HomeMy WebLinkAbout109-2013RESOLUTION NO. 109-2013
ADOPTING THE 2013 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ANAYLSIS AND AUTHORIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville (the "Town') is committed to promoting and
encouraging a diverse and healthy local economy, within an appropriate scale and
character, as a means of supporting an outstanding quality of life for all Town businesses
and residents; and
WHEREAS, the Town has adopted an updated Economic Development Strategy in 2008 to
implement policies and practices to promote the economic health of the commercial
properties and create a sense of place; and
WHEREAS, these policies and practices continue to require periodic updates to succeed in
retaining and enhancing Danville's historic and small town character; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council at its annual Planning and Goal Setting meeting on 2012
provided direction to develop a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, BW Research was hired to conduct a two - phased Economic Development
Analysis, which involved hard data collection, a business survey, and an evaluation of
Danville's strengths and challenges; and
WHEREAS, BW Research developed a series of recommendations for the Town of Danville
to include in the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, funds for the Comprehensive Economic Development Plan have been
appropriated as part of the FY 2013/14 Operating Budget; and now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council hereby:
1. Adopts the 2013 Economic Development Analysis prepared for the Town of
Danville; and
2. Authorizes the development of a Comprehensive Economic Development Plan that
would fold the recommendations from the 2013 Economic Development Analysis
and ongoing objectives from the 2008 Economic Development Strategy into a
combined series of guiding policy for the Town of Danville.
APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on December 17, 2013, by
the following vote:
AYES: Storer, Doyle, Arnerich, Morgan, Stepper
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None AYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY CITY CLl
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