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Economic development
on board’s agenda
A representative from the Wake Forest
Chamber of Commerce will tell the town commissioners about the past efforts and
the future plans for economic development during the commissioners’ work
session Thursday, Jan. 3 (tonight).
The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in
town hall.
At least part of the presentation will
focus on the study done by the Sanford Holshouser Business Development Group,
which said the town needs to aggressively market itself to attract the types of
industry and business that would fit best – medical, biotech and
pharmaceutical, medical, biotech and pharmaceutical, creative design,
retirement and healthcare, tourism and hospitality, and electronic
manufacturing.
At the same time, the study said, the
town needs to nurture and support its existing businesses. (The full article
about the study and the local meeting is in the Nov. 29, 2007, issue of the
Gazette, headed “Consultants list ways to shape growth.”
The chamber is responsible for the
town’s economic development program and the town is providing $32,000 this year
for the efforts, money kept in a separate account. The chamber received more in
past years – $42,000 in fiscal 2004-2005, $36,000 in fiscal 2005-2006 – but
that went to $32,000 in fiscal 2006-2007. The request for this year’s funding
for $32,000 stated the chamber would ask for the same amount in future years.
The town board will also hear a report
from the Greenway Advisory Board, perhaps from Chairman Joe Seigler,
The board will also review the revised
stormwater ordinance. Town engineer Scott Miles sent out an e-mail on Dec. 21
saying there was a low turnout at the last meeting to discuss the second phase
ordinance. He asked that anyone on the town board, the planning board or the
town staff who has questions or concerns call him to discuss those. Miles also
included eight concerns that had been voiced at recent meetings and the
answers. As Miles said in an earlier meeting, this second phase of stormwater
management addresses the quality of the stormwater; the first phase addressed
the quantity.
The board will end the meeting by
reviewing the agenda for its Jan. 15 meeting.
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