S HIS SAME, UH, AS PREVIOUSLY.

UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION, I'LL MOVE THAT WE SPONSOR THE CHAMBER FOR $2,500 FOR THE 2024.

WE HAVE A MOTION OR A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING, NO DISCUSSION.

MOVE ON FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION? OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE

[B. Goochland Day Foundation Presentation]

AND, UH, LADIES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND PLEASE, THANK YOU.

[1. Goochland Day Foundation Presentation]

SHE'S OUR SECRETARY.

UM, SO TO, AS YOU'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, UM, YOU'LL KNOW, OR HOPEFULLY YOU WILL COME NOW THAT'S IN YOUR CALENDARS.

BUT, UM, I KNOW LISA HAS BEEN PRESENT TOO.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND I THINK I'VE MAYBE SEEN KENNY THERE A TIME OR TWO, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY GNET IS GROWING ITS FEET AND ITS LEGS.

SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, OF GNE.

UM, AND WE WILL GET INTO IT.

SO, UM, GLAND NIGHT IS ON FRIDAY, MAY 17TH.

GLAND DAY IS MAY, UM, 18TH.

THE NEXT, VERY NEXT DAY.

WE ARE GONNA BE EXHAUSTED.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SUPPORT WITH THE, UM, PARKS AND REC.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM SOON.

THEN THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US SOME VOLUNTEERS TOO, UM, ALONG WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE MORE WITH.

UM, SO ALL THOSE EXTRA BODIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA ADVERTISE FOR SARAH , THEY CAN COME UP TO.

UM, BUT IT IS A FAIRLY SMALL GROUP PUTTING ON A VERY LARGE EVENT.

UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GUC KNIGHT AS OUR FIRST, UM, CONCERT EVENT.

SO WE ARE HAVING GOOD SHOT, JUDY COME IN.

UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT, UM, THAT EVENT IS FROM FIVE TO 10.

UM, GATES OPEN AT FIVE.

UM, WHAT DID HE SAY? HE, WE'VE GOT GOOD SHOT JUDY PERFORMING FOR THE MAINE, BUT THEN WE'VE GOT A COUPLE SMALLER BANDS OR CAST CASTAWAYS COMING BEFORE CAN TELL THAT BAND AGAIN.

GOOD SHOT, JUDY.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONE I WAS HIT AT HARDYWOOD FOR THE FANTASTIC.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WELL, THEY SET UP LIKE WHERE THE FARMER'S MARKET IS OR IS IT A DIFFERENT PLACE AT THE, UM, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE NAMES.

SO WE USED TO CALL THE NAPA SOFTBALL FIELD WHERE THE MAIN STAGE WAS LAST YEAR.

OKAY.

SO WE MIGHT ROTATE IT 90 DEGREES AND HAVE THE STAGE, FACE THE FIELD AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THERE.

WEATHER INDEPENDENT.

YEAH.

SO, YEAH.

UM, SO NEXT SLIDE.

AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YES, PLEASE.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR DATES.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR TIMELINE.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIALS.

UM, WE'VE GOT A FRIDAY NIGHT FLYER.

WE'VE GOT SPONSORSHIP, FLYERS, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

AND ALL OF THAT STUFF IS, UM, WE'RE, AS WE ADDED ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT THING, WE'RE STILL FIGURING THAT OUT AND TRYING TO INTERSECT THE SPONSORSHIPS AND, UM, RECOGNITION.

UM, AND THEN FOR REFERENCE, I'VE GOT OUR TABLE FEE WITH QR CODES FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY.

UM, SO OUR PARADE TIMELINE, THIS, UM, AS YOU KNOW, FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, I WON'T GO INTO SO MUCH DETAIL, BUT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED 2024.

UM, WE'RE HAVING THE, THE BOTH EVENTS THAT SAME WEEKEND.

UM, BUT OUR MAIN THING OF WHAT WE ARE, OUR GOAL, UM, MY GOAL IS, UM, 2027 IS OUR TRICENTENNIAL.

AND YOU MAY SEE, I WON'T LIKE CALL ATTENTION TO IT, BUT WE HAVE RESERVES AND WE ARE BUILDING UP TO 2024, I MEAN 20 20, 27.

SO AWARENESS, UM, I TRY TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE POINT OF THESE GRAPHS ARE THAT WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE GROWING IN ATTENDANCE, WE'RE GROWING IN BUDGET, WE'RE GROWING IN, UM, OFFICERS, WE'RE GROWING VOLUNTEERS, UM, AND WE'RE GROWING ON IN KNOWLEDGE.

SO THIS LITTLE THING THAT STARTED IN 2018 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, PTSA HAS GROWN INTO A $50,000, UM, COMMUNITY EVENT FOR EVERYBODY.

SO GLAND KNIGHT, UM, WE HAVE LOCKED IN GOOD SHOT, JUDY, EVEN THOUGH THIS SAYS PENDING FEATURE.

UM, WE'RE GONNA SELL TICKETS TO TRY TO

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BUT, UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO LOSE MONEY ON THIS EVENT, UM, WHICH KIND OF SOUNDS STUPID, BUT WELL, WE'RE BUDGETING WORST CASE SCENARIO.

YEAH.

THEY'VE TAKEN SALES OR LIGHT OR, OR RAIN.

OR RAIN OR, OR ANYTHING.

SO WE'VE KIND OF, WE HAVE CONCESSIONS LIKE BEER FUEL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, SO WE'RE HOPING WITH BEER SALES, UM, WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT WITH THE WINERIES HOW WE'RE GONNA STRUCTURE THAT.

BUT SELLING T-SHIRTS, MERCHANDISE, UM, BUT MAYBE A FEW, FEW VENDORS JUST BECAUSE OUR PARKING, UM, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WANT US TO KEEP OUR PARKING NOT HAVING TO CROSS THE ROAD.

AND I DON'T WANT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT EITHER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SHUTTING DOWN THE ROAD FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.

UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA THINK OF IT KIND OF LIKE THE TREE LIGHTING WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC DOES WHAT IT WANTS SO WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

UM, WE MAY HAVE BUSES ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AND AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER COST, BUT JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT STREAMLINING AND MAKING IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.

'CAUSE THERE WILL BE BEER INVOLVED.

SO, UM, WE ARE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, WHAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS, UM, SUPPORTING RELAY FOR LIFE.

BECAUSE AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER, UM, THEM DOING IT ALL NIGHT LONG AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO WALKING ALL NIGHT LONG IN REMEMBRANCE.

UM, SO THEY ARE GONNA BE SELLING LUMINARIES, UM, DURING THAT TIME ALSO.

SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

UM, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH COX, WHERE OUR, UM, WITH OUR QUARTER POTTIES AND, UM, SUNBELT, SUNBELT FOR LIGHTING AND, UM, GENERATORS PARTNERING AS IN THEY'RE DONATING MM-HMM.

.

WOW.

FINALLY.

THAT'S BIG.

YEAH.

GOT THE RIGHT PERSON.

YEAH.

AND THEN HE RETIRED, BUT HE DID BEFORE HE RETIRED.

THAT'S GREAT.

YEAH.

SO, UM, SO THIS IS OUR, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CHARGING.

UM, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE 65 UNITS SPRAYED, AND THAT IS ONLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE.

UM, EVERY YEAR WE ARE LIKE, OH, YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE SOUND.

YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE SOUND, WHICH IS BANDS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT 65 UNITS KEEPS THE PARADE WITHIN AN HOUR, UM, ISH.

AND, UM, THE VENDOR BOOTH.

SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR THE VENDOR BOOTHS.

WE DON'T, WE STOPPED USING THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE HEIGHT, AT THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.

UM, WE STOPPED USING THAT BECAUSE OF THE SPRINKLERS AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT A, A FULL CIRCLE, IT'S LIKE A, A C KIND OF WHERE YOU HAVE TO TURN TRAFFIC BACK AROUND, WHICH IS WE'VE LEARNED IS A NIGHTMARE.

UM, AND, UM, WE'VE GOT 12 FOOD VENDORS.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, UM, OUR GRADE UNITS ARE $50.

AND THEN TO DETER PEOPLE FROM, UM, CITING UP LATE AND TO GETTING A BENEFIT, WE'VE ADDED, UM, WE ARE JUST DOUBLING THE FEE.

UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PROBLEM PAYING THAT ANYWAY.

AND THIS YEAR WE'RE, UM, FOREGOING FEES FOR EDUCATIONAL GROUPS.

SO JUST WE'LL BE ABSORBING THE COST OF THEIR PARTICIPATION JUST SO WE CAN MAKE YOUR FAMILY FRIENDLY AND GET THE SCHOOL TEAMS AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE PARTICIPATING BOTH IN THE PARADE AND IN THE FESTIVAL.

AND THEN, UM, SO OUR FOOD BEVERAGE, NOBODY HAS KIND OF LINKED, UM, HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH OUR FOOD BECAUSE OUR VENDORS SELL OUT.

UM, IT'S, THEY SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS THEY'VE EVER BEEN TO, WHICH IS AMAZING.

UM, AND THEN OUR VENDOR BOOTHS ARE NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCOUNT, SAME TIME YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF, UM, TIMES WE RAISE THE FEE AND JUST KIND OF TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE PAINFUL ON THE BACK END WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO, UM, REDO THE CODING AND, AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, OUR SPONSOR GRID, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE PUT IN HERE, WE'VE GOT AN APPRECIATION EVENT THAT WAS REALLY NICELY, UM, DONE.

WE HAD IT AT, UM, COURT COURTHOUSE CREEK LAST YEAR.

UM, AND THEY GAVE US SOME HEAVY HORS D'OEUVRES AND, UM, THE WEATHER WAS, IT WAS HOT, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND IT WAS NICE.

YEAH.

SO, UM, SO IT, IT WAS, IT WAS EVEN, I LOVED IT TOO, YOU KNOW, IT HAVING THAT ONE THING OF YOU DO ALL THIS WORK AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SIT DOWN AND RELAX AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE GNE WHERE YOU CAN RELAX AND JOIN IT YEAH.

AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN LEVELS ARE AFRAID TO INVENT BOOTH SPACE AND, UM, YOU GET ON OUR BANNER WEBSITE AND THEN WE'VE GOT BANNERS, UM, BANNER AND

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UM, SO IF WE PRINT OUT BANNERS AND WE HANG THOSE AT GOOCHLAND.

UM, AND THEN OUR MAIN THING, OUR TITLE SPONSORS WILL BE, UM, WE'VE GOT ONE FOR GLAND KNIGHT, WHICH I THINK THAT WE HAVE.

WE, YES.

WE HOPE WE HAVE ONE SECURED.

UM, I WON'T TAKE THIS BY NAMING THEM, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE GLAND DAY PARADE TOO.

SO WE'RE THINKING THAT THE TITLE SPONSOR WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IT WILL BE THE, YOU KNOW, GLAND PARADE BANNER HANGING COMING THROUGH, AND THEN THE SECOND TITLE SPONSOR COMING THROUGH.

UM, AND THEN BEING ANNOUNCED AS WELL.

SO THE SECOND THING THAT I WAS MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS WE PUSHED FOR THE LIGHT POLES, UM, AND WE FINALLY GOT THEM LAST YEAR.

THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL GOING THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE.

AND THEN NOW I SEE THAT THE COUNTY HAS, UM, DONE FALL AND WINTER.

AND SO THOSE ARE, IT IS JUST BEAUTIFYING THE COURTHOUSE AREA A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE DID PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY, UM, THEY PAID FOR THE BRACKETS AND THEN THE INSTALLATION OF OUR BANNERS, BUT IT WORKED OUT BECAUSE THEY SAID HANGING THE AMERICAN FLAGS WAS GETTING A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC WITH ALL THE RULES ON DISPLAYING THE FLAGS.

SO THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO SWITCH TO BANNERS ANYWAY, SO THEY WERE REUSING 'EM FOR THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SEASONAL THINGS, BUT IT WORKED OUT.

YEP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, THE SPONSORSHIP? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHILE WE'RE, WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE VALUE PROPOSITION? WE ARE, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GIVEAWAY BACK WERE A SUCCESS, SO WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THAT OPTION KNOWN THAT FOR COLLATERAL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANY OF OUR SPONSORS WANT TO GIVE AWAY IN TERMS OF FLYERS, MERCHANDISE, UM, PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS, WE HAVE A, A SWAG BAG AND THEN WE WERE HANDING THOSE OUT DURING THE PARADE TO THE ATTENDEES AT THE PARADE, AND THAT SEEMED TO BE WELL RECEIVED.

SO, UM, HOW MANY DID YOU GIVE AWAY? OH GOSH.

I THINK WE ORDERED 500.

CAROL HELPED US WITH THAT.

UM, CAROL, MAYBE WE GAVE AWAY TWO 50 MM-HMM.

BECAUSE THE BRAID LET ME, THE PARADE MOVES SO MUCH FASTER WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY STUFF.

SO WE READY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

I THINK MAYBE THIS YEAR WE WILL, WE'LL MAYBE HAVE TWO GOLF CARTS ON THE SIDE, UM, MOVING SLOWER PACE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, KIND OF WITHIN THAT HOUR INSTEAD OF TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PARADE JUST BECAUSE THAT WAS BONKERS.

WE WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE WHOLE CRISSCROSSING.

AND, UM, BUT ALSO WHILE WE WERE GIVING OUT THE BAGS, WE ALSO, UM, HAD A SENIOR DO HIS SENIOR PROJECT AND HE WAS COLLECTING USED BOOKS LIKE GENTLY USED BOOKS.

UM, AND THE KIDS JUST LOVE GETTING THINGS LIKE THEY DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS.

THEY JUST LOVE GETTING THINGS ON THE, WHILE THEY'RE WATCHING THE PARADE GO BY.

AND THEN THE TUCKAHOE PINES RESIDENTS, THE SENIORS ACTUALLY STUFFED THE BAGS FOR US.

SO IT WAS NICE.

SO IT WAS KIND OF AN ACTIVITY FOR NICE THE SENIORS, THEY LOVED IT, GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO DO.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE, LET US, LET US HELP, LET US DO SO.

CAN'T WAIT TILL I GET TO BE RETIREMENT .

UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR, UM, FRIDAY NIGHT IN GLAND DAY.

UM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT MONETARY LEVELS.

UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A, WE THIS YEAR, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COOLING STATION AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL NEED IT, 'CAUSE HOPEFULLY THE SUN WILL BE SHINING.

BUT H AND H UM, IS ALREADY HAS ALREADY SPONSORED, UM, BUT IS ALSO BRINGING THE COOLING STATION.

SO THEY'LL BE HAVING THEIR OH, NICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE A BIG FAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S GONNA DO SOME SW OF SPRINKLER SYSTEM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE COOL.

IT GOT PRETTY HOT LAST YEAR, SO WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE OVERHEAT AND, UM, IT WAS HOT.

YEAH.

UNSURPRISINGLY, THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS FREEZING AND RAINING, SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

WE MOVED IT BACK A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT WE ALSO, UM, NOT THAT I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, BUT WE DID SHORTEN THE, UM, THE DAY BY AN HOUR.

SO TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD, UM, 11 TO THREE.

LAST YEAR WE HAD AN 11 FOUR.

THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING AN 11 TO THREE, JUST BECAUSE THE FOOD RUNS OUT, PEOPLE ARE TIRED.

IT KIND OF DISSIPATES BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THERE ALL DAY FOR THE PARADE.

YOU'RE SETTING UP AT NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN BY THREE O'CLOCK YOU'RE, YOU'RE EITHER TOASTED OR FROM DRINKING OR TOASTED FROM YOUR KIDS OR JUST DONE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL READY FOR A NAP AT THAT TIME.

SO.

AND WITH THE FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT TOO MM-HMM.

YEAH, BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS STILL IS A STRUGGLE FOR US.

UM, PEOPLE SIGN UP AND THEN DON'T SHOW UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF MANPOWER.

ONE FOR THE SETUP, WHICH I THINK WE HAVE COVERED.

CAP ONE IS GONNA GIVE US VOLUNTEERS FOR FRIDAY SETUP DURING BUSINESS HOURS.

UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER LEADS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT JUST THE MANPOWER FOR, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP TRASH AND VEN, YOU KNOW, VENDOR SETUP STARTS AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.

SO, SO, UM, THE GOLF PLACE, UM,

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OH, OKAY, GOOD.

YEAH, WE MET HIM AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND I KNOW, I THINK HE WANTED TO DO A BOOTH.

UM, THEY'LL SEND A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.

DO YOU REMEMBER HIS NAME? I, NO, THE GIRL I WORKED WITH IS NOT THERE ANY LONGER.

OKAY.

I, UM, YOU CAN GET THAT FROM NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOO.

OKAY.

UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEER CUPS AND, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, AT FESTIVAL, BESIDES THE PAMPHLET AND THE BROCHURES, UM, AND THEN THE SIGNAGE, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH ELSE.

AND WE ARE, WE ARE TRYING TO UP OUR MERCH GAME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY CUTE STUFF.

OUR HATS ARE REALLY CUTE, UM, JUST TO, JUST HAVING THE GNE LOGO ON IT.

UM, BUT WE DO PUT OUR LOGO ON THE BEER CUPS AND THAT HAS BEEN A, A, Y'ALL MIGHT NOT WANT TO HAVE YOUR LOGO ON A BEER CUP, BUT, UM, PEOPLE HAVE ASKED AND WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THAT ONE THING, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE RIGHT PRICE REALLY.

SO, UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE KIDS ZONE, UM, THE WINE GARDEN, THE CHAMBER SPONSORS OUR WINE GARDEN.

UM, WE'VE GOT SOUND AND THEN WE KIND OF BREAK UP THE, BECAUSE THE SOUND IS KIND OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART.

UM, THERE'S A WINE GARDEN CONSIST OF JUST A BUNCH OF VENDORS COMING IN AND VENDORS.

AND WE HAVE, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR DAVE LIMAN IS OUR, UM, MUSIC AND CHAIR AND HE HAD LIVE MUSIC.

OH.

HE HAD FIVE OR SIX BANDS COME THROUGH, COME THROUGH IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SMALLER ACTS, LIKE THE ONES WHO PLAY BREWERIES, YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T HAVE AS BIG AS SOUND BECAUSE IT'S UNDER A VERY NICE TENT.

THANK YOU, LISA.

UM, SO WE HAD THREE WINERIES LAST YEAR.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE THIS YEAR, UM, THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN SOME FOOD TRUCKS NEARBY.

YEAH, THERE'S TABLES AND CHAIRS.

YOU CAN SIT IN THERE AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.

MM-HMM.

.

THAT'S NICE.

THE SHADE.

THAT'S REALLY NICE.

AND WE HAD FANS.

I GOT SOME FANS.

MM-HMM.

.

IT'D BE NICE IF WE HAD SOME HAMMOCKS AND .

UM, BUT THEN THE ACTIVITY STATION, UM, WE'VE OF COURSE GOT OUR NEVER LAND STAR PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHER THAT'S, UM, BEEN WITH US SINCE 2018.

UM, AND HE DONATES HIS TIME, UM, AND HIS SKILLED.

AND THEN, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A VIDEOGRAPHER.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES, UM, HAVE THEIR DRONE OUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FOOTAGE.

WE DO NEED TO, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT OUR DIGITAL, UM, MEDIA.

AND, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE MORE, UM, WE WANNA HAVE A PAID BALLOON AIST, AND WE NEED TWO OF 'EM BECAUSE, UM, THE TRAFFIC IS SO HEAVY AND FACE PAINTING, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FROM A VENDOR FACE PAINTER TO A PAID FACE PAINTER.

UM, AND THERE'S PROS AND CONS WITH ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT MECHANICALS TO KEEP THE KIDS BUSY AND WE LIKE TO HAVE THE, THE BIGGER MECHANICALS TOO, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO KEEP THE ADULTS BUSY TOO.

SO.

AND THEN HERE ARE A COUPLE OF OUR PICTURES.

UM, WE, THIS UP HERE ON THE LEFT, THAT IS MY DAUGHTER, SHE GRADUATED IN 2022.

AND SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PRIDE AND JOY MOMENT FOR ME PERSONALLY.

BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND NON-PROFITS AND FOR-PROFITS AND SO BRINGS A TEAR.

MM-HMM.

.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

I THINK THAT'S, YEAH.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, FOR THE LADIES FROM THE EDA COMMENT, I, I THINK THAT I, I GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE BAND.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HIT.

IF THEY, IF THEY'RE AS GOOD AS THEY WERE WHEN I SAW IN THE HARDWOOD THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE SENSATIONAL, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE MORE MEMBERS THAN THEY DID HOLLYWOOD.

IT WAS PROBABLY HALF DOZEN MUSICIANS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT MAYBE CLOSE TO A DOZEN.

IT'S A 13.

YEAH.

SO, UH, AND THEY'RE, IT'S A NICE BLEND OF MUSIC, SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I THINK HE, I THINK HE'S STRUCK ALL THERE.

CREDIT DAVE, OUR INTERCHANGE, WHICH IS, IT'S, UH, IT'S FINE.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I THINK I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT, UH, WHAT YEAR IS THIS FOR 2024.

WHAT IS THIS YEAR OF Y'ALL HOSTING THIS EVENT? OH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU DONE IT FOR? WELL, WE DID 18.

18.

19.

19.

SO, SO THIS WAY YOU FOUR SIX SLASH FIVE-ISH BECAUSE COVID CAME IN AND OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

SO IT'S NOT YOUR FIRST, FIRST TIME.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, JUST WHAT THAT YEAH, FOR THE PARADE.

YEAH, THE PARADE.

WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE STARTED IN 2021 IN SEPTEMBER AND THAT WAS A HIT.

AND SO WE HAVE, UM, TALKED TO PARKS AND REC AND DOING IT IN THE FALL IS NOT OFF THE TABLE.

UM, IT'S BETTER WHETHER IT'S 2025.

YEAH, YEAH.

OR 2025.

SO WE TRY TO BLEND A LITTLE BIT MORE AND, UM, WORK WITH OUR RESOURCES.

[00:25:01]

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I WOULD, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS.

THERE'S ONE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN ONE FOR, UM, GLIN DAY ON SATURDAY.

SO, UM, TWO SEPARATE EVENTS.

TWO SEPARATE SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT, THAT SPONSORSHIP SLIDE AGAIN FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS? WHICH ONE? THIS ONE? THAT ONE THAT.

SO, UM, WHICH ONE IS THERE A DIFFERENT SLIDE THAT SHOWED WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FOR FRIDAY AND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FOR SATURDAY? IT ISN'T REALLY DELINEATED PER SE.

UM, SO ON SLIDE NINE, THERE'S THAT SPONSORSHIP UP.

YEP.

THAT ONE.

THAT ONE.

THAT ONE.

YEAH, THAT ONE.

UM, OH YEAH, SERIOUS.

SO THEIR, THEIR REQUEST THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET IS 2,500.

UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, FOR EACH, EACH SPONSORSHIP.

SO 2,500 FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.

2,500 FOR SATURDAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, SIR.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND SARAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES.

UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT DO WE AS EDA, UH, THROUGH GOODHAM COUNTY HAVE PLANNED AS FAR AS, UH, PROMOTING OUR, OUR GROUP AND FOR COUNTY, UH, FOR, FOR THESE TWO EVENTS? OR DO WE ALL WE DO NOT.

OKAY.

HISTORICALLY, UM, YOUR SPONSORSHIP HAS BEEN THE PROMOTION.

OKAY.

AND THEY NO VISUAL.

WELL, THEY, IN, IN EXCHANGE THEY HAVE SIGNAGE AT WHATEVER EDIT.

ITS OKAY.

INCLUDE A PARADE SLOT IN THE BOOTH SPOT IF YOU WANT IT.

OKAY.

UM, SO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SPONSORSHIP, WE'VE JUST INCLUDED THAT AS PART OF THE VALUE PROP.

I'M GONNA SEND BEN IN A PARADE.

OH YEAH.

YEAH.

I ABOUT REAL, REAL GOOD IDEAS.

HOW IS YOUR BATON TWIRLING ? WE HAD A DOKEY DRIVE IN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HERE WE GO.

WE GOT MINI PONIES AND WE HAD THE HISTORICAL, THE HORSES, THE MINI PONIES WERE A HUGE YES.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT A, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS MORE OF A VDO QUESTION, BUT FOR MY DREAM FOR 2027 IS TRYING TO PUSH, UM, A SIGN OVER TOP OF OUR ROUTE SIX ROAD.

I KNOW THEY USED TO, WHAT IS THEIR BEEF NOW? WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO HIGH THE AIR, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR SIGNAGE ON THE LIGHT POLES CAN'T BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE SIDEWALKS ARE.

UM, IT'S JUST BUILDING, GETTING A POLE SYSTEM THAT CAN GO HIGH ENOUGH AND WIDE ENOUGH SUPPORTING WHATEVER TYPE OF BANNER FLAG.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY GOAL.

WHERE WOULD THAT BE? HMM? WHERE WOULD THAT BE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP OR AT THE WOMEN'S PRISON.

OR WOULD IT BE IN THE MIDDLE? IT USED TO BE COURTHOUSE ON THIS END.

WAS IT? IT USED TO BE.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THIS YEAR.

I DON'T, BUT KENNY, DID WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE OH YEAH.

ADVERTISEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU AND YEAH.

AND I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BE BE NAMED, UH, HOW MANY YEARS YOU'LL YOU'ALL UH, PULLED OFF THIS EVENT.

YEAH.

EVERY YEAR KEEPS GROWING IN SCOPE.

IT HAS OF ITS OWN, I'M SURE.

YEAH.

SO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HEARING NONE? UH, WE HAVE THE OPTION TO APPROVE, DEFER, DENY

[2. Motion to Sponsor 2024 Goochland Day/Night]

BOTH OR INDIVIDUALLY? BOTH OF, OKAY.

I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE ONE, UH, JUST POINT OF ORDER, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 15.24905 POWERS OF, UH, OR AUTHORITY.

I BELIEVE IT FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I ALSO STATED THIS LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THAT I SEE NOTHING WRONG IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND, AND OUR ASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES.

SO, UH, I'LL LET IT STAND AT THAT.

SO HEARING ANY NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS.

SO LADIES, THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER.

YEAH.

[00:30:02]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

LUCK WITH EVERYTHING AND MOVING CONTACT LISA.

AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING.

THAT MEANS A LOT.

IT DOES.

THANK YOU GUYS.

WE APPRECIATE AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH, UM, LOGOS.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

UM, WE NOW HAVE A TOURISM LOGO.

SO OUR TOURISM LOGO, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY UP HERE IN THE CORNER.

MM-HMM.

IT WOULD SAY EXPLORE GLIN.

WOULD YOU LIKE THAT LOGO TO BE DISPLAYED? UM, OR JUST THE STANDARD GLIN LOGO, WHICH WHICH LOOKS LIKE, I DUNNO WHAT IT LOOKS, I DON'T KNOW, LOGO PER SE.

DO KIND OF, SORT OF LIKE THAT.

THE EDA DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE LOGO OF UM, I LIKE THE TOURISM ONE BECAUSE IT KIND OF IS MORE OF A CALL TO ACTION.

CORRECT.

AND WE'RE PUTTING A LOT MORE FOCUS ON IT NOW.

YES, WE ARE.

MM-HMM.

LAST YEAR THIS HAD JUST STARTED UP AND RUNNING, SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE.

THE OPPORTUNITY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

YEP.

SHOWCASE.

AND, UM, AND IN THAT, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO, FOR TWO SEPARATE EVENTS, BUT THEN IT GETS A LITTLE, UM, FROM OUR SPONSOR.

UM, BENEFITS, YOU CAN GET A BANNER ON THE LIGHT POLES IF YOU'RE MORE THAN 3000.

SO TECHNICALLY YOU GUYS WOULD BE, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

OKAY.

SO GET BANNER PHONE.

SO YEAH, I LOVE THE PEN.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[C. New Business Update]

YES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, I HAVE SIX NEW PROJECTS HAVE COME IN THE DOOR SINCE JANUARY ONE, SO, UM, BEEN VERY BUSY.

UM, DECEMBER WAS KIND OF SLOW, BUT THEY MADE UP FOR IT AND, UH, IN JANUARY.

UM, SO NOW MY ACTIVE PROJECT, UH, PROJECTS AND LEADS ARE NOW UP TO 1.8 MILLION.

UM, AND THAT'S 457 MILLION UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HAVE ANNOUNCED AND ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE COUNTY.

UM, I HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, ON THE FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION, SO I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE IDEA OF, UM, DEVELOPING THAT LAND.

UM, AND I'VE TAKEN THE IDEA TO BOARD TWO BY TWOS AND THEY'VE, UM, KIND OF GIVEN THEIR BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS GETTING AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DONE.

UM, SO I'M GONNA BE WORKING WITH A COMPANY, UM, PES AND THAT'S WHAT I FORGOT, , THEY'RE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS BACK AT MY DESK.

BUT, UM, THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, UH, FAIRGROUND ROAD EXTENSION.

SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING BACKGROUND RESEARCH, INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS AND MEETING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, THEY'RE GOING TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF SALES THAT CAN BE CAPTURED LOCALLY BY STORE TYPE AND THEN TRANSLATE THOSE SALES INTO AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORTABLE RETAIL SPACE.

SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT ROAD.

UM, THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL NICHE MARKET CLUSTERS.

UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THERE.

WE'LL EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF GLAND TO ATTRACT THOSE RETAIL CLUSTERS AND THEN SUGGEST ANY, WHICH MAY BE WORTHWHILE.

SO THEY'RE GONNA TELL US HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WE CAN ACTUALLY SUSTAIN AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHICH KIND OF BUSINESSES WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

UM, SIMILARLY THEY'RE GONNA DO A HOUSING DEMAND ANALYSIS.

SO THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, LOOK AT WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE AREA.

UM, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PREPARE A FINANCIAL PROFORMA ANALYSIS.

THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR TWO MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS.

THAT'S GONNA DETERMINE FEASIBILITY, UM, AND WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED, UH, REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE FEASIBILITY.

UM, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO IDENTIFY, UM, IF WE WERE TO USE SOME OF THAT AREA FOR A PUBLIC GATHERING SPACE, LIKE A FARMER'S MARKET, UM, WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN TEST IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT RETURN FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A SPACE LIKE THAT.

SO IF WE TAKE OUT 10 ACRES

[00:35:01]

AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT IT AS NEEDED TO VARIOUS, TO THE BOARD OR TO THE EDA, UM, SO WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION SIMULTANEOUSLY.

WE'RE GONNA BE PERFORMING NECESSARY SURVEY AND PHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LAND.

SO WE, THERE'S SOME AREAS IN THERE THAT ARE KIND OF WET, SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, WETLAND IN THERE, WHETHER IT CAN BE DEVELOPED OR WHETHER WE NEED TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE ANALYSIS.

UM, SO THOSE TWO THINGS WILL GO HAND IN HAND TO REALLY DETERMINE WHAT THAT AREA COULD BE FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT WISE.

UM, AFTER WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION, IS WHEN WE TAKE THAT BACK TO THE, TO OUR BOARD AND TO YOU ALL TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE, WHETHER TO GIVE THAT LAND OVER TO YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN DEVELOP IT.

UM, SO FIRST STEPS, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

IT'S GONNA TAKE 10 TO 12 WEEKS AS SOON AS I ACTUALLY RELEASE THEM TO, TO GET IT DONE.

UM, SO THEY MIGHT COME, UM, TO ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOUGHTS ON, UM, WHAT'S NEEDED IN THE AREA AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO WAS IMPORTANT TO THAT.

WHEN YOU SAY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE HOUSING? HOUSING? UM, RETAIL.

RETAIL AND THEN ABOUT IT, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, WHICH IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE RECENTLY ADOPTED COURTHOUSE VILLAGE PLAN, LAND USE AREA.

SO, SO A LITTLE HIGHER DENSITY COULD BE.

YEP.

THE, UM, THE ACTUAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT, UM, IT'S CALLED MIXED USE CORE, NO, MIXED USE.

VILLAGE DOESN'T EXIST YET.

UM, SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION TO DRIVE WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.

UH, SO IT, IT'S EXCITING 'CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND, UM, WE CAN REALLY SHAPE WHAT, WHAT IT COULD BE.

UM, THE OTHER THING I'M REALLY WORKING ON IS THE GOLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT.

SO, UH, THE COUNTY IS USING ONE OF ITS ON-CALL ENGINEERS TO DO ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING GLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO TO BE OLD GLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO DETERMINE ITS USABILITY, WE'VE ASKED 'EM TO LOOK AT, UM, WHETHER IT COULD JUST BE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WHICH IS BORING, UH, OR WHETHER IT COULD BE SOMETHING MORE FUN LIKE, UM, MAYBE SOME, UH, ATTAINABLE HOUSING OR, UM, RESIDENTIAL UNITS, OR WHETHER IT COULD BE TURNED INTO COMMUNITY SPACE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING AN ANALYSIS ON, UH, WHAT IS THE BEST USE FOR THAT BUILDING MONEY-WISE.

UH, WE'VE ALSO ASKED 'EM NOT TO RULE OUT TEARING IT DOWN, UM, AND BUILDING AGAIN.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALL SCENARIOS, UH, AND I HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE TO YOU IN MARCH ON THAT.

UH, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS HAVING A RETREAT ON THIS SATURDAY THE 20TH AT RESIDENCE INN FROM NINE TO FOUR.

IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, UM, SOME VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, WHERE THEY WANT THE COUNTY TO GO.

SO IT'S THE FIRST PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE WHOLE STRATEGIC PLAN IN ONE DAY.

IT'S THE VERY FIRST PART, UM, BUT IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I'M WORKING ON THE 2023 INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

SARAH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED FOR ANYTHING FOR THAT MEETING.

I AM PRESENTING.

OH, YOU'RE PRESENTING.

I AM PRESENTING.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I'M GIVEN ABOUT A 15, 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OKAY.

IN THE COUNTY.

UM, I'M WORKING ON 2023 INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

UM, WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ALL HOPEFULLY IN FEBRUARY.

SO THAT WILL PROBABLY BE THE RESIDENTS INN, UM, AT THE NOTCH AND HARDWOOD, I BELIEVE ARE THE ONLY TWO OUTSTANDING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

CAPITAL ONE, UM, THAT THESE ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

ONCE WE, YEAH, THESE ARE, THESE WERE APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO AND WERE ON THE BOOKS TO PAY 'EM FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS.

SO, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE LOOKS, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY APPEAR TO LOOK LIKE THEY'VE MET ALL THAT PERFORMANCE METRICS SO THEY CAN GET 'EM FOR THE 2023.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT HAVE.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, MADAM SECRETARY DIRECTOR.

I

[00:40:01]

SO, HAVE, HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY, THAT THERE'S REQUIREMENTS? NOT YET.

IS THERE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO BEFORE THAT DATE? OH, UM, YEAH, SO I DO IT ANNUALLY.

UM, OKAY.

YEAH.

SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES.

YEAH, THEY DON'T BE THEIR PROMISE.

UH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE MAKING, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, YEAH, I, ON ANNUAL BASIS, I KEEP TOUCH WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT REPORTS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, SIR? IF YOU WOULD, EXISTING BUSINESS.

YEP.

SO BUSY STARTS OF THE YEAR AND EXISTING BUSINESS.

SO WORKING ON OUR FIRST EVER KIND OF BUSINESS ROUND ROUNDTABLES PROGRAM.

UH, SO, AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO THAT, UH, TO ALL THREE, UH, DATES.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS, NEXT WEEK IS THE SMALL INDUSTRIAL PARK.

SO THAT WILL BE FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN MIDPOINT, UH, OILVILLE GLAND AND OLD DOMINION.

UH, MR. SLO, YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE ATTENDING THAT ONE, SO JUST TO REMIND YOU.

UM, AND THEN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOURISM, UH, UH, ROUNDTABLE WITH ALL OF OUR TOURISM BUSINESSES.

AND THEN IN THE, SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AN ASHTON ROAD CORRIDOR, UH, ROUNDTABLE, UH, STILL WORKING ON, ON DATES WITH THAT, UH, PLANNING HAS BEEN KIND OF DELAYED WITH SOME VDO STUDIES GOING ON AROUND THE, UH, INTERCHANGE AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, SO TOPICS WE PLAN TO DISCUSS, UH, NEXT WEEK INCLUDE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, BUSINESS SIGNAGE, UH, JUST BECAUSE, UH, OLD DOMINION, GOLAND AND, UH, OILVILLE BUSINESS PARK ARE ALL INTERESTED IN IN HAVING UPDATED SIGNAGE.

SIGNAGE.

SO, UH, THROUGHOUT LAS YEAR, SARAH AND I HAVE WORKED ON, UH, UH, SOME EDITS TO THE ORDINANCES, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE FRIENDLY FOR THE BUSINESSES AND MORE FRIENDLY FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTS TO PUT UP THAT SIGNAGE AND KEEP THEIR EXISTING SIGNAGE ON THEIR BUILDINGS.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE MEASURING NEEDS AND CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE AS INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY, HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT THEM AND, UH, WHAT KIND OF PREVENTS THEM FROM EXPANDING GOLIN.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO OPEN THAT UP AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY KIND OF TOPICS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS WANTED US TO POSE TO THEM OR, OR BRING UP DURING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

I'M SURE, WE'LL, I'M SURE THINGS WILL POP UP AS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, ROUND TABLE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE THE ROUND TABLE FOR YOU.

YEAH.

GREAT.

UH, JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU GUYS UP.

WILL YOU SEND OUT, UM, A REMINDER ABOUT THE TOURISM LINE? YEAH, I CAN SEND THAT OUT.

SO THAT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S FEBRUARY 23RD.

I'LL SEND OUT THE INVITE TO ALL OF YOU TOMORROW.

UM, GET THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS.

UM, SO WE'RE STARTING TO BEGIN OUR, OUR PLANNING FOR THE BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR FOR THAT.

SO OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE OUR, UH, GENERAL BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT, WHICH WE HAD AT KINDRED SPIRIT LAST YEAR.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT AGAIN.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE HERE, UH, FOR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES TO JUST FEEL FREE TO STOP BY TALK, TALK THROUGH WITH US ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.