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YES, I HEAR WHY I CALLED TO ORDER THE GLAND COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH.MADAM DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE TO DETERMINE THE QUORUM? UM, ALL PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MR. SCHMIT.
AND NOW IS THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
UM, WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? NO, WE HAVE NO ONE ONLINE.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE LOCALLY THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE ON TO ANOTHER MATTERS? HEARING THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO THE APPROVAL, THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25TH.
IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 25TH.
IS THERE SECOND? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, HEARING NO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR OF MOTION, PLEASE.
MOVING ON TO SCHEDULED MATTERS.
MADAM TREASURER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US? YES.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GIVING IT.
SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL YOU? STATE OF THE UNIONS THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE LAST MONTH, ALTHOUGH THAT WILL CHANGE NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE THREE CHECKS TO SIGN AFTER THE MEETING.
SO ONCE THOSE GET, UH, DEPOSITED OUT, YOU'LL SEE THOSE COMING THROUGH, UM, AT, OUT OF THE ACCOUNTS.
BUT THERE'S, AND THOSE WERE, EXCUSE ME, APPROVED AT LAST MEETINGS.
THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, RIGHT? YES.
SO I'VE GOT TWO FOR BERRY ENGINEERING AND THEN ONE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TREASURER'S REPORT? UH, JUST, WHAT WAS THE MISCELLANEOUS 5,000 ON HERE? THAT IS THE, UM, BLUE GRANT FUNDING.
DOES IT NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, LEGEND, OR IS THAT MISTAKE? SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN JULY.
WHAT, WHAT PERIOD ARE GOING NOW? EIGHT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS ON TREASURER'S REPORT? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE UCH DAY SPONSORSHIP REQUEST.
I JUST WANNA VERIFY THERE ARE NO BILLS THAT NEED TO BE PAID THERE ON THERE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE UCH DAY'S SPONSORSHIP REQUEST.
AND MA'AM ERY THE ECONOMIC DIRECTOR.
MAKE THE, UH, PRONOUNCEMENT? YES.
UH, AS WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO YEARS, FELAND DAY IS HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIP.
THEIR APPLICATION AND INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.
HOWEVER, THEY ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO GIVE TO US.
SO I'M GONNA BRING THAT UP NOW, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST TELL ME NEXT SLIDE WHEN YOU'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
AND I CAN MOVE THROUGH WITH YOU.
I'M GONNA CHANGE THE VIEW, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO WATCH ONLINE, THEY CAN ALSO SEE IT.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.
UM, BUT SHE HAS, UM, PROVIDED YOU THAT GREAT SPONSOR PACKET THAT YOU SEE.
AND, UM, BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, CARRIE, YOU GUYS NEED TO, UM, BASICALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA SURVIVE
SO THAT WAS OUR GOAL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE DID SUCCESSFULLY MEET THAT GOAL BECAUSE PFG, THEY TOLD US LAST YEAR THAT, UM, THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS A 10,000 EVENT, LIKE ALL DAY LONG.
FRIDAY NIGHT IS A 10,000 EVENT ALL DAY LONG.
AND I DON'T, I THINK WE WERE IN THE NEGATIVE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT LAST YEAR, WHICH WE KNEW 'CAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVENT.
BUT WITH Y'ALL'S SPONSORSHIP AND SOME OTHER SPONSORSHIPS, WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST BE IN THE BLACK INSTEAD OF THE RED.
UM, SO, UM, SANDRA HAS MADE ME THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE MONEY THAT COMES IN, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE DEALING WITH ANY, ANY OF THE MONEY.
I'M LIKE, THAT'S HERE, HERE YOU GO.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO DO THE FUN THINGS AND, UM, BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE AND, UM, HAVE A GREAT DAY, THE TWO DAYS UP.
BUT, UM, IT IS A FULL-TIME JOB FOR ME.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, OUR MISSION FOR REGIONAL DAY IS TO ENHANCE SOME RECOGNIZED REGIONAL COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WHILE MAINTAINING UNITY IN, UM, IN EQUITY.
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SEE, UM, THIS WAS FROM TWO YEARS AGO, NOT LAST YEAR, BUT 2023, UM, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, BEER TRUCK.WE WILL NOT HAVE A BEER TRUCK BECAUSE OUR EVENT FALLS ON THE SAME DAY AS, UM, BROWNS ISLAND OR THE DOMINION RIVER ROCK.
SO IT'S, WE CANNOT, WE ARE LIKE STRUGGLING.
BUT THIS YEAR WE, UM, COURTHOUSE CREEK SIDE HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE US THEIR BEER.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS, SO GLAND NIGHT IS ON MAY 16TH, FRIDAY, MAY 16TH, UM, AND GLAND DAY IS SATURDAY, MAY 17TH.
AND WE HAD THE GREAT IDEA OF, WELL, WHY WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR THE 17TH AND THEY USUALLY SET UP EVERYTHING THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE A FUNDRAISER, TRY TO REALLY COVER THE COST AND PROVIDE MORE TO THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF PROVIDE A WEEKEND OF IT.
UM, AND SO AFTER LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHEN SANDRA KIND OF CAME ON.
SHE WAS LIKE, YOU'RE REALLY MAKING A WEEKEND OF THIS THING.
SO WE DID GET APPROVED FOR BTC GRANT.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, SO MANY OF US, SANDRA WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DATA, BUT, UM, WE WERE ONE OF JUST PROBABLY 30 OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT IT WAS
WE WERE IN A POOL AND WE GOT 5,000 OF IT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE GRANT THAT SHE SUBMITTED FOR US.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, WE REALIZED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WANTED TO EXTEND THE TWO DAYS, FRIDAY NIGHT IS STILL NOT A CHEAP EVENT.
SO, UM, BUT WE, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT TIME AND I THINK WE HAD LAST YEAR A GOOD SHOT, JUDY.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE, UM, MASHUP BAND.
SO AT EIGHTIES AND NINETIES THEME.
SO WHEN YOU COME, WE PREPARE, BE PREPARED AND DRESSED APPROPRIATELY.
UM, AND MY PO BOX, SO WE GOT PO BOX 9 9 9, WHICH IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DON'T SEE ON THE SLIDE.
UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW TREASURER JUST BECAUSE ELIZABETH IS VERY, VERY INVOLVED IN HER FULL-TIME JOB NOW WITH KSP.
SO, UM, ENCLOSED, I KNOW YOU GUYS KIND OF HAVE, UM, YOU HAVE OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER SOME FEES.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER OUR FRIDAY NIGHT FLYER, UM, FINANCIAL GROWTH.
SO THERE'S ONLY ONE LITTLE CHART OF, UM, DATA POINTS, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR IS HAVING BETTER DATA AND ATTENDANCE RECORDS AND ATTENDANCE TRACKING, BECAUSE THAT IS, HELLO.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT SPONSORS SPECIFICALLY ARE LOOKING FOR.
THEY WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY GLAND.
AND WE WANNA KNOW TOO, UM, SO THE GLAND PARADE, THEY SHOT HER HISTORY.
UM, JENNY, EVERYBODY'S HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, SO FOUNDED IN 1727 OR 26, DEPENDING ON YOUR BS MANNING.
AND THEN 1951, UM, A HOUSE BURNED OUT.
OUR CHURCH BURNED DOWN, I THINK.
AND, UM, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IN 1951.
SO FIRE AND RESCUE COMPANY FIVE ORIGINATED IN 1955 OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THEN.
UM, DATA'S A LITTLE FISHY, BUT, UM, THEY STARTED BASICALLY A GNE.
SO, UM, TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THE COUNTY CHAMBER TOOK IT OVER IN 77 SOMETIME.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT, SO 1996 IS WHEN THE LAST GLAND DAY STOPPED.
AND WE THINK IT'S BECAUSE, UM, FIELD DEER PASS KIND OF OVERLAPPED.
AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS, WE'RE DONE WITH THIS.
UM, AND I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS CHAMBER RUN HOSTED, BUT IT WAS ALSO VERY MUCH VOLUNTEER RAN.
SO I THINK THEY WERE IT GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END.
UM, AND THEN 2018, THE PTSA GLAND HIGH SCHOOL, PTSA REVAMPED IT.
UM, ELIZABETH NELSON WAS, WAS PART OF IT.
SHE ALSO STARTED THE GLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS WELL.
SO SHE WAS ONE OF ONE OF THE PIVOTAL PEOPLE THAT CAN START A NONPROFIT.
UM, BUT THEN, SO 19 20 20, CANCELED COVID 21.
SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, HISTORICALLY.
UM, WE DID IT LATE IN SEPTEMBER.
I EVEN, I THINK I EVEN HAD TO GRAB A HAT THAT DAY 'CAUSE MY FOREHEAD WAS BURNING.
UM, SO WE LONG KICKED OFF A PARADE AND OVER, UM, WE HAD NOT HAD A PARADE IN 25 YEARS, WHICH IS SAD.
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SO THEN 2022 AND 23, 24, JUMPING INTO 25.UM, WE'VE HAD THE PARADE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, SO YOU'RE READY TO DO IT AGAIN FOR 2025.
SO THIS IS HOW YOU CAN SEE WE KIND OF OUR ATTENDANCE, UM, AND SPONSORS AND VOLUNTEERS AND, UM, HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS WE NEED AS WE GROW THE EVENT.
AND, UM, SO WE HAVE 17 OFFICERS FOR 20, 24 THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM THE PARADE, SHUTTING DOWN ALL THE ROADS TO THE FESTIVAL, SHUTTING DOWN ROADS.
WE SHUT DOWN 5 22, UM, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DA ACCESSIBILITY FROM THE THREE AREAS OF THE, UM, FESTIVAL.
SO FRIDAY NIGHT IS, WE ARE, UM, IT SAD.
IT SADDENS ME THAT RELAY FOR LIFE IS KIND OF STOPPED ALSO.
SO I REMEMBER AS A KID, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE LUMINARIES AND THEY WOULD WALK ALL NIGHT LONG MM-HMM
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TEAMS THAT WALK ALL NIGHT.
UM, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE EITHER LOST OR, OR, UM, THEY HAVE IN MEMORY OF, IN HONOR OF, IN SUPPORT OF, AND MAYBE ONE LAST ONE, BUT I KNOW THERE'S DEFINITELY THE THREE.
ANYWAY, WE ALSO HAVE LUMINARY BAGS.
BUT THIS, UM, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WE'RE PUTTING, UM, GLOW STICKS IN 'EM.
SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE THEME THIS YEAR.
BUT WE ALSO, THEY TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO BRING IN, UM, PARTNERING WITH THE GLAND CARES, BRINGING IN FOOD, UM, CANS TO PUT IN INSTEAD OF SAND, THEY USE A CAN.
SO THEN THE PRODUCTS GO TO GLAND CARES TOO.
SO IT'S A VERY FULL CIRCLE, UM, SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, MASHUP BAND, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS COZY OR MATCHUP AND COZY CONDITIONS.
UM, AS WELL AS BE KIND REWIND.
SO THEY HAVE A DJ, THEY BRING A DJ, THEY BRING IN PRESENTATIONS, A VIDEO, UM, AND OUR QR CODE OR OUR, UM, THAT'S A QR CODE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
OUR QR CODE LEADS TO OUR, UM, GLAND DAY.COM, WHERE YOU CAN GO AND BUY TICKETS.
SO THIS IS, UM, BE KIND, REWIND, THEY'VE GOT LEAD SINGERS.
UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
UM, WE FOLLOW, WE KIND OF GROUPIES, WE KIND OF FOLLOW THEM AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE O WHERE ARE THEY NEXT? I THINK OF WHERE THEY'RE AT NEXT.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF SEE 'EM BEFOREHAND, THE TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 AND THEY'RE GONNA BE 1500 GATES.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT MORE COST OF THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR MARKET SPREAD.
LISA'S VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET SOME TIPS ON HER AFTER THIS.
UM, BUT I'VE LEARNED THROUGH ALL THE MISTAKES.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA MAKE ALL MISTAKES BEFORE, SO YOU LEARN FROM 'EM.
UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT I DID WITH THE MARKET SPREAD.
UM, WE HAVE THE, THE FESTIVAL ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE USING THE FOOTBALL FIELD UP AT THE TOP.
WE STOPPED USING THAT FIELD BECAUSE, WELL, THE FIRST TIME, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD, UM, SPRINKLER ISSUES THAT HIT THE MOTHER, THE CHRISTMAS MOTHER, AND KIND OF MESSED UP HER ORNAMENTS, HER HAND, HAND PAINTED ORNAMENTS.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE CLUSTER.
AND THEN, UM, SO WE ARE USING THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE UPPER FIELD AND THE LOWER FIELD AS WELL AS THE OLD NAPA SOFTBALL FIELD.
AND THEN PARK, IT WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE A, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE BUS, SHUTTLE BUS, UM, THAT WE PAY GLAND, UM, COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE, WE HIRE 'EM, WE PAY TO USE THEIR BUS AND, UM, A BUS DRIVER.
AND FOX IS GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN OUR PARADE ROUTE, OR OUR PARADE STAGING IS UP RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
SO WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, LISA, YOU SEE HOW IT FEELS, SAYS THE 16TH AND IT THROWS EVERYBODY OFF.
BUT, UM, JUST TYPE IN MARKET SPREAD.COM GOOCHLAND DAY, AND YOU CAN FIND OUR APPLICATIONS AND IT'S FREE FROM VENDORS TO SET UP THEIR PROFILE.
SO I CAN EVEN GO TO THE DASHBOARD AND FIND VENDORS AND INVITE THEM TO KULA DAY AND SEND THEM AN EMAIL.
SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN GOOD WITH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE, WHAT, 117 SPOTS OR SOMETHING.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA FILL 'EM ALL BETWEEN THE FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, SO THIS IS THE PARADE ROUTE AND THEN THE SHUTTLE ROUTE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE PARKING OPTIONS.
SO OUR GRADE AND OUR VENDOR BOOST SPACES GRADE IS $50.
NO CHART, NO CHANGE UNLESS YOU WANTED TO.
VENDOR BOOST SPACE STARTS AT 50, THEN IT GOES UP IF YOU WANT ELECTRICITY OR YOUR CAR PARKED NEARBY.
UM, THE WINE CIDER DELIVERY VENDORS IS 1 75, BUT WE'VE GIVEN
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A DISCOUNT FOR TWO DAYS.SO IF THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UM, WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE VENDORS THERE FOR FRIDAY.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, WELL 11 ARTISAN FOOD VENDORS, WHICH IS LIKE CHARCUTERIE BOARDS OR BROWNIES OR CUPCAKES OR ANY CHEESES BREADS.
UM, WE HAVE 115 VENDOR BOOTHS, 11 ARTESIAN FOOD VENDORS, 11 FOOD TRUCKS, AND 65 GRADE UNITS, WHICH IS 40 FEET.
SO IT JUST ALLOWS US TO GET THROUGH THE PARADE WITHIN AN HOUR FROM OUR VDOT APPROVED.
THIS IS OUR SPONSOR PACKET, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER.
UM, BUT WHAT SANDRA HAS REALLY TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT ARE, UM, KID ZONES AND TRYING TO GET SPONSORS SPECIFICALLY FOR IS SPECIFIC AREAS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE CHURCHES THAT ARE IN THE KID ZONE AREA, SO THEY'RE GONNA JUST, UM, BE WHERE THEY KNOW.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO RECOUP KIDS.
AND THIS IS, THESE ARE A COUPLE PICTURES FROM WE ALWAYS, MY FAVORITE THING IS THE BAND, THE
ANY BAND, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT REALLY PARTIAL, SORRY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SHRINERS THAT COME AND THE SENIORS THAT WALK IN THE CLASS, I MEAN, THAT LIKE WILL MAKE YOU CRY EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO, UM, WITH OTHER THINGS, UM, IT ALWAYS CHANGES.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET, UM, WELL, SMALLER, SMALLER PEOPLE WILL GIVE US DONATIONS OF LIKE 250, 500, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT WE WERE TRYING TO LIKE, HERE'S A, HERE'S A GREAT THING.
WE CAN ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS FOR 30 DAYS, UM, BY THE GLING COURTHOUSE, LIKE POLE BANNERS, WHICH WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY FOR A LARGER SPONSOR.
SO THIS YEAR WE'VE GIVEN, LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE, YOU CAN JUST DONATE OR SPONSOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS LIKE POLE BANNER.
WE'LL PUT YOUR, YOUR LOGO ON IT.
IT'S DOUBLE, IT'S DOUBLE PRINTED.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN FIVE OF THEM SO FAR WOW.
FROM PEOPLE THAT GIVE, GIVEN US 500 PREVIOUSLY.
I LOVE TO SEEING THE LIGHT BULB BANNERS DOWN THE COURTHOUSE.
SO THIS IS OUR, WE'VE GOT A MESH, UM, BANNER ON THE BOTTOM BECAUSE WE LEARNED THAT APRIL IS THE WINDY ONE.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE IT GETS WRAPPED AROUND.
AND, UM, WE'VE TRIED ZIP TIES AND BUNGEE JUMPS, UM, BUNGEE CORDS, AND SO IT'S ALL A MESS.
BUT OUR TOP BANNER IS JUST A VINYL BECAUSE WE, UM, YOU NEED HOLES IN IT.
SO MAYBE WE WILL, WE'LL TRY THAT THIS YEAR.
BUT OUR TOP ONE IS VINYL VIRTUAL REPRINT FOR 2025.
AND OUR BOTTOM ONE, UM, IS MESH.
THIS IS JUST A PARADE NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE HEAVILY DETAILED IN THE APPLICATION.
BUT, AND THEN THAT'S IT, I BELIEVE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR PARTICIPANTS OF OUR PRESENTATION? WHERE'S THE, I
YEAH, WHERE, UH, WHERE ARE YOU AT AS FAR AS, UH, BUDGET TO BUDGET AS FAR AS YOUR, UM, THE MONEY COLLECTED? UH, THIS FAR? WELL, SO IS IT IN HERE SOMEWHERE? NOT AS OVERLOOKED? IT IS IN, SO IT'S IN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT, OUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
SO WE'VE GOT 4,000 IN LIGHT POLE BANNERS COMMITTED, AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 28,000 INCLUDING Y'ALL.
UM, WE HAVE 28,000 IN, UM, SPONSORSHIPS.
WE HAVE PFG, UM, AGREED TO 10,000.
ACTUALLY, I COULD, SHOULD THEY DOUBLED FROM LAST YEAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM
HE ACTUALLY, I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY REALLY HELPED.
UM, THEY, MANNY SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T GONNA HELP, THEY WEREN'T GONNA SPONSOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY HAD HELPED OUT, UM, THE HURRICANE VICTIMS AND THE FLOOD RELIEF.
SO I WAS, I WASN'T COUNTING ON HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
UM, ARE THEY GONNA HAVE A BOOTH THIS YEAR? PFG? MM-HMM
SO THEY'LL DEFINITELY HAVE THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE PARADE ALSO, AND THEY'LL BE ON SPONSOR ROW.
UM, BUT SO, UM, WE'VE GOT FINANCIAL SERVICES OF VIRGINIA.
THEY WANT A LIGHT POLE BANNER THAT'S JUSTIN LACEY'S.
AND, UM, CHAMBER HAS, UM, AGREED TO 2000, UM, GLAND ROTARY INSTEAD OF 500.
THEY GAVE US A THOUSAND FOR THE LIGHT POLE BANNER.
UM, GORDON BROTHERS, UM, THEY DID A THOUSAND, UM, H AND EIGHT CHEATING AND COOLING SOLD, DO 3000 VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 2000, THE BTC LOVER, UM, LOVE WORKS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT'S KIND
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OF HOPEFULLY COMMITTED.BUT WE DO HAVE MORE HOPEFULLY COMING BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, UM, WE REVIEWED FOR MOST ACCURATELY, WE ARE 3000 NEGATIVE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT WE ARE 1300 POSITIVE FOR SATURDAY, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE NEGATIVE CURRENTLY.
BUT I HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS FOR YOU FOR SPONSORSHIPS.
AND YOU'RE ASKED CURRENTLY IS 2,500 FOR FRIDAY.
AND WE, WE COMMITTED TO THAT LAST YEAR, CORRECT? I BELIEVE WE DID.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE.
WELL, IT'S, IT IS A RELATIVELY OPEN COLLEGIATE SESSION HERE, SO IS IT? YEAH.
SO SANDRA, UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH ME FOR
AND UM, SHE WAS LIKE, SO WHAT DOES GOOCHLAND COUNTY GIVE YOU? AND I WAS LIKE, THEY GIVE US 3,700 IN ANY KIND.
AND, UM, NEIL SAUER VOTED AGAINST THE, UM, AGAINST PASSING OUR MOU THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DO, I MEAN, IT'S NO SECRET.
WE DO WANT THE COUNTY INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE ASSISTANCE FROM GVA.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO
I MEAN, WE, WE DEFINITELY, MY, I HATE WORRYING ABOUT THE MONEY.
I HATE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB FOR ME AND I SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER FULL-TIME JOB
NO, NOBODY GETS PAID FOR THIS.
UM, SO IT'S LIKE MY HEART IS IN IT.
UM, BUT IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE THAT WAY.
I MEAN, WITHOUT YOU GUYS'S SPONSORS THAT COME UP, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S HARD SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, DO I CUT THE BALLOON ARTIST? I MEAN, THAT WAS LITERALLY A QUESTION THAT WE ASKED YESTERDAY AND HE'S, UM, $500.
SO I'M LIKE, DO I CUT THE BALLOON ARTIST OR CUT IT INFLATABLE BECAUSE INFLATABLES ARE $9,000 AND, UM, OUR INSURANCE IS $4,700 TO HAVE A PARADE.
AND OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICERS ARE 5,700.
AND THAT'S JUST LIKE THREE THINGS, NOT EVEN.
SO WE DID INCREASE VENDOR FEES.
UM, WE, WE DIDN'T, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE ALLOWED, UM, NON-PROFITS TO COME IN THE PARADE FOR $25.
WE JUST MADE IT FLAT FEE YOUR 50, LIKE GET A SPONSOR TO PAY YOUR $50 THING.
BUT, UM, IT MAKES IT EASIER ON US NOT TO HAVE TO LIKE KEEP, LIKE, WELL, ARE YOU A SMALL NON-PROFIT? HOW DO YOU PROVE YOU'RE A NON-PROFIT? LIKE ALL THESE THINGS.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, JUST KIND OF THINKING FORWARD.
WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDED THIS YEAR, WE APPRECIATE.
BUT, UM, THINKING FORWARD OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSTAINABLE.
MAY I ASK YOU TWO? WE HAD A BOOTH FOR THE EDA LAST YEAR.
I WAS GONNA ASK, SO WHAT KIND OF INTERACTION DID WE HAVE WITH THE BOOTH? WAS THERE, UM, CAN WE SEE ANY KIND OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR YOU ACTUALLY BEING THERE AND TALKING ABOUT THE EDA AND OUR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT? I THINK IT WAS MORE, UH, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE.
WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR TOURISM BUSINESSES THAT THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE GLAND RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD.
AND SO WE WERE OUT THERE MOSTLY HANGING OUT TOURISM KIND OF, UM, OUR BROCHURES AND OUR
LIKE, THERE WAS LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE THAT STOPPED BY OUR BOOTH MM-HMM
ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS AWFUL.
AND I SAID TO CHANCE LAST YEAR, IF THE WEATHER'S NICE, WE BETTER STRAP IN.
SO, SO YES, THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC EVEN FOR THE TERRIBLE WEATHER.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A FLOAT? NO, WE DIDN'T.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE WAS GONNA BUILD THAT LOAD, NOT IT, NOT, IT NOT, IT WAS GONNA TRY.
I WAS GONNA TRY ONE YEAR AND A HALF
THERE WAS SOME CALLED, I GOT A 14 FOOT TRADE ON.
OH, I WILL, I WILL SAY, UM, THE TWO 50 COMMITTEE, THE LIN, UH, TWO 50 COMMITTEE IS INTERESTED IF THE
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EDA DOES SPONSOR, I BELIEVE A, A FLOAT COMES AS PART OF THE SPONSORSHIP.IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO A FLOAT, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE SPOT, WHATEVER.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE HAY BALES ON A TRAILER AND JUST SITTING THERE AND, RIGHT.
I MEAN, DO I MEAN PDA'S NAME ON IT? JAMES WOULD DRIVE FLASHING LIGHTS.
AND I LOVE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN PASS OUT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF IDEAS FOR, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL ACTIVATIONS? YES.
SO ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE PASSING OUT, WALKING, PASSING KIDS, LOVE IT.
WE EVEN DID, UM, WE DID LIKE USED BOOKS ONE TIME I HAD A SENIOR, UM, I WORKED WITH A SENIOR HAND IN HAND TO COLLECT USED BOOKS.
SO WE KIND OF THAT WAY, WHAT DID, DID WE HAVE THE, UM, BUSINESS INCENTIVE, UM, WHAT'S THE PROGRAM CALLED AGAIN? WHERE? OH, WHAT'S RIGHT NOW? YOU CAN GET A PERCENTAGE OFF AND COLLECT POINTS.
UM, YEAH, THE, UM, OUR REWARDS PROGRAM.
DO WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE AT THAT TIME? YES.
BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD REALLY, REALLY PROMOTE THAT MM-HMM
TO, BECAUSE IF WE GET A LOT OF TOURISTS COME TO THE ACTUAL PAPER EVENT, WE CAN PROMOTE OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES BY YEAH.
WE COULD PROBABLY GET A, UM, DOING SOME KIND OF SWAG PROMOTES THAT.
OF LIKE CARDS THAT WE CAN HAND OUT.
I'M THINKING MORE THAN A CARD.
SO I KNOW SOME KIND OF THING THAT THEY WILL KEEP THAT THEY SAY, HEY, THIS, I'M GONNA SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEAVE 10 OR PLEASE DO THAT.
IF IT'S SOME OTHER THING THAT THEY CAN ANSWER, NOT JUST A CARD.
NOBODY KEEPS CARDS SURE CAN SURE.
WE CAN GET A QUOTE FOR THAT AND BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH FOR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE I, I THINK IF WE COULD SHOW LIKE MORE OF OUR BUSINESSES, UM, SIGNED UP FOR THAT PROGRAM AS A RESULT OF THE PRESENCE WE HAD MM-HMM
THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO AT LEAST SHOW SOME KIND OF RETURN.
WE WOULD WANT, THE BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY SIGNED UP.
IT'S THE WE WANT USERS, WE WANT MORE USERS.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS AT THIS TIME? AND IF NOT, I WANNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, DENY OUR TABLE.
I MAKE A MOTION ON THE APPROVE THE REQUEST REQUESTS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR 2,500 FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, 2,500 FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL DEFINITELY SECOND IT.
THERE'S A SECOND DISCUSSION AMONGST US.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT FLOAT.
SO I THINK WE'RE WELL WITHIN OUR JURISDICTIONAL RIGHTS TO, TO DO SUCH A THING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR MUTUAL BUSINESSES.
UH, WELL HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN I'LL CALL FOR THE, OR NOT CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? SO I, I'D LIKE TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
UM, FOR YOUR VTC GRANT, HOW MUCH DID YOU GET? 5,000.
AND SO YOU'VE ALREADY COVERED ENOUGH TO, FOR THE MATCHING FUNDS FOR THAT? YES.
AND THEY'RE GOING, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A LOT OF SIGN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING ALL YOUR TIME DOING, I'M SURE.
SO BANNERS, WE'RE GETTING READY TO HIT HARD WITH, UM, MARKETING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OUTSIDE.
SO WHAT DEFINITELY TOURISM, WE'VE GOT TIDE WATER, UM, IN BALTIMORE, CENTRAL VIRGINIA, BALTIMORE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU GUYS INCLUDE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA TOO.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO CHARLOTTESVILLE.
WE MIGHT AS WELL BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S CLOSE BY AND YEAH.
SO WE TEND TO GET A LOT OF TOURISM TRAFFIC FROM THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA.
THAT'S KIND OF, UH, WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED EXPLORE HUGE LAND AND FOCUSED ON DAY TRIPS, IT WAS KIND OF FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE VISITING RICHMOND TO COME OUT, GETTING PEOPLE VISITING SHUTTLE TO
SO MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT, WHERE IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THEM TO SPEND THEIR MARKETING DOLLARS TOWARD WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW YEAH.
IS GONNA, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DRAW FROM.
I CAN SEND YOU GUYS LIKE GOOGLE ANALYTICS IN OUR TOP, TOP 10 CITIES FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WILL YOU REVIEW FOR THE EDA, LIKE WHAT THEIR BENEFITS ARE SO THEY'LL KNOW, UM, WHAT, LIKE, LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE A, ANYTHING SPECIAL OR WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
SO FRIDAY, UM, WILL YOU PULL UP SLIDE NINE?
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SO SLIDE NINE, WE YOU HAVE, UM, AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT ASSIGNING SPOTS.THIS IS A BIG OLD TENT THAT WE'RE RUNNING, THAT WE'RE RUNNING THIS TENT AND THIS TENT, UM, TENT
WELL, UM, AND THEN, SO WE HAVE SPONSOR ROW HERE, SO YOU'LL BE KIND OF ANYWHERE HERE.
FIRE RESCUE GLAND, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THIS IS OUR GLAND DAY TENT AND WINE GARDEN IS HERE.
UM, SO YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF BE WHEREVER IN THIS LINE THAT YOU'RE WANTING.
UM, BUT THEN, SO THIS IS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, DEPENDING ON, WE'LL PUT YOU ON THE LINEUP FOR THE PARADE TOO.
SO I, IF I ASK MY HUSBAND IF HE'LL DRIVE HIS TRUCK THAT HAS FLASHING LIGHTS ON IT WITH THE 20 FOOT FLATBED, CAN WE GET SOME BANNERS FOR THE EDA RIGHT TO PUT ON THE SIDE THAT YEAH.
AND YOU SAID TWO THROW TWO 50 WANTS TO PARTNER WITH US ON? WELL, WE COULD, WE MAYBE DO BOTH A DUAL THING IS OUR GOAL DUAL DUAL BETWEEN THE TWO? YEAH.
IF THEY DON'T, UM, IF THEY MEET TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO WHICH WOULD DO DECIDE TO JUST DO A GOAL? OF COURSE.
WHAT, UH, WE'LL DO IS GET SOME QUOTES FOR SWAG AND BANNERS AND TIMEFRAME ON THE TURNAROUND.
SO IF WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL CALL YOU ALL AND CALL YOU.
IF NOT, THEN I'LL JUST ROLL UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN IT'D BE GOOD TO DO BANNERS OF ALL OF, LIKE FOR BUSINESSES OR SOMETHING.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, CARRIE, DO YOU HAVE THE, UM, EXPLORER
ARE WE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? COULD YES.
I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN MAYBE WE CAN USE THEBAN, THE BANNER, THE AR THEY CREATED FROM LAST YEAR, IF YOU STILL HAVE IT.
IT WAS LIKE A, IS IT IN THE BASEMENT? I PROBABLY, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE BASEMENT.
UM, I THINK WE ONLY THREW AWAY OUR OLD STUFF, BUT IF IT'S YOURS, IT'S PROBABLY JUST WRAPPED UP IN THERE.
SO SANDRA UM, SHE HAS DONE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, SO I WOULD LIKE, IF Y'ALL HAVE LIKE FIVE MINUTES, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER.
SO WE'VE GOT A CLOSING CEREMONY.
SHE WAS TRYING TO BE LIKE, WELL CARRIE, THIS IS A HUGE EVENT.
THESE ARE HUGE EVENTS ON TOP OF A HUGE EVENT.
SO WE'VE GOT A CLOSING APPRECIATION, WE'VE GOT A, UM, WHERE OUR SPONSORS AND VOLUNTEERS COME, WE DID IT LAST AT COURTHOUSE CREEK SIDE WHERE WE JUST GET, UM, APPETIZERS, HEAVY UVS AND THEN A DRINK TICKET.
AND WHOEVER COMES GETS, GETS THAT.
SO WE HAVE THE CLOSING APPRECIATION, WE HAVE, UM, THE VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AND THEN WE HAVE KID ZONE.
SO WE NEED, WE FIGURED THAT WE NEED ABOUT AT LEAST THREE 5,000 SPONSORS FOR THE KID ZONE JUST BECAUSE THE INFLATABLES THEMSELVES ARE 10, 9 10.
UM, SO SHE'S GOT THE CLOSING APPRECIATION WE THINK WOULD BE, YOU GET ALL THE BENEFITS.
SO YOU GET THE PRE ENTRY, YOU GET A FESTIVAL BOOTH, UM, YOU GET TWO LIKE COURT HEALTH COURTHOUSE, COURTHOUSE, LIKE POLE BANNERS.
UM, YOU, WE LIST YOU ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU ARE IN THE PROGRAM AD UM, SANDRA'S CREATING THE DIGITAL EDITION.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING PRINTED, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, PROGRAMED THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPONSORSHIP, UM, WEEKLY RECOGNITION.
UM, RECOGNIZING EVERY WEEK WE GET, UM, PARADE SWAG, SWAG BAG INCLUSION.
SO IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL RATHER HAND OUT SOMETHING SEPARATELY IN YOUR OWN PARADE OR WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THE SWAG BAG, UM, WHICH THAT IS GOING TO BE DUAL SPONSORED GLAND DAY AND PFG.
AND UM, WE GET FESTIVAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
UM, YOU'RE ON THE T UM, T-SHIRT BY YOUR NAME, NOT NOT A LOGO.
AND THEN, UM, THE ACTIVATION SPONSOR.
YEAH, WE DISCUSSED THE ACTIVATION LIKE ONCE YOU ALL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT JUST HEARING, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING EVERYBODY, EVERYONE'S CONCERNED, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU WANT TO GET USERS AND EVERYTHING, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE EVENT PACKAGE, UM, WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THAT.
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A DIFFERENT THOUGHT.SO THEN YOU'LL BE LISTED, UM, AT THE CLOSING APPRECIATION EVENT TOO, WITH LITTLE DIS EVENT SPONSORED BY THE E-D-A-G-D ON WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE TERMS TO DISSEMINATION.
EDUCATION AMONGST THE MM-HMM
PEOPLE ABOUT THE NEED FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
I'LL MEET WITH YOU, UM, LAST WEEK.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT SUCCESS ONCE AGAIN AT GO FROM BED.
I KNOW IT'S, IT'S THE SEASON FOR IT.
SO ARE YOU GUYS DOING RESERVE TABLES PER FRIDAY NIGHT THIS YEAR? I THINK 'CAUSE LAST YEAR THERE WAS THE EDA HAD A TABLE, BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO WE, WE WERE TRYING TO PUT THEM IN THE, UM, TICKET PACKAGE OF LIKE VIP EXPERIENCE WITH PARKING AND TABLE AND WHATEVER.
I THINK WHAT, $50 FOR A TABLE OR SOMETHING.
SO I WANNA GIVE AWAY THE WHOLE ENTIRE FARM.
AND SANDRA'S LIKE, NO, NO, CARRIE, NO FOR IT.
SO, BUT THERE'S AN INTEREST WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE WE, THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SAW THAT ONE SLIDE AND IT WAS ALL OF THE CUSTOMIZATIONS MM-HMM
SO WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE A ROUND TABLE IF IT'S EIGHT.
BUT IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T GO FRIDAY NIGHT AND MISSED OUT, IT WAS REALLY FUN.
YEAH, IT'S 'CAUSE IT WASN'T RAINING EITHER.
DO YOU MIND IF WE SLIP THAT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I WON'T BREAK YOUR ARM EITHER.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE 2024 CONSENT REPORT.
UM, THIS INCLUDED, IT BEGINS ON PACKET PAGE 39 EVERY YEAR TO THE, UH, WE REPORT TO THE EDA INCENTIVES THAT HAVE GONE OUT FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND SO THIS YEAR, UM, THIS IS THE 2024 REPORT FOR TAXES MORE PAID IN YEAR 2024.
SO, UM, ON PAGE 39 YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE LAST YEAR THAT WE ARE GONNA BE PAYING INCENTIVES TO CAPITAL ONE FOR THE WATER AND SEWER LINE EXTENSION REIMBURSEMENT THAT WAS GRANTED IN 2003.
SO WE'VE BEEN PAID ON THAT FOR, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO AFTER I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR, THIS MONEY WILL THEN REMAIN IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR, UM, HUGE LIMB.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 40 IS CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
WHY DOES IT GO UP AND DOWN SO MUCH? IT'S TAX PAYMENTS.
SO IT'S JUST BASED ON, UM, EV VALUE, LAND VALUE AND ASSESSMENT.
SO IT WASN'T LIKE A SET FEE OVER THE YEARS.
UH, PAGE 40 IS, UH, CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC CO-OP.
THERE WAS A, A PERFORMANCE, UH, SET OF AGREEMENT TO BRING BROADBAND.
AND STAFF IS STILL VERIFYING THOSE INVESTMENTS.
SO THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REBATE ISSUED TO DATE UNDER THIS INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, BUT WE ARE OBLIGATED UP TO 125,000.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, THIS IS FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE COUNTY THAT FUNNEL THROUGH THE EDA.
UM, GREENS WALL GROWERS IS ON PAGE 41.
THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL AFIB GRANT, UH, THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THIS, FROM THE STATE.
AND, UM, GREENSVILLE HAS REQUESTED GRANT DEACTIVATION, UM, THIS PARTICULAR DEACTIVATION, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE, UH, THEIR JOB, UH, PERFORMANCE DATE.
UM, AND INSTEAD THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO, UM, APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT FOR AN EXPANSION THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP.
SO, UM, NO FUNDS HAVE BEEN DISPERSED BY THE STATE OR BY THE COUNTY UNDER THIS INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
SO THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE THIS INCIDENT AGREEMENT.
SO THEY JUST DON'T, THEY DIDN'T GET ANY FUNDS AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CORRECT.
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UM, PAGE 42 IS FOR HARDYWOOD BREWERY.UM, THEY HIT A PERFORMANCE YEAR, UH, IN 2023.
AND THEY DID RECEIVE A COUPLE, UM, EXTENSIONS DUE TO COVID.
THEY MET THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GOALS AT 83%.
SO THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF THE REQUIRED 90.
THEY MET THEIR JOB CREATION AT 91%.
SO BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE SHORT OF THAT 90%, THEY HAD TO REPAY A PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THOSE GRANTS THAT THEY GOT BACK TO THE STATE, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE.
AND WE HAVE REDUCED THE INCENTIVE AMOUNT BY THE SAME, WHICH IS $55,250.
SO NOW THEY'RE TOTAL INCENTIVES THAT GO TO THEM IS 944,750.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE NEXT PAGE KIND OF SHOWS PAGE 43, SHOWS WHAT WE'VE PAID THEM THUS FAR AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEFT TO GO ON THAT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S FROM BEACHLAND COUNTY? IT IS FROM, YES.
SO THEY, SO WHEN DO WE ESTIMATE THAT WILL BE PAID? SO THERE'S 533,000 LEFT ON IT.
UM, AND IT GOES UNTIL 20 20, 20 30.
SO, UM, LOOKING AT THEIR, THEIR LATEST LAST YEAR WAS LIKE 82,000.
SO I THINK IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS MM-HMM
SO THEY BOUNCED BACK FROM COVID.
THE NEXT IS THE NOTCH HOTEL, WHICH IS THE RESIDENCE INN.
UM, THEY HAD A INCENTIVE, TOTAL INCENTIVE AWARD OF 200,000.
UM, THEIR CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION HAS REMAINED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND SO WE FINALIZED THEIR REBATE THIS YEAR AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY PAID IN FULL.
SO NEXT YEAR, UM, THIS AMOUNT WILL ALSO GO BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS OAK HILL EAST.
THIS WAS A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, UM, THAT WAS DONE FOR A ROAD TO BE PUT IN.
UM, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED WAS $40,000 AND THEY MET THEIR PERFORMANCE AND, UM, IT'S GETTING PAID.
SO THAT INCENTIVE IS ALSO COMPLETE COUNTY OR COUNTY? ALL OF THESE ARE COUNTIES.
AND THAT IS ALL FOR THE INCENTIVE REPORTS.
I HAVE THE CHECK FROM THE COUNTY THAT NEEDS TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE EDA ACCOUNT.
ONCE IT'S DEPOSITED, I'M GONNA REQUEST CHECKS TO BE CUT FROM PDA COUNT OUT TO ALL THESE ENTITIES.
WE'LL THEN SEND THEM THEIR CHECK AND WE'LL SEE THOSE, THE FUNDS COMING IN, THE FUNDS COMING OUT OF YOUR, UH, STATEMENTS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THOSE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, FURTHER QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO INCENTIVE REPORT? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS UPDATE.
SO, UM, I AM ON, UH, PLAN RVA, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP, UM, SAID PLANNING COMMITTEE GROUP.
THE SAIDS, UM, IS COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT ALLOWS OUR REGION ACCESS TO FEDERAL EDA MONEY.
UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAIDS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO EVEN BE ABLE TO GET CERTAIN, UH, MONIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS DONE IN 2014.
IT IS ALWAYS LED BY, UM, A, A REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP LIKE PLAN RBAA, PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION.
SO I SIT ON THE GROUP, THIS IS JUST MORE OF AN FYI TO YOU GUYS THAT I AM, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THAT AND BRINGING A GLAND PERSPECTIVE TO A REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
SO, UH, WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH AND I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADOPTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND IS THERE OVERLAP THERE? THERE'S NO OVERLAP WITH THE, UH, GREATER ORIGINAL PARTNERSHIP OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER GREATER ORIGINAL PARTNERSHIP IS PART, UH, ALSO SITS ON THE COMMITTEE.
SO THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UM, AND
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ALL THE OTHER LOCALITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THE REGIONAL PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE.UM, I GAVE, YESTERDAY MORNING I GAVE A PRESENTATION ON LIN'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH TO THE GREATER GROUP, GREATER STANDS FOR THE GREATER RICHMOND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE HAD A FANTASTIC SHOWING.
UM, EVERYONE WAS VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN GLAND COUNTY.
UM, I HAD BILL HUDGENS FROM PANTONE HAMILTON, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER FOR PROJECT ROCKY, CHASE CURLEY FROM CRESCENT COMMUNITIES, WHO'S THE DEVELOPER OF THE AXIAL ROCKVILLE DEVELOPMENT.
AND MICHAEL MAYHEW, WHO'S THE, UM, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO, UH, KIND OF SHEPHERDED THE, UM, I 64 INDUSTRIAL PARK, UM, ON A PANEL.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, WHAT LED THEM TO GLIN, HOW HAS IT BEEN WORKING WITH GLIN AND EC, UM, HOW HAS IT BEEN WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PANEL AND UM, I'VE MADE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AFTERWARDS.
UM, THE, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING ALONG THE ASTON ROAD CORRIDOR, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON ALONG IN THERE, WE ARE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF INFORMATIONAL MARKETING PLAN TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES WHEN ROADS MIGHT BE CLOSED, TIMELINES FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS WILL COVER THE AXIAL, THE ROCKY, THE DVI, UM, SOME OF THE TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE, UM, SESSIONS AND WE HAVE FORMALLY NAMED THE AREA THE ROCKVILLE OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR OR ROCK.
AND SO YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING THINGS COME OUT ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT? I, I DID NOT.
IT WAS A GROUP, IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT.
UM, BUT THE REAL BEAUTY OF IT IS ONCE THESE PROJECTS ARE FINISHED AND THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE DONE, WE CAN KEEP THAT MONIKER AND THE LOGO AND USE IT, UM, FOR BUSINESS ATTRACTION IN THE ROCKFALL OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR.
SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
UM, YOU'LL SEE IT ON SOCIAL, THERE'S GONNA BE A WEBSITE SET UP FOR IT.
AND THEN, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD FROM YOUR BUSINESS UPDATE.
THEREFORE WE'LL MOVE ON TO JUST SEE BUSINESS UPDATE.
UH, JUST GO OVER, UH, THESE FIRST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF 2025 ALREADY HAD 16
SO GETTING OUT TO BUSINESSES EARLY THIS YEAR AND TALKING WITH 'EM.
UM, SOME OF THAT IS WORKING WITH EXTENSION.
THEY HAVE A NEW AGENT THAT CAME ON BOARD AT THE END OF 2024.
AND SO I'M TAKING THEM OUT TO MEET SOME, A BUSINESSES TO INTRODUCE HIM TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET HIM FAMILIAR WITH IT ALL.
UM, LAST WEEK I KNOW SARAH SHARED, BUT WE HAD THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR STRICKLANDS VIRGINIA JOBS INVESTMENT PROGRAM, UM, IN SOME, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING TO GET THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THAT.
UM, IF YOU GUYS DO NOT KNOW, LAST WEEK I VISITED CHELSEA REHAB, UH, HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A HUGE RENOVATION OVER THE LAST YEAR.
LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I STARTED HERE TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE.
I KNOW THEY WANT TO DO A, UH, A RIBBON CUTTING IN THE NEXT YEAR WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE KIND OF HOW THE NEW BUSINESS KIND OF BOUGHT THAT FACILITY AND HAS REALLY PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THAT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I GOT TO VISIT ONE OF OUR NEWEST MANUFACTURERS IN THE COUNTY.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE OILVILLE BUSINESS PARK.
AND THEY MANUFACTURE, UH, MOTORCYCLE PARTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, COMPLETELY REBUILDING CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES.
SO PRETTY COOL NICHE COMPANY THAT IS A MANUFACTURER.
UH, LAST WEEK, YES, LAST WEEK WE OPENED UP THE APPLICATIONS FOR OUR VDOT SIGNAGE GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND WE QUICKLY RECEIVED THREE APPLICATIONS.
WE DID SOCIAL MEDIA AND I'VE ALSO, SOME OF OUR TOURS AND BUSINESSES, UH, WE ALL GREAT EMAILS FOR.
SO I'VE BEEN STOPPING BY AND HANDING THOSE, UH, FLYER OUT TO THEM TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR.
IT WAS A GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING WORKSHOP.
UM, WE ONLY HAD THREE BUSINESSES ATTEND, WHICH WAS SURPRISING 'CAUSE WE HAD OVER 30 REGISTERED.
BUT THE, THE CONVERSATION WAS REALLY STRONG THERE AND ALL THREE OF THEM TOOK
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A LOT OF IT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION IN THE WORKSHOP.AND PLUS THERE WAS A BUSINESS THERE THAT, UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM IN A FEW YEARS.
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM OUT BEING INTERACTIVE.
UM, MY NEXT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE IN MAY AND THE TOPIC IS GOING TO BE ABOUT USING AI TO, UH, HELP YOUR BUSINESS IN MARKETING.
UM, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UH, SCORE MENTORS IN THE CHAMBER TO DO THE BEST OF OUR WORKSHOPS.
UM, SCORE HAS BEEN USING KIND OF THIS SPEAKER SERIES MODEL, UM, IN OTHER LOCALITIES AND HAVE SEEN GOOD SUCCESS AT GETTING PEOPLE OUT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND KIND OF SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR WORKSHOPS.
WHO ARE YOU GETTING TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT AI? UH, ONE OF THEIR, ONE OF THEIR SCORE MENTORS SCORE.
UM, WE'RE, I STARTED PLAYING FOR FARM TOURS FOR EARLY FALL, LOOKING AT A DATE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH IS THE DATE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO FARMS IN THE NEXT, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND GETTING SIGN UP LISTS AND EVERYTHING OUT FOR TO, TO LAUNCH FOR FARM TOURS AGAIN.
LAST YEAR, UH, FARMS HAD ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 80 PEOPLE SHOW UP.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY LAST YEAR.
HAD A TOURISM ROUND TABLE, BUSINESS ROUND TABLE LAST MONTH.
UM, REALLY GOOD, REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES WE HAD, UH, BTCS, UM, GRANT SPECIALISTS THERE AND ALL THE BUSINESSES.
THEY LOVED BEING ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY STRAIGHT FROM BTC ABOUT THEIR GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, MAJOR TAKEAWAY WAS KIND OF CONTINUE WITH OUR EXPLOITATION MARKETING PUSH AND ALL THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE ORGANIC POSTS AND VIDEOS AND REELS.
SO I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH OUR MARKETING, UH, THE COUNTY'S MARKETING PERSON ABOUT HOW WE CAN UP THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER INTERESTING THING WAS, UH, THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE VIBRANCY AND THINGS ON SUNDAYS.
UM, A LOT OF BUSINESSES CLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
UM, SO WE WERE KIND OF THROWING OUT IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DO A RETAIL ANALYSIS TO SHOW LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, BEING OPEN FIVE HOURS ON A SUNDAY TO DO IF YOU CLOSE FIVE HOURS ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK OR SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IS PLANNING AND IS WELL UNDERWAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE MAY IS SIX WEEKS AWAY.
UM, MAY 8TH IS OUR BUSINESS APPRECIATION EVENT AT KINDRED SPIRIT.
UM, WE'LL BE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS HIGHLIGHTING THE MONTH OF BUSINESSES.
UM, AND I DID WANNA ASK YOU GUYS ONE THING, 'CAUSE WE WERE THROWING OUT THIS IDEA, UM, WITH BLUE DOT WAS MAYBE DOING A PROMOTIONAL THING AROUND THAT DURING BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH, SPECIFICALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND OF LIKE INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE FROM 5% REWARDS TO 10% REWARDS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, DOING A LOT OF PUSH AROUND THAT AND TRY TO GET A LOT OF SHOP LOCAL BUZZ FOR THAT LONG WEEKEND.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT.
UM, SO I WANT TO KIND OF GET YOU GUYS IDEAS ON THAT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY COMBINE THAT WITH THE PUSH FOR UND THEN YOU CAN GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT THE COUNTY.
COME BACK AND VISIT THE COUNTY.
SO DOES THAT REQUIRE ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL WELL, CHANGE OF CONTRACT, ADDITIONAL MONIES, ANYTHING? NO, WE CAN DO THAT ON THE BACK END.
SO GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THERE GENERAL CONSENSUS RECEIVE WITH THAT? I THINK I LIKE THAT IDEA.
UM, AND THEN AS LAST THING I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON, AS YOU REMEMBER IN JANUARY, I GAVE YOU A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, OVERVIEW OF, OF KIND OF BRE AND OUR FINDINGS FROM LASSIE AND EVERYTHING.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS, UM, PERMITTING, ZONING, AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, SO SARAH AND I WORKED HARD, UH, AND, AND USED AI TO HELP START IT AND EVERYTHING.
AND WE CREATED A, A NEW PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE DEDICATED TO, IT'S A 10TH STEP ON HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR LAND IN GOON COUNTY.
UM, SO IT STARTS FROM VERY BEGINNING OF, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT YOUR ZONING, FIGURE OUT WHO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND IT GOES DOWN THROUGH EVERY STEP YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE OR IT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL.
SO IT'S NOT EVERY STEP, BUT ALMOST EVERY STEP.
IS IT LIKE A FLOW CHART? IT'S NOT, IT'S HARD TO PUT THAT MUCH INFORMATION ON A FLOW CHART.
IT'S LITERALLY A PAGE ON A WEBSITE THAT'S LABELED ONE THROUGH 10 AND THEN IT HAS LITTLE SUBHEADINGS ON THINGS TO DO IT.
AND THEN IT LINKS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS AND AREAS YOU NEED TO GO ON THE, ON THE, UH, COUNTY WEBSITE TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED TO KIND OF DEVELOP YOUR LAND.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, FORWARD THAT TO BUSINESSES WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A BIG ONE I'VE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT IF THERE WAS A CHECKLIST OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FOLLOW.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO KIND OF GET THAT PUBLISHED AND OUT IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
UM, BUT THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR EXISTING BUSINESS.
GETTING ANY QUESTIONS? JUST YOU SUGGEST THAT YOU DO MORE POSTS ABOUT THE BLUE DOT PROGRAM.
JUST LIKE, I DON'T WANNA SCHEDULE 'EM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH.
SO THEY JUST GO OUT AND REMIND PEOPLE.
YEAH, BECAUSE I FORGET ABOUT IT.
WE ACTUALLY, IT IS NOT UP, BUT UH, WE'VE HAD A REALLY STRONG START THIS YEAR, UM, COMPARED TO LAS YEAR'S NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING.
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SO GOOD.SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ON AND EVERYTHING, SO, BUT YEAH, UH, ESPECIALLY I TRY TO DO 'EM AROUND LONG WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SCHEDULE THEM OUT FOR MORE.
UM, SO IN PREPARATION FOR BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH, UH, THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD YEAR, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.
UM, WE WOULD REQUEST THE EDA DO THEIR SPONSORSHIP UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
LAST YEAR YOU ONLY SPENT 470, UM, AT KINDRED SPIRIT.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE.
SO IS YOUR MOTION TO DO SO? I, I'LL NOTE THAT WE DO IT.
I GOT A BIGGER TURN ON THIS ISSUE.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, APRIL 2ND SHOULD BE ON YOUR CALENDAR.
SEVEN LADY VINEYARDS, UH, GROUNDBREAKING.
SO SECRETARY LAURA WILL BE THERE.
UM, SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME.
UM, AND THEN REPUBLIC SERVICES IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR REZONING AND CUP TO EXPAND THEIR LANDFILL.
UH, THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING IS TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, SO NONE OF US COULD ATTEND, BUT, UM, I'M CREATING SOME REVENUE PROJECTIONS USING SOME DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
IS THAT ON NATIONAL ROAD? IT IS, YES.
UM, MOVING INTO TOURISM UPDATE PLEASE.
UM, THE RICHMOND WEST TRAIL HAS DISBANDED.
SO IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, THIS WAS A GROUP, KIND OF A GRASSROOTS EFFORTS BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES OF LAN AND PAAN CRAFT BEVERAGE MAKERS.
THEY CAME TOGETHER, THEY CREATED A TRAIL, THEY HAD MAPS AND, YOU KNOW, FUN THINGS THAT IF YOU WENT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, YOU GET A PRIZE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THEY HAVE DISBANDED, BUT UH, WE DID NOT WANT THAT TO KIND OF GO AWAY FROM THE LEAST GLAND PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE'VE CREATED A PAGE ON EXPLORE GLAND THAT, UM, IS THE GLAND TRAIL TRAIL.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH GRAPHIC ARTISTS TO SEE IF WE CAN'T PROVIDE SOME KIND OF FUN LIKE GRAPHIC THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO, OH, WELL THIS IS HERE.
IF, IF I'M HERE THEN THE NEXT BREWERY IS JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, I CAN GO HERE OR THERE'S A WINERY HERE, I CAN GO TO THIS WINERY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
UM, AND STILL BE ABLE TO, TO GO TO AT LEAST THE GLAND BEVERAGE DRILL.
SO, UH, WORKING ON THAT, WE LAUNCHED OUR TODD'S LOGO PROGRAM.
YOU MIGHT RECALL YOU FUNDED THAT FOR US.
WE ALREADY HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THOSE AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD TO YOU.
HOW MANY OR HOW MUCH? SO WE, THE TOTAL PROGRAM'S $10,000 AND WE ONLY APPROVE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER APPLICATION.
AND THOSE ARE NEW SIGNS, NOT PEOPLE ASSISTING SIGNS.
UM, CHANCE DID MENTION THE ROUND TABLE THAT WE HELD.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ALSO, AND THEY TOLD US THIS LAST YEAR, UM, IS, UH, TO TRY TO GET SOME INFLUENCERS.
AND SO, UM, CHANCE IS MEETING WITH GOOD GOLLY, MR. ALI.
UM, AND SO HE HAS A LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING.
AND SINCE ONE OF OUR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, THE DOGS DAY OUT, UM, IN GLAND.
SO WE'RE THINKING WE CAN MAYBE USE HIM, UM, AS AN INFLUENCER AND, AND TRY TO REACH A CROWD.
WHEN IS THAT? HOW COME I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.
UH, THAT'S A NAME, RIGHT? GOODAL.
I MEAN, WHEN IS THE DOG'S DATE? OH, OH NO, THAT'S THE, AN ITINERARY THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN WE RECEIVED OUR VTC FUNDS.
SO WE, WE WON THE AWARD AND THANKS TO CHANCE AND ALL THIS HARD WORK ON THE REPORTING, GOT EVERYTHING SUBMITTED TO BTC AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR CHECK BACK, SO THAT'S $15,000 THAT HAS COME BACK TO EXPLORE GLAND.
UM, SO THAT WAS A GOOD, UM, UH, GRANT PROCESS.
AND THEN WE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE DRIVE, UH, GRANT.
AND, UM, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT BASICALLY, UM, IT, IT IS A TWO PROCESS GRANT.
THE FIRST PROCESS, IF YOU WIN IT, VTC WILL COME IN AND HOLD A WORKSHOP SESSION WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO DRIVE TOURISM IN GLAND COUNTY AND KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME,
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UM, IDEAS AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS.AND THEN WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND APPLY FOR A SECOND GRANT TO FUND, UH, WHATEVER WE'VE COME UP WITH.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY MORE TO COME ON THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TOURISM.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TOURISM? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS ON TOURISM? GREAT JOB.
OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS.
AND THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT FOR REPUBLIC, UH, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF COMING UP AS WE TAKE PERHAPS MORE OF AN ACTIVIST ROLE IN, IN TERMS OF PROMOTION, WHETHER IT BE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE CO THAT'S COMING UP THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF AND, AND I HAVE SENT OUT, OH, FIRST QUESTION.
UH, AM I SENT OUT TOO MANY EMAILS OR IS IT TOO.
UH, I GOT, WE GOT A LOT OF 'EM IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM ALL.
BUT NO, I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
THE RESEARCH ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND IMMEDIATE DIGESTION OR RESPONSE, IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, IT'S JUST THAT I'M GETTING THE INFORMATION MORE AND MORE FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE ACTIVE CITIZEN SANDY WARWICK.
AND SO WHEN I, AND WHEN SHE SENDS IT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ME, I WANT YOU TO ALL KNOW THAT TOO.
SO THAT I'M NOT THE, UH, LET'S SAY ANY TYPE OF, UH, HOLD UP OF INFORMATION.
AND THEN I ALSO, I, I'M TRANSMITTING ANYTHING I KNOW OF INTEREST OR MIGHT BE OF CONCERN.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE BATTERY, UH, STORAGE FACILITY MEETING THAT'S COME UP ON, UH, MONDAY, UM, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN VERY WELL PROPAGATED.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL THROW IN A JENSEN WALL HERE AND THERE.
AND WHERE IS THAT MEETING? UH, IT'S AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX.
IT'S AT 7 30, 8 45 ON MONDAY THE 24TH.
IT APPEARS TO BE QUITE A LOT OF CONTENTION ABOUT THAT MEETING.
SO IT'S, UM, WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY? SEVEN 30 TO 8 45.
UH, WHICH, UH, SIX O'CLOCK TO SEVEN 30 OR SEVEN O'CLOCK IS THE DISTRICT ONE SUPERVISOR MEETING ALSO BIRD? YES.
SO, AND THIS IS NOT THEIR OFFICIAL REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE HOLDING ON THEIR OWN.
UM, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER OFFICIAL REQUIRED COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
AND IN FACT, IN, IN, I THINK IN THE EMAILS I MIGHT HAVE PLACED IN THERE, IT HAS BY THEM TO, UH, CALLED THE INFO SESSION AND ALSO SCIENCE FAIR.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PRACTICALITIES OF BATTERY STORAGE, LITHIUM ION.
THERE IS, UM, THERE IS A WEBSITE, UM, AT THE TOP OF IT.
I THINK IT'S MELROSE WHAT? MELROSE ENERGY CENTER ENERGY CENTER.COM.
UM, AND THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS, UH, PEACE POINT ENERGY.
WHICH IS A, A COMPANY THAT'S HELD BY, UM, EOR, WHICH IS OUT NORWAY, WHICH IS 67% OWNED BY THE STATE OF NORWAY.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, UM, SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE.
THERE ARE SOME FAQS ON THERE AND INFORMATION, UM, THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT, UM, ABOUT FACTS AND, YOU KNOW, CLAIMS, AND THEN INFORMATION TO KIND OF COUNTERACT SOME OF THE CLAIMS THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR, UM, REGARDING BATTERY STORAGE AND FIRE SUPPRESSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF IT.
I'VE SEEN THAT PROS AND CONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL.
YEAH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY, UH, WE SHOULD SAY ANTI WEBSITE THAT'S ALREADY UP THERE TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S FASCINATING.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY BE SPEAKING THAT BUSINESS APPRECIATION.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S COME UP BEFORE THE PLAN COMMISSION AND, AND WHAT THE REASON I WANT TO LEAD INTO IT THIS WAY IS, UH, WHAT I PASSED OUT ARE A COUPLE DOCUMENTS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, THAT I'LL MENTION IS IT CAME IN FROM, FROM A TINY PERSPECTIVE, CAME IN FROM, UH, DV.
AND IT IS JUST HIS THOUGHTS ON, UM, THE EMAIL THAT I SENT OUT PREVIOUSLY TO TRY AND START THE CONVERSATION WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, CONCEPTS OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT FIVE SUPERVISOR WHILE ASKED THAT IS, WHAT DO WE WANT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS? AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UH, JENNY, UH, SENT OUT THE EMAIL WITH REGARDS TO, UH,
I ALWAYS TRY AND EXPRESS AT THE, UH, GLE THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
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INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REAL BUSINESS REVENUE WITHIN THE COUNTY.IT IS, UH, OUR RESIDENTIAL TAX, UH, TAXES ARE, ARE RECESSIVE OR, UH, UH, REGRESSIVE, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, ANYTHING THAT, UH, IS, UH, LET'S SAY SOMEWHAT CALLED EQUITABLE.
I WON'T USE THAT WORD, BUT, UH, IT BECOMES REGRESSIVE TO, UH, PEOPLE OF LOWER INCOME IN PARTICULAR.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND, AND SARAH SENT OUT, UH, CENTRAL LAST MEETING THAT, UH, DRAFT THAT CAME IN FROM, UH, FINANCE.
SO, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS ANY OF THIS RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS JENNY HAS DONE IS CONTACTED DIRECTOR DAVIS, GLEN DAVIS AT THE, UH, AT THE ENERGY.
AND HA HAS GOTTEN BACK SOME DATES TO MEET YES.
AND THIS IS, HE'S IN CHARGE OF, UH, ENERGY AND TALKING OF ENERGY.
AND SO, UM, UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM AND TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF NOTICE, UH, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT JENNY, MYSELF AND SARAH BE INVOLVED IN JUST A QUICK MEETING WITH THEM TO GO OVER SOME ENERGY IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, UM, SOME ISSUES THAT, UH, WE'LL DEAL WITH, UH, LET'S SAY THE GRID IN PARTICULAR, AND THEN OTHER GENERATION CAPABILITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE CONSIDERED.
UM, AND I'M, I'M STILL ALWAYS POINTING TO THE, UH, LINE THAT'S, UH, GOING, THE COLUMBIA GAS LINE GOES THROUGH THE EAST PART THROUGH NO OILVILLE AREA AS A, AS A MAG A MEANS AS.
AND THE SECOND OR LAST THING IS, UM, WE HAD, JENNY AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF A TOUR, AND LET ME DIGRESS TO THIS, UH, PDA CONSIDERATIONS, UH, TALKING ABOUT TOURS.
ONE IS, UH, BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THE REASONABLE, UH, EFFORT OF COURSE DATA CENTERS, BUT THIS IS GAS TURBINE AND, UH, I THINK YOU CAN GET A TOUR SET UP EASILY.
UH, THERE'S ONE PLANT, A DOMINION PLANT THAT'S ABOUT, WHAT WAS IT, 20, 24 MILES? YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN COLUMBIA ON THE BUCKINGHAM SIDE.
AND, AND THE OTHER IS AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THE INTEREST MIGHT BE IN A, IN TERMS OF A TOUR OF A, UH, GT PLANT, GT ELECTRIC PLANT.
UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS ALSO INVITE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, UM, SO THE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE IF THERE WAS MORE THAN TWO OF YOU IN ATTENDANCE, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL IT A MEETING AND NOTICE IT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE, AND I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC CAN, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC CAN'T GO INTO THE BUILDING.
SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST NEED TO BE TWO EDA MEMBERS, TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
SO IF THEY CAN'T GO INTO THE, INTO THE FACILITY ITSELF, IS THAT A, SO IT'S A ATED FACILITY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, BUT I MEAN, WOULD THAT NEGATE THE, THE NEED FOR NOTICE? NO, NO, NO.
NOT THE NEED FOR NOTICE, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY JUST CAN'T GO IN AND, AND PUT THAT IN THE NOTICE THAT THEY CAN'T GO IN TO THE FACILITY THAT WILL MEET BEFORE OR MEET ON THE OUTSIDE.
UH, I'D HAVE TO RUN THAT THROUGH COUNCIL.
JUST, JUST SO WE, BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, LIKE WITH DATA CENTERS.
THEY, THEY'RE ALSO GENERALLY SECURE FACILITIES.
SO YEAH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, OR I, WELL, AND I KNOW, LIKE, I THINK IT WAS
SO LIKE THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME WAY TO DO IT 'CAUSE THEY DID IT WITHOUT IT, THE BUBBLE PUBLIC BEING THERE.
SO I MEAN, I, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S INTEREST TO DO SUCH OF THING.
SO I, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE WHOLE EDA DO THAT.
AND IF IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE BY OTHER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.
MAY, MAY I ASK FOR YOUR BULLET ITEMS ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SECTION? YES.
DO YOU DEFINE WHAT YOU MEAN BY DISPOSE? LIKE WHO, WHO JUST, WHO WOULD DISPOSE? YEAH.
WHEN I SEND THEM OUT, I, I SENT A LOT OF THIS OUT VERY QUICKLY TO, UH, BUT YES, VERY GOOD QUESTION THAT THE COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA DISPOSED TO THE GOMAN COUNTY.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE WILLING TO DO THAT.
WE NEED TO GET ON THE AGENDA AND I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, PRESS THEM TO DO SO.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, IN PARTICULAR THE VILLAGE, WHETHER IT BE THE J SAR CAMPUS OR THE WOMEN'S FACILITY, UH, THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF OUR
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LAND IN THE VILLAGE.SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, PROPOSE TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT YOU WANT GLAND TO TAKE OVER THE PRISON AND DISPOSE IT TO GLAND OR JUST GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHER? GET RID OF, GET RID OF THE FACILITY AND TURN IT OVER TO GLAND BECAUSE IT'S PRIME LAND IN THE VILLAGE.
AND IT'S PRETTY DARN OLD ANYWAY.
I'M SURE THERE'S A HUGE ASBESTOS PROBLEM.
THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER CHEMICALS THERE THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ADDRESSED.
AND THERE'S ALSO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE IS IN THAT, UH, FACILITY.
SO ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING AT THE MEN'S PRISON THAT'S CLOSED? IT'S STILL PRODUCING THE WOMEN'S PRISON TRAIN HORSES THERE, THE MEN'S FACILITIES.
BUT ARE THEY, DON'T THEY MAKE LICENSE PLATES STILL IN THAT PRISON? I DON'T THINK SO.
YEAH, THERE'S, I THOUGHT THEY DID ON THE
ON THAT LAND, MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS ALSO A, UH, WAREHOUSE WORK FACILITY FOR CIVILIAN, UH, CIVILIAN CIVILIANS EMPLOYED BY THE, THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WORK FOR OTHER FACILITIES.
THAT'S A TRAINING CENTER ON THE ONE SIDE? NO, THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY DOWN IN THE, IN THE FACILITY.
SO THEY ARE STILL UTILIZING SOME OF THAT, I BELIEVE.
THAT'S MY, AND THEY STILL HAVE THE STATE FARM, THE ACTUAL FARM ON THAT LAND.
SO I'M JUST THINKING THIS IS GONNA BE A DECADE OR LONGER PROCESS FOR EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA TO BRING IT UP AND EVENTUALLY SOMEBODY MAYBE, BUT I, I'D ONLY THROW THESE OUT AS AS CONCEPTS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO, I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BRING UP AS, AS PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR LEGISLATION.
WE HAD A, UH, INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH, UM, MR. ERS THE OTHER DAY, SO, AND WE DID BRING UP THE ISSUE OF STATE PROPERTY BEING UNDERUTILIZED IN THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP DOING THAT.
AND WE DO IT ABSOLUTELY ENCAPSULATED WITH EVERY ENTITY WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE, UM, GOVERNMENTAL, UH, ASSOCIATION OR POLITICAL, ANY, ANYTHING.
WE, WE HAVE TO, IF WE DON'T KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, I THINK THE, THE FACILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO, IN SOME CASES DEGRADE, NOT BE KEPT UP.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TO OUR ADVANTAGE OR REALLY THE COMMONWEALTH ADVANTAGE.
AND JUST THAT LAST BULLET POINT, ENABLE UCHIN COUNTY TO MAINTAIN THIS ROAD.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU DON'T WANT THE STATE TO MAINTAIN GOODIN COUNTY SHERIFF? ABSOLUTELY.
CAN YOU JUST, THERE ARE, UH, I THINK IT'S FIVE CITIES AND COUNTIES WITHIN COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER.
DO YOU HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR THAT? THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER? UH, I KNOW IT'S INCO.
THAT'S INCO AND FREDERICK, I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S A, I KNOW THERE'S A CITY DOWN ON THE PENINSULA.
I THERE WAS ONE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA TOO.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A NUMBER THAT ACTUALLY I THINK IS THE BIGGEST MAYBE.
THAT CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS JUST LATCH ON TO ENRICO BECAUSE, AND HERE'S THE REASON WE WOULD THEN DETERMINE SCHEDULES, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WITH THE DOUBLE DIAMOND.
BUT WOULDN'T THAT, WOULD WE HAVE TO ADD TO THE COUNTY BUDGET TO DO THAT? WELL, IF WE GOT THE MONEY THAT GOES FOR TO THE COMM FOR THAT? NO, WE WOULD JUST USE IT THEN.
SO THOSE MISTAKE, IF YOU WANTED TO COME TO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY INSTEAD, LIKE ENRICO, AND, AND THEN WE COULD FARM IT OUT, WORK TO ENRICO IF IT'S A MAJOR PROJECT AND ENRICO ALREADY HAS A SYSTEM BUILD UP AND THE COST IS LIKE A THIRD.
THE BIGGEST THING IS THE COST.
BECAUSE VDOT CAN CHARGE YOU A MILLION DOLLARS TO BRING A SIDEWALK THAT COST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND THE TURNAROUND TIME, THREE YEARS.
AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN THEN SAY THE BUSINESSES, WE CAN GET THIS ROAD TO YOU FASTER OR WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME INSTEAD OF A 10 YEAR.
WE ARE THEN THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO THEM.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP FIXED AND BRIDGE OUT ON THE, AND DO WE HAVE A FEEL FOR WHETHER THE BOS WANTS TO HAVE ANOTHER JOINT SESSION WITH US? SO LIKE YES, THEY DO.
WHEN, WHEN WOULD WE DO THAT? YES.
I'VE BEEN TRYING, UM, TO GET IT, GET SOME DATES, UH, I WAS LOOKING AT OVER THE SUMMER, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE IT ON LIKE AN AFTERNOON.
I KNOW MR. CHRISTIE'S SCHEDULE IS VERY LIMITED, SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE WOULD START IT AT SAY LIKE FOUR O'CLOCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN MAYBE HAVE, UH, DINNER BROUGHT
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IN AND THEN END BY LIKE EIGHT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.UM, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, DIDN'T GO EASILY ACCESS.
WE WENT FROM NINE TO LIKE, I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE THREE, EIGHT TO THREE.
UM, AND THEIR LUNCH WAS PROVIDED, BUT I DON'T, I, I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF EDUCATION, UM, THAT MAYBE HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHMENT.
SO I THINK NOW WOULD BE MORE OF DISCUSSION WHERE THESE KIND OF THINGS WILL BE, CAN BE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED, KIND OF FLESHED OUT MORE.
AND ACTUALLY IN DB'S EMAIL, HE BROUGHT THAT UP AS YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ALSO, UM, THAT HAVE A REGULAR SPOT ON THE BOARDS.
IT'S JUST HARD TO GET EVERYBODY ON A SATURDAY.
SO, UM, YES, I NEED TO, I NEED TO GET BACK ON THAT SCHEDULING BECAUSE
AND MADAM DIRECTOR, SECRETARY, I ASSUME WE ARE GONNA HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.
I HAVE TWO, THREE ITEMS BEFORE WE DO THAT, THEN THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
UM, WELL, I'D THROW IT OUT ONLY AS IDEAS, CONCEPTS, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WE CAN START WORKING ON THIS AND SEE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WANT THE FOUNTAIN ALL KNOWLEDGE OR ANYTHING SO WE CAN BRING TOGETHER A COALESCE A, A LIST.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE, UH, AND OF COURSE DV YOU HAVE ALSO PUT FORTH ANYTHING YOU CAN COME UP WITH OR NOW THIS IS REALLY A STUPID IDEA, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING AND, AND THINGS.
SO I REALLY DO LIKE YOUR IDEA THAT YOU CAME UP WITH ABOUT THE PORTAL FOR THE, UM, BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND CONS.
MY IDEA WAS JUST EDUCATING THE CITIZENS.
BECAUSE I'M, I'M HAPPY THROUGH THAT WITH THE CITY ORIGINAL RIGHT NOW FOR SOMETHING.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PORTAL.
IT HAS TONS OF STUFF ON THERE.
YOU CAN TRACK YOUR PROGRESS JUST THROUGH GOING TO THE PORTAL.
SO THEY'LL CUT DOWN ON, DID YOU, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES IT GO NOW? AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT, THE COUNTY HAS THE SAME SYSTEM AS THE, AS THE CITY OF RICHMOND FOR BUILDING PERMITS.
BUT NOT FOR THE ACTUAL, AND KIND OF BACK TO WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE RIGHT NOW WITH AI MM-HMM
I'LL SUGGEST, BY THE WAY, WAS IT ROCK OR CHE? PGTP, CHANCE PT FOUR.
I JUST, I GUESS LAST TIME I SUBMITTED A PERMIT FOR SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T HAVE FOR.
BUT I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS.
SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS IF, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH GLEN MM-HMM
UM, AND WE CAN, AND I HAVE DI I, I HAVE A CONFLICT ON ONE OF THE DATES, UH, BUT I'LL RESPOND BACK TO AN EMAIL.
AND THEN, UM, IF WE CAN SET UP, YOU KNOW, START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN THERE ARE BUSINESS LOCATIONS WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO AND THERE'S SOME WE MIGHT EXPLORE MORE.
I DON'T KNOW, JUST AS A THOUGHT.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN KIND OF KEEP THIS ALIVE, I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS DOING IT THROUGH EMAIL.
WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT FROM, WE CAN SAY, OH, HERE'S A THOUGHT, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY COALESCE AROUND ANYTHING.
I MEAN, I COULD PUT LIKE, UM, AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDAS, YOU KNOW, COMING UP THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, SET ASIDE SOME TIME FOR JUST THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
COULD I BE LIKE, COURTHOUSE CREEPY AGAIN, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE ACTUALLY HAD, WHEN WE DID THAT ONE TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING.
BUT WE REALLY BRAINSTORMED A LOT.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE REALLY BONDED A LITTLE BIT MORE AS A TEAM MM-HMM
AND CAME UP WITH SOME REALLY HEALTHY DISCUSSION IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE, OR FOOD OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT, UM, IT, EVERY, THAT'S, IT WAS HARD.
'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT IT, IT JUST WAS A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, GOT US OUT OF OUR NORMAL MM-HMM
IT WAS, UH, GOOD BRAINSTORMING.
I WILL RUN IT THROUGH WHEN I ASK 'EM ABOUT NOTICING
AND I'LL POINT OUT ON THE BACK JUST TWO OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF WHAT VI HAD REMARKED, UH, WHICH MAYBE, AND, AND OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY WITH OUR PRESENTERS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CANAL THAT WE'VE GOTTA SELL.
WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY FIGHTING AGAINST ANY BUSINESS.
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WE'VE GOT PART OF THAT'LL COME, I THINK IF IT'S ALREADY IN A DESIGNATED AREA, LIKE WEST STREET AND SO FORTH.SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE OUTLIERS LIKE THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE.
THAT'S, SO WE, WE NEED TO GET THE BOARD TO START EDUCATING PEOPLE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE BEST WAYS IS KIND OF BACK UP TO ONE OF BULLET POINTS IS THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
IF YOU START TO SEE THAT LINE GO DOWN, THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY HAS TO BE PAYING MORE MONEY FROM THE RESIDENTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SCHOOL, UH, AND BOARD MEETING, IT'S STILL SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BUT THE SCHOOLS NEED MORE MONEY MM-HMM
AND WE'VE GOT TWO VERY, VERY OLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE CONUNDRUM OF THINGS GOING ON.
NOT TO MENTION EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH, UH, AL RECS, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN DEVELOP A BUDGET ALSO JUST IN GENERALITY SO THAT ANY FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE BOARD HERE WOULD HAVE THAT ROADMAP FROM THE PAST HISTORY TO LOOK AT AND ALSO LOOK AT OUR ACTUALS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, PY UH, PREVIOUS YEAR, ONE ACTUAL WAS THIS AMOUNT, TWO, THREE GOING BACK IN HISTORY TO SEE WHAT, WHAT EXPENSE EXPENSES WE MIGHT HAVE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE CHANGING THAT ALREADY WITH ALL MONIES THAT HAVE COME IN, NOT JUST THROUGH INCENTIVES, BUT ACTUALLY COME IN FOR THE, THE BOARD TO PROMOTE OTHER THINGS LIKE LAND UPGRADES AND SO FORTH.
IS IT SO REPORT THE COUNTY CAN PREPARE FOR US THROUGH NO, I, IT'S, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO IT
I, I NEED YOU TO BE CONSIDERATE OF MY TIME.
SEE, I WOULDN'T THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT TOO.
THE WHAT, WHAT I'LL, WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO IS BECAUSE THE COUNTY DOES KEEP TRACK OF, UM, THE AMOUNTS BY THE JOURNAL ENTRY, BUT THE ACTUAL CHECK REGISTRY IS SEPARATE.
AND SO I HAVE THIS CHECK REGISTRY INFORMATION, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH AND SAY, OKAY, IN 2023, YOU PAY CHRISTIAN AND BARTON X AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING AN INTERN POSSIBLY COULD DO? POTENTIALLY.
IS IT JUST AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET RIGHT NOW? NO.
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA CREATE THOUGH.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? MUNI EERP OR, SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR BUDGET THAT COMES WITH IT.
THESE ARE LIKE JOURNAL ENTRY IES YEAH.
BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY TRACKING OF, THEY'RE PUT IN THE LINE ITEMS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ANY, I COULD PROBABLY DIG DOWN INTO THESE INDIVIDUAL LIGHT ITEMS, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT, LIKE THE MONIES THAT WE'VE SPENT ON SITE DEVELOPMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS DONE SEPARATELY.
'CAUSE WE JUST STARTED THAT MM-HMM
SO, UM, I, I, I JUST HAVE TO ASK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IF THEY CAN GIVE A DRILL DOWN.
HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT TO GO? I, I WOULD JUST SAY FOUR YEARS IF YOU ENOUGH.
AND DOES, UM, DOES EERP HERE RUN ON SQL SERVER? I THINK SO.
NOT ORACLE, RIGHT? NO, I THINK IT'S EQUAL, SO.
YEAH, I MEAN IT'S, UH, I MEAN, EVEN A DUMP OF THAT WOULD BE EASY TO, AND, AND GOING THROUGH ALL THESE SHEETS, BUT I, I DIDN'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT, UM, AND, AND BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED MORE RECENTLY THAN NOT, ALSO, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT RAPID ABILITY TO MAKE, UH, JUDGEMENTS AND SO FORTH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT YET, BUT I'M JUST THINKING OF QUICK ACTION WHERE WE, THERE WAS SOME QUICK ACTION REQUIRED.
I, I THINK THE BEST WAY WOULD BE YOU JUST, UM, AUTHORIZE ME TO MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS UP TO CERTAIN AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN AHEAD OF TIME.
AND THEN I CAN JUST DO IT AND THEN I CAN INFORM YOU THAT I'VE DONE IT
WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST FOR CERTAIN, CERTAIN THINGS.
AND JUST YOU WONDER IF IT WOULD WELL, YEAH.
WE MAKE IT VERY GENERIC, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL STOP TALKING.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING MY THOUGHTS.
BUT YOU HAD TWO OR THREE OTHER LABS I BEFORE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN MCGUIRE
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ON APRIL 15TH AT 1:00 PM.UH, THE EDA, UH, TWO MEMBERS UP TO TWO MEMBERS ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO COME.
UM, UH, HAPPY TO COME TO THAT MEETING.
APRIL 15TH, 1:00 PM SO IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHETHER YOU WANNA ATTEND OR NOT.
WHERE IS THE MEETING? IT'S GONNA BE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND ONLY TWO MEMBERS CAN COME.
I WILL NOT BE IN ATTEND
HUH?
YEAH, YOU GOTTA GET YOUR TAXES FLAT.
BUT I, I WOULD RECOMMEND WHOEVER DOES ATTEND REALLY PUNCH HARD ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE FACILITY.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT WHOLE ATTEND? THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE EMPTY, SO YES.
SO ARE YOU ABLE TO ATTEND? WE HAVE TO HAVE LIST AS WELL, BUT I WANNA BE FULLY PREPARED.
SO MAYBE WE CAN, WELL, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD AGENDA.
AND WHERE IS IT? IN THE COUNTY? COUNTY BUILDING.
AN INVITATION SO YOU'LL HAVE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
DID ANYBODY GO TO THE FIFTH DISTRICT MEETING AT THE, UH, REC CENTER ON SUNDAY? NO.
I WAS GONNA GO, BUT, UM, PROBABLY WORK.
WELL, CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT IS COMING UP.
THIS PART OF YOUR, UH, DUES, YOU GET A FOURSOME.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PLAY.
TYPICALLY IT'S MR. COLLIER AND MR. SCHMIDT AND CHANCE THAT PLAYS NOT THAT.
D WOULD DO IT AGAIN, BUT SURE WILL.
I I'LL HAVE TO SHOOT HIM THE EMAIL AND ASK HIM.
I'M JUST GONNA RECOMMEND THE COUNTY, UH, THE VA GET A TEAM TOGETHER FOR KITCHEN CARES.
YEAH, THAT WAS MY THIRD THING.
I'VE ALREADY GOT A TEAM I WENT AND BOUGHT ON MY END, SO THEY DID ASK LAST YEAR.
WE WERE A WHOLE SPONSOR FOR THEM.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT'S $225 TO SPONSOR THE WHOLE TWO 50.
TWO 50 TO SPONSOR THE WHOLE, UM, SPONSOR A HOLE, UH, FOR THE GOOSE CARES TOURNAMENT.
SO YOU CAN, UM, I'LL PUT THAT BEFORE YOU, WHETHER YOU WANNA DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR OR NOT.
YOU PUTTING THAT FOR BEFORE US NOW? YES.
$250 TO SPONSOR A HOLE AT THE GLAND CARES GOLF TOURNAMENT.
YOU WOULD JUST HAVE YOUR NAME.
I WOULD SAY I THAT WE'D GO AHEAD AND DO THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE? STATE AYE.
SO NOW WE ARE READY FOR CLOSED SESSION.
DOES SHE NEED TO STEP OFF? PREFERABLY.
I KNOW I HAVE THIS NOT A PROBLEM.
MIGHT HAVE HERE ALSO CHANCE I IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT THE KITCHEN.
WHAT DAY IS THAT? IT'S A WEEK AFTER OR WEEK.
ONE IS THE 19TH AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CHAMBER.
AND I CAN HAVE, I COULD PROBABLY HAVE ONE MORE FOR THE, FOR THE OSELAND UH, CHAMBER IF WE I HAVE A BUDDY WHO'S UP.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH OTHER BUSINESS DISCUSSION.
ARE YOU READY WHEN SHE COMES BACK? WHEN SHE COMES BACK, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR ACCORDANCE THE PARAGRAPH IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCORDANCE.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE IS, IS THE COUNTY COURT SUPERVISORS, ANYBODY HAD ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE INTERNET, HOW THAT'S COME ALONG AND IF IT'S ON BASE AND ON TRACK? 'CAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT WONDERING, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO IS GO ONLINE AND SEE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE ACCESS TO GET ONLINE.
BASICALLY SEE IF, IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO, TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE IT.
BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T SAY TO THEM WIN,
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I THINK FURIOUSLY WORKING.AND PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THEY'RE WORKING LIKE EAST TO WEST IS WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE DOING.
I'M LIKE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE MOST BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK AT THE BEGINNING.
I THINK THERE'S BROADBAND REPORT ON THE BOARD AGENDA EVERY, EVERY MONTH.
IT'S GIVEN BY, UH, PAUL DRUM, WRIGHT AND PAUL.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO PAUL SEVERAL TIMES.
AND OF COURSE, FOR THE PROVISIONS OF VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.23711 AND 2.23712.
I MOVE THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UCHIN COUNTY CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION CONCERNING A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ITS PLANS HAS BEEN MADE AS PERMITTED BY VIRGINIA CODE SECTIONS 2.2 3 7 1 1 8 5.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE STATE AYE.
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.237 2D OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, MOVE THE UCHIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEREBY CERTIFIED TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
AND TWO, ONLY SUCH BUSINESS, UH, MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED.
THE MOTION CONVENING, THE CLOSE MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE UCHIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IN THE CLOSED MEETING OF THIS STATE, MADAM DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY, IF YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
IS THERE A SECOND? OH, I'LL SECOND.
AND ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION.
SO WE, WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE THIS LONG AND WORKING THROUGH WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ENHANCE OUR COUNTY'S COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
UH, IS THERE MOTION FOR ORDER ALSO? THANK YOU FOR COMPLIANCE.
ANY, OH, NO DISCUSSION ON ADJOURN.