[Economic Development Authority on December 4, 2023.]
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WE ALREADY CALLER MEETING ORDER.UH, HILLARY, WILL YOU DO ROLL CALL? MM-HMM?
UM, SO CAN WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF MINUTES? WE HAVE OUR MOTION FOR THAT, SO MOVE FOR THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING? HEARING NONE.
UH, SIMPLIFY YOUR APPROVAL BY SAYING AYE.
UH, YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? YEP.
AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED IN OLD BUSINESS, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS YOU NOTICE, A NEW MEMBER SITTING IN OUR TABLE HERE.
SHE HAS BEEN RECENTLY PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, AND SHE WILL, STARTING FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, BE PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION FOR THE FRIDA BOARD.
YEAH, I THINK, YEP, I'M EXCITED.
I THINK THIS IS THE MISSING PIECE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FRIDA.
UH, BESIDES WHAT I'M ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO HANG OUT, UH, HANDOUT HERE ON THE MOU FOR, UM, ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
NO, THEY'RE JUST ONE CARRIED THE DAT AND THE OTHER CARRIED THE RFT
UM, AS PROMISED, UM, BEEN WORKING ON GETTING AN MOU THAT COULD BE THE INSTRUMENT BETWEEN FRIDA AND THE TOWN ON STIPULATING.
WHAT SUPPORT THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE.
UH, AS I STATED BEFORE, A LOT OF THAT SUPPORT WAS EMBEDDED INTO YOUR BYLAWS FOR FRIDA, AND SO WE NEED TO ROLL THEM OUTTA YOUR BYLAWS.
BUT WE DO NEED A MECHANISM TO SHOW WHAT THE TOWN WILL SUPPORT ON FRIDA.
SO THIS IS A VERY ROUGH DRAFT TO GET STARTED WITH.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, BUT WE WILL SEND IT OUT BY EMAIL AFTER THE MEETING TODAY.
UM, SO I GUESS TO START OUT WITH, WE'LL START OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE AND WE WILL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH A FEW OF THESE HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN KIND OF GET SOME COMMENTS.
UH, BUT MY INTENT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD TAKE THIS BACK AND REVIEW IT AT THE JANUARY, UH, BOARD MEETING.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PURPOSE, THE PURPOSE OF THE MOU IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE TOWN TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE FRONT ROW EDA ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS TO BE USED BY THE EDA TO EXERCISE ITS POWERS AND SATISFIES HIS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE VIRGINIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REVENUE BOND ACT TOWN CODE AND BY ITS BYLAWS.
UH, TERM OBVIOUSLY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF EXECUTION.
UH, OPERATIONS IS DURING THE TERM, UM, APPROPRIATENESS AND DONATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY THE TOWN.
THE FUNDING POLICY, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO PUT IN THERE FOR SUPPORT, UH, BESIDES WHAT WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR PAYING, UH, YOUR MEMBERSHIP, OR NOT YOUR MEMBERSHIP, BUT YOUR MONTHLY, UH, ATTENDANCE FEES KNOW, BE ADDITIONAL COSTS SO WE CAN PLUG IN THERE FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
STAFFING SUPPORT AND SECTION B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE ITS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFFING SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT ROW, EDA ACCOUNTING THAT THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE ACCOUNTING STAFF SUPPORT TO THE TREASURER OF THE FRONT ROW EDA TO KEEP SUITABLE RECORDS, UH, BY ITS FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGING AND ANNUAL AUDIT OF SUCH RECORDS MEETINGS IN RECORD KEEPING WHAT HILLARY DOES, UH, TOWN WILL PROVIDE CLERICAL TAPPING SUPPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE FIRM OF EDA IN KEEPING AND PRESERVING DETAILED MINUTES
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OF ITS PROCEEDING.AND IN COMPLYING WITH THE FREEDOM VIRGINIA OF INFORMATION ACT AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES LEGAL, THIS WILL BE PROVIDED BY GEORGE, THE TOWN.
WE'LL PROVIDE UPON CONSENT OF THE PARTIES LEGAL STAFFING SUPPORT FOR THE FORMAL EDA FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO THE LEGAL FORM ON ALL ARRANGEMENTS, AGREEMENTS, ARRANGEMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS.
AND FOR THAT, SUCH OTHER LEGAL ADVICE AS BE, MAY BE NEEDED ON MATTERS WITHIN ITS AUTHORITY.
UH, AND THEN WE GOT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WHICH IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THAT'S THE MEETING FEE AND THEN THE AUDIT ITSELF.
I KNOW IT WENT THROUGH THAT FAST AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW, BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS.
MOU WAS TO KIND OF GET THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE FREEDOM.
SO I WILL STOP THERE AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS ARE.
UH, SO JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS GO TO LEARN ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THAT'S DONE.
UM, UM, SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE SET STAFF TO, UM, CONVENTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THOSE FOLKS.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, UM, WE WOULD PUT SOME OF THAT FUNDING IN HERE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY IF LIZ HAS ATTENDED THOSE THINGS AND HAS TAPPED INTO THOSE RESOURCES.
SO I MEANT TO ADD TRAINING AND I FORGOT TO CIRCLE BACK TO IT.
SO THERE'S TRAINING, SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UH, RICK, THAT WE WILL ADD TRAINING IN THERE AS WELL.
TRAINING FOR THE BOARD AS WELL AS STAFF SUPPORT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WELL THAT'S, I HOPE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS LIZ IS GONNA LOOK INTO IS WHERE THESE OPPORTUNITIES LIE AND WHAT THEIR TIMETABLE IS, RIGHT? YEP.
NO, ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANY THOUGHTS? I KNOW THIS IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST HANDED IT OUT.
WE'LL SHOOT YOU AN EMAIL COPY AFTER THE MEETING.
AND, UM, HAS THE COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR SEEN A NO, NOT AT ALL.
I MEAN, JUST ON, UH, HANDED IT OUT, UH, MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT I CAN GIVE THEM A, A PREVIEW OF THIS.
BUT MY THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT THIS BOARD WOULD COME TO A DRAFT THAT WE COULD THEN PRESENT TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE COULD HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT AT THE JANUARY MEETING TO FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW.
I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T LOOK PARTICULARLY COMPLEX.
IT'S FOR ME, IT WAS RIGHT FOR ME, IT WAS GETTING IT OUT OF THE BYLAWS.
AND, AND CLEANING IT UP AND, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF THE SUPPORT THAT TOWN WOULD GIVE.
WELL, SO, UH, IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON.
SO DO WE HAVE REVISED BYLAWS TO REVIEW IN ADDITION TO THESE? WERE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS? UM, I WILL, BY THE END OF THE WEEK SEND YOU A REVISED OF THE BYLAWS.
I DON'T THINK THEY'VE CHANGED SINCE I'VE GIVEN YOU THE, I GUESS THIS WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED, BUT I NEED TO REVIEW THEM AGAIN.
IN LIGHT OF REVIEWING THE MOU.
SO I WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO GIVE YOU WHEN I SEND THIS OUT, AND I'LL DELAY SENDING THIS OUT UNTIL TOMORROW.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THE BYLAW, UH, RED LINE SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK OVER AND COMPARE IT.
UM, SO THE, UH, NEW NAME AND REBRANDING DISCUSSION IS NEXT.
UM, I KNOW YOU SENT SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT.
IS THAT IN THE PACKET HERE, OR NO? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THE ONLY, WE ONLY GOT NAMES FROM TOM AND ARE THEY NOT INCLUDED ON THAT? OKAY.
UM, CHAIRMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE REALLY PREPARED.
I, WE WITH ONLY MAYBE, I THINK TOM GAVE US A HANDFUL OF NAMES AND I DID NOT PREPARE FOR A DISCUSSION.
ON THAT POINT, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, BRINGING LIZZIE ON, UH, I AM TRYING TO CHANGE OUR FOCUS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS MORE OF A BIGGER UMBRELLA TO OPERATE UNDER.
SO, UM, SO YOU WANT TO BRING THAT YEAH, LET'S TABLE THAT AND I WILL PREPARE SOME MORE.
WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE BOARD AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SOME MORE NAMES.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
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BUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SENT ALONG THOSE LINES OPERATING AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.AND I APOLOGIZE, TOM SENT ME MAYBE A HALF A DOZEN NAMES.
AND, AND I THINK COMMUNITY WAS IN THERE AND ONE OF 'EM COMMERCIAL.
UM, YEAH, WE JUST TO PLAY ON WORDS, RIGHT.
I, I NEVER SAW IT GO OUT, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS IT OR NOT.
SO I, I MEANT TO, UM, MY APOLOGIES.
WE'LL, UH, WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND, UM, I'LL SEND OUT ANOTHER EMAIL TO THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO, MAYBE WHEN I SEND OUT THE EMAIL, I'LL SEND YOURS, TOM, WITH THE EMAIL SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
WE'LL GET THE THOUGHT PROCESS GOING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
NO, I JUST, I KNOW THAT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM SOMETHING, RIGHT.
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE NAME.
AND THERE'S NO, THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T SEND ANY IN WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GEARING OURSELVES TOWARD.
I SAW A LOT OF WHAT WE COULD BE DOING IN THOSE NAMES.
I REVIEWED THEM VERY CLOSELY, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A SUPERHERO NAME TO COME UP WITH BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION I WAS GONNA BE SAVING OR SUPPORTING OR, YOU KNOW, UM, SO THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT.
SO I, AND THAT BRINGS ME TO, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I THOUGHT I MENTIONED IT IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT, RIGHT? MISSION.
AND, AND SO PERHAPS WE SHOULD DEVELOP THAT MISSION STATEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NAMING.
UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY HARD, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE AGREEMENT ON WHAT OUR MISSION IS GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL WANT US TO DO THAT TOO.
BUT JUST, I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS THAT WE WILL ALL THINK OF AROUND THE TABLE, BUT THEN SOMETIMES YOU GO, OH, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA, BUT THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING SOMEBODY ELSE SHOULD DO, NOT US.
SO YEAH, WE WILL MAKE PREPARATIONS TO DISCUSS MISSION AND A VISION AT THE JANUARY MEETING, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY A GOOD OPPORTUNITY AT THAT POINT.
UH, GOAL DISCUSSION THAT SEEMS, UH,
UM, SO I WANTED TO KICK OFF OUR GOAL DISCUSSION TODAY.
UM, WHILE WE ARE JUST STARTING THIS DISCUSSION, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE GOALS THAT WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE COMP PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE SOME OF THESE ARE REDUNDANT, THERE'S STILL A FEW REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD, WOULD, UM, BE AN ADVANTAGE FOR US TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE GOALS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMP PLAN.
SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK.
UH, SO THESE ARE ALL FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEY'RE ALL THE ONES THAT ARE, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FRIDA AS A PARTNER IN THESE GOALS.
SO THE FIRST OVERALL GOAL IS SMALL TOWN CHARACTER WITH DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.
UH, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK.
PURSUE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY BUILDING DOWNTOWN FOR DANCES AND GATHERINGS.
FOLLOWING THE GAZEBO GATHERINGS, ESTABLISH A BUY LOCAL CAMPAIGN THAT ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO SHOP LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS AND STORES, RE RECRUIT, ATTRACT, AND SUPPORT MORE, REST LOCAL RESTAURANTS WITH DIVERSE CUISINE.
ATTRACT A GROCERY STORE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND OR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.
ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO REMAIN OPEN AT 5:00 PM AND THEN THEY TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE.
AND THIS IS ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND VOLUNTEERISM BY CREATING AND ADVERTISING EVENTS THAT WORKED AT BEAUTIFY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND TOWN.
UM, INITIATE A PROGRAM TO ORGANIZE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS WITH HOME MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, ADDING PROFESSIONAL JOBS IN FRONT ROYAL IS KIND OF WHERE TO SUPPORT A STRONG ECONOMY.
IDENTIFY TARGET SECTORS IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IDENTIFY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WILL SUPPORT THESE SECTORS AND MAKE FRONT ROLL TO HOME TO THEM.
CREATE A VIBRANT ART MUSIC SCENE AND BUILD NEW OUTDOOR AMENITIES TO MAKE THE TOWN ATTRACTIVE TO NEW BUSINESSES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.
START A DIALOGUE AND CONDUCT INTERVIEWS WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW TO GROW THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
ALRIGHT, ATTRACT BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT USES THAT ARE LIMITED IN TOWN SUCH AS CLOTHING STORES OR OTHER SHOPS THAT ARE PRESENTLY NOT FOUND IN THE MARKET.
UM, I LIKE THIS ONE STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF A TOWN SPONSORED
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BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACE.ENCOURAGE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO FACILITATE APPRENTICESHIPS, TO BUILD COMMUNITY TIES AND SHARE BUSINESS PARTNER, PARTNER WITH LOCAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE A SCALED LABOR FORCE.
CONTINUE MARKETING AND BRANDING EFFORTS AS FRONT WALL AS THE GATEWAY TO THE OUTDOORS.
REGIONAL COORDINATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS TO SUPPORT, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE INLAND PORT AS IT RELATES TO THE TOWN.
UTILIZE THE COMP PLAN TO SUPPORT AND ALIGN DECISION MAKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO RELIABILITY, RELIABLE UTILITIES AND SERVICE.
UM, PROMOTE AND FACILITATE HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
I THINK WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO THAT.
I DON'T DON'T KNOW, MAYBE JUST A FEW SMALL POCKETS.
IMPROVED CELL SERVICE THROUGHOUT TOWN THROUGH COATE LOCATED CELL TOWERS AND OTHER FACILITIES.
COMMUNICATE ACROSS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO FIND EFFICIENCIES AND INNOVATION WHERE POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
RECRUIT GROUPS THAT PROMOTE CLEAN RIVERS, SUCH AS THE POTOMAC WATERSHED ALLIANCE LOCATED IN FRONT ROYAL.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.
THE STUDY, VARIOUS CHAINS OF ACTIVITY FOR HOW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS MIGHT SPEND THEIR ENTIRE DAY IN THE TOWN TO IDENTIFY GAPS FOR ATTRACTIONS OF NEW LAND USES.
SO A LOT OF THESE GOALS, ALL THESE GOALS CAME OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ACTUALLY WAS PART OF CITIZEN INPUT IN, IN DEVELOPING NEEDS.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE, WELL, SOME OF THESE ARE KIND OF RUNNING TOGETHER.
THERE'S STILL A COUPLE GOOD IDEAS.
SO I WANTED TO GET THIS OUT THERE.
AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO DETERMINE OUR MISSION BEFORE WE START LAYING OUT GOALS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT AND I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY THOUGHTS.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, GO AHEAD, LIZ.
DO ANY OF THOSE JUMP OUT AT YOU GUYS? YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF 'EM DO JUMP OUT, BUT I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF THIS ALREADY BECAUSE I'M BIG INTO TRYING TO FIGURE MY WAY INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THESE TYPE OF TYPE OF WAYS.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE LOCAL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE REVITALIZING NOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND A LOT OF THAT ON THE TOWN LEVEL HAS TO STILL HAVE SOME SORT OF A BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THE COLLABORATION, YOU, YOU FIND THAT THAT BRIDGE GAP, YOU FIND THE GAP THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU FIND THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I FOUND IS IF WE COME AT IT FROM AN OPPORTUNITY OF THE TOWN, THEN YOU FIND THAT ST.
AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST HURDLE TO GET OVER, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THIS AS OUR ORGANIZATION, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE THAT ARE FIGHTING THAT TUG OF WAR THAT I JUST BROUGHT UP.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD MAKE ANY MORE OF A, OF A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, TO THAT OTHER THAN JUST ADDING ANOTHER, UNLESS WE HAD SOME SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE IS THERE SOMEBODY THERE THAT SEES SOME OF THIS AS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD GO TO AND ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY WITH SOME OF SOME OF THESE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THIS EXISTS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT GOT BROUGHT UP LOCALLY WITH, WITH OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE HERE.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY PRE-EXISTING? AND IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN GO TO? LIKE ARE THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE COMMITTEES THAT WE COULD GO TO TO SUPPORT WITH THAT? LIKE, THAT WOULD BE LIKE, WHERE DO WE GO? WHAT'S THE ACTION ITEM THERE? YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHO DO YOU GO TO FOR THIS STUFF? 'CAUSE THIS STUFF EXISTS.
I'VE SAT IN HOURS AND HOURS OF THESE MEETINGS REVITALIZING NOW AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CAN GO ON AND ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE ACTUALLY FIND THE, THE RUBBER TO THE ROAD AND ACTUALLY TO AFFECT CHANGE ON SOME OF THIS? 'CAUSE THAT, THAT I WOULD ASK YOU, LIZZIE, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN IN THOSE SAME MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING WHERE I'M TALKING LIKE, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY GO MAKE THE EFFECT INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING LIKE, WHAT STANDS OUT? LIKE WHAT IS THE IMMEDIATE MAYBE AN IDEA, LIKE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMMEDIATELY AFFECT CHANGE TOO WITH THAT? THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR ME TO, OKAY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN I GO TO MEET? I THINK, I THINK PART OF OUR MISSION TO BE, TO FACILITATE GETTING PEOPLE TO WANT TO APPLY FOR JOBS HERE THAT ARE HERE.
MAYBE WORK IN TANDEM WITH LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SOMEPLACE LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE THESE BIG, UM, EMPLOYEE CONFERENCES WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR RESUME TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY ATTENDANCE IN THAT FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COMPANIES THAT ARE AROUND HERE, THEN IF WE CAN FACILITATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT FROM A RESIDENT STANDPOINT, ATTRACTING A GROCERY STORE, UH, TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN VERY BIG FOR
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A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME.I MEAN, WE'VE HAD MARTINS, UM, ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN FOR A WHILE, AND THEN LUCKILY THEN GOT WALMART AND TARGET AND ALDI, WHICH IS, UH, MUCH FURTHER NORTH.
BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN, SAY, BROWNTOWN, BENTONVILLE, CHESTER, GAP, FLINT, EVEN PEOPLE FROM FLINT HILL ARE LIKELY TRAVELING INTO FRONT ROYAL.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW CREATING A VIBRANT ARTS, MUSIC AND GATEWAY TO THE OUTDOORS SCENE, THAT'S WHAT THEY LOVE WHEN THEY COME HERE.
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT HAVE MOVED HERE, THAT'S WHAT THEY GO.
SO IT'S GREAT GUYS LIVE IN PARADISE.
THAT'S FOSTER THAT KEEP THAT, AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NEVER LOST.
SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO BEAUTIFY, ESPECIALLY THE GATEWAY COMING EITHER FROM JOHN MARSHALL OR 5 22 COMING IN AS THAT ONE FUNNEL THAT GOES TO SKYLINE DRIVE OR TO SHENANDOAH RIVER, GOONY CREEK, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PLACES, TRYING TO MAKE THOSE AREAS BEAUTIFUL.
PUT BEAUTY INTO THOSE PARTS OF THE TOWN.
AND WHATEV, IF THAT MEANS ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS, SMALL SHOPS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST FURTHER ADD TO IT.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S THEN SOMETHING TO DO AFTER THEY'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SIX OR SEVEN HOURS UP ON THE DRIVE OR ANYTHING DO COME DOWN AND HAVE, UH, SOMEPLACE TO GO, MORE OPTIONS, PLACES TO TOWN.
SO I THINK OUR MISSION WOULD BE TO TRY AND FOSTER THAT, FIGURING OUT WHAT CAN GO IN THOSE AREAS AND THOSE LITTLE HOLES THAT ARE IN THE TOWN THAT ARE SORT OF DECAYED AND PUT SOMETHING THERE AS WELL AS FOSTERING EMPLOYEES TO GET TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCAL HERE.
I THINK ONE THING THAT I'D THROW OUT INTO THE MIX IS, UM, JUST A RECOGNITION OF HOW ANY OF US MIGHT ALREADY BE ON THIS BOARD.
LIKE IF WE REMEMBER BACK TO, UH, THE COUNCIL INTERVIEWS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WHY WERE WE CHOSEN? I I, I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE BUSINESS OWNERS, RIGHT? WE HAD SOME TIE TO, UM, OUR OWN SKILL SETS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU WILL.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE THING WE BRING TO THE TABLE HERE.
UM, SO, SORRY, I'M, I'M SEEING SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR GOALS AS, UH, THEY'RE NICE AND I SEE HOW FRIDA WOULD BE LOOSELY CONNECTED, BUT OTHERS SEEM A LOT MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SKILLSET OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE, RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONES THAT HAVE A BUSINESS IN THEIR NAME OR ARE SORRY IN THEIR DESCRIPTION, RIGHT? UM, ATTRACTING OTHER BUSINESSES, SPEAKING TO POTENTIAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF ASPECTS I THINK THIS GROUP WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
NOW WHEN YOU START GOING INTO ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS, BUILDING A BUILDING, THOSE ARE STARTING TO, WHEREAS WE MIGHT COLLECTIVELY HAVE SOME OF THOSE SKILLS, IT'S, IT'S STARTING TO GET OUT INTO THE FRINGES.
WE COULD TRY AND NARROW DOWN A MISSION, SOME SORT OF A MISSION STATEMENT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO, IT'S TO TRY TO BE ALL THINGS TO EVERYBODY.
I, I KIND OF ALONG WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I THINK IN, IN A MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NOW THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND, AND SOME OF THIS ACTUALLY TO ME, MUDDIES THE WATERS OF MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO OR SHOULD DO OR CAN DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S SOME THINGS HERE.
LIKE YOU, THERE'S, I I DON'T KNOW WHY.
I MEAN, THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR, I HEAR THIS A LOT IN MY BUSINESS, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT'S HERE? MM-HMM.
AND IT'S LIKE, UNFORTUNATELY THE TOWN DOESN'T GO IN AND, AND NOR CAN THEY GO IN AND SAY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A VAPE SHOP HERE.
IT'S NOT THEIR DESIGN ALL THIS, ALL OF THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED PRIVATELY AND THEY CAN NEGOTIATE WHATEVER LEASE THEY WANT TO, AS LONG AS THAT BUSINESS IS ILLEGAL BUSINESS WITHIN THE STATE.
UM, SO THIS IDEA THAT WE CAN SHAPE IS A DIFFICULT ONE TO PROPOSE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR A VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TURN YOUR BACK ON, I MEAN, AS A PRIVATE OWNER OF REAL ESTATE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT I STILL THINK THAT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE THERE, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, A LEGALITY ISSUE.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DISCRIMINATE.
UM, I MEAN MAYBE WE COULD ALL GO THROUGH THESE AND MAYBE RANK 'EM ONE, TWO, AND THREE AND THEN, AND THEN SCORE 'EM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT
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IS THE THOUGHT.'CAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN THAT KIND OF CLASSIFICATION.
UHHUH IS NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THIS IS NOT A GOOD, YOU KNOW, FOCUS OR ACTIVITY, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING KIND OF A PRIORITIZATION, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT IS REASONABLE TO STAND UP, GET SOME EARLY SUCCESSES, RIGHT? AND, AND MOVE TOWARDS.
BUT I THINK, I MEAN, SINCE, SINCE WE STARTED, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A STRUGGLE IS WHERE, WHERE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO START? WHERE DO WE BEGIN OR HOW DO PEOPLE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TRY TO INTERACT WITH US.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, OR AT LEAST FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE, THEY'VE GOTTEN ZERO RESPONSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WEREN'T RESPOND.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, A, A TO Z KIND OF STEPS TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF IN INTERESTED PARTIES.
LIKE I'VE, I'VE BROUGHT ON, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM EARLY ON WHERE WE ALMOST NEED TO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, TOM PETTY FROM THE COUNTY TURNED AROUND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND STARTED ASKING, YOU KNOW, GOING AROUND AND ASKING DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO OWNED VACANT STRUCTURES, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN FINDING A SUITOR.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IDEA STILL NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO US, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE STOPPED, WE WERE HEADING IN A DIRECTION OF GETTING AN INVENTORY, RIGHT.
WITH THE RETAIL STRATEGIST, RIGHT? I, I MEAN THAT, THAT GROUP WAS PLANNING ON CUTTING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT IN IN THEIR MARKET, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONLY A ONE DAY MARKET STUDY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.
SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF OUT THERE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, UN UNFORTUNATELY, WHETHER WE CAN DO IT AND COMB THROUGH IT, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST, OR, OR AS A, AS SOME SORT OF PUBLIC, UM, REQUEST FOR SUBMITTAL.
YOU KNOW, AS IN, IF YOU WERE AN INTERESTED PARTY, IF YOU OWN REAL ESTATE WITHIN, WITHIN THE TOWN AND, AND HAVE ANY INTEREST IN SEEING IT DEVELOPED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, YOU USE THE HELP OF THIS AGENCY.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING BY THE, BY MY FIRST STATEMENT WAS, IS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW OF, OR A COMMITTEE OR ORGANIZATION THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE ALREADY IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE REPERTOIRE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TALKING TO YOU, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY WE CAN GO TO WITH THE IMMEDIATE, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WITH, WITH OUR LAST SITUATION.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO START WITH.
OR, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE WENT, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE STREET.
AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A BEGINNING POINT.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE PROPERTY LISTED, BUT IT'S STILL SITTING THERE VACANT.
I MEAN, I GET INQUIRIES ON MY PROPERTY ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS DIRECTLY YANKED OUT OF THE COMP PLAN TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, I COULD EVEN SEE IF SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE MORE CHAMBER RELATED OR THEY ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OUR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE ASSISTING THEM TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
THEY BE THE TOOL, GO TO THE CHAMBER AND MAYBE TALKING WITH NIKKI DOWN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LOVE THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY THOUGHT RATHER THAN THE ECONOMIC THOUGHT.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY WHAT THIS TOWN NEEDS.
AND I, AND IF I THINK COMMUNITY, I'M THINKING LIZZIE.
SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP LOOKING DOWN AT YOU.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
REMEMBER FRANK DOESN'T KNOW HE WASN'T HERE WHEN HE SAID, OH, OH, WELL YOU MISSED THE VERY FIRST PART.
FRANK ANNOUNCING THAT LIZZIE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOURISM.
AND SHE'LL BE PROVIDING LEAD AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE FREEDOM BOARD.
SO YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME, FRANK
THINK IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
WELL, AND I, YOU KNOW, PERMISSION TO DIVE IN HERE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THIS IS COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE GOT FROM FOLKS HAVING PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS AND JOE'S A THOUSAND PERCENT, RIGHT? THIS IS UNFILTERED.
AND THE ASSIGNED PARTIES NEXT TO IT WERE BEST GUESSES MADE BY PLANNING AND ZONING, NOT NECESSARILY FREEDOM MUST CREATE A STRUCTURE FOR AFTER GA VIVO GATHERINGS, RIGHT? SO I, I WAS EXCITED THAT JOE
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WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE TABLE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO KIND OF THROW SOME STUFF ON THE WALL AND SEE WHAT STICKS.AND, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN A SPOT WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND WHERE YOUR DIRECTION'S GONNA BE.
AND THIS SPARKED SOME GREAT CONVERSATION.
I THINK YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND I'M A BIG FAN OF, OF WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO ANYTHING.
SO, UM, IF SOME OF THESE THINGS EXIST, AND I THINK SOME OF 'EM DO, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO LEVERAGE THAT.
BUT I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AS AN ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE THOSE THINGS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHERE MY BIG QUESTION IS, AND THAT'S NOT A TODAY QUESTION, BUT THAT'S A THINK ABOUT QUESTION, IS HOW GREAT WE WANNA HELP THEM.
HOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT IS IT THAT WE DO? AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED THAT BEFORE I SAID YES TO THIS THING, BUT, UH, YEAH.
WELL, I THINK TOURISM THERE A HUGE COG OF WHAT WE DO NEED NUMBERS RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, UM, OVER HALF OF OUR BUSINESS IS TOURISM RELATED IN, IN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A HUGE INPUT.
I MEAN, OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS THIS WEEKEND.
AND, BUT THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN HERE THAT WE'RE HEADING BACK TO THEIR NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE SAYING, MAN, WE JUST CAME FROM A GREAT TOWN, HAD A GREAT PARTY.
IT WAS A GREAT, WONDERFUL FAMILY EVENT.
SO IT DEFINITELY PUTS US ON THE MAP.
I MEAN, TOURISM IS DEFINITELY HUGE, AND I, AND I DEFINITELY SEE A FOCUS ON THAT, BUT I ALSO SAW OUR FOCUS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW WE CAN ATTRACT BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE CAN BUILD THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EMPTY RIGHT NOW.
HOW IF WE CAN IMPROVE OUR TRANSPORTATION.
SO YEAH, TRY TRYING TO FIND A, FIND A WAY DOWN THROUGH THERE AS TO WHAT IT IS YOU, HOW BEST WE CAN ASSIST THE TOWN COUNCIL ON ADVICE AND, AND, AND MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO THIS SAYS, I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
UH, JOE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE VIRGINIA ECONOMIC
LET ME GRAB THIS EMAIL REAL QUICK.
UM, AND I THINK AS WE, YOU KNOW, MEET, AND WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS ON OUR CALENDAR SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY JUMP OUT HERE, WE'RE ALREADY THINKING, HEY, I GOTTA SET ASIDE TIME.
YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 14TH IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT IS, THERE MAY NOT BE AVAILABILITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING THAT YOU ATTENDED, LIZ, UH MM-HMM.
UM, ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, WE NEED TO GET OUT AND LEARN.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LEARN A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS ROOM UNLESS IT'S OVER, YOU KNOW, THE WEB OR WHATEVER.
SO, AND, AND WE GOTTA GO OUT AND MAKE CONNECTIONS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT MS. LEWIS WILL BE WORKING ON IS DEVELOPING SOME EDUCATION FOR, FOR HERSELF, BUT AS WELL AS FOR THE BOARD.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT'S ON YOUR RADAR IS DECEMBER 14TH.
UM, IT IS A VIRTUAL TRAINING, UM, BEING CONDUCTED BY VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DO EVERY QUARTER.
SO IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO, TO, UH, ATTEND THE DECEMBER 14TH, IT WILL COME BACK AROUND IN ANOTHER QUARTER.
UM, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'VE SAT THROUGH IT TWICE BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION IN IT.
SO IT'S THE SAME THING EVERY QUARTER, RIGHT? IT'S THE SAME THING EVERY QUARTER.
IT'S THE FIRST ONE IS LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1 0 1, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY ORIENTATION ABOUT THE VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
KIND OF TELLS YOU WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP SUPPORT YOU.
UM, SO ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED TO SET ASIDE FOR THAT? SO THE FIRST ONE IS FOR AN HOUR.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS TWO HOURS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED ABOUT THREE HOURS OF, OF YOUR OWN TIME FROM NINE TO 12.
THAT'S WHAT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY SAY ONE 30, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THESE BEFORE AND THEY'RE NORMALLY OVER BY 12, 12 ISH.
UM, BUT WE WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD AND RESEND THAT EMAIL OUT TODAY.
SO THOSE WHO HAVEN'T REGISTERED CAN REGISTER.
UH, BUT THAT RIGHT NOW IS THE ONLY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY THAT I'M AWARE OF, UH, AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
SO, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING, I THINK WOULD BE TECHNICALLY THE 1ST OF JANUARY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY I LEFT IT BLANK.
IT'S EITHER WE HAVE IT ON THE TUESDAY
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THE SECOND, OR WE CAN ROLL IT TO THE FOLLOWING SECOND MONDAY, WHICH WOULD BE THE EIGHTH.WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR NOW, RECOGNIZING THAT NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY SPEND ABOUT TWO HOURS 'CAUSE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MISSION.
SO, UM, WHILE TODAY WILL BE SHORT, I, I SUSPECT THAT JANUARY'S MEETING WILL BE PROBABLY TWO HOURS BEFORE WE CAN DO THE DUE DILIGENCE WE NEED TO DO.
BUT YES, DAVID, BUT ON THE DATE, I'M FINE EITHER WAY.
AND THE GOAL, UM, WOULD YOU TO GET SOMETHING TO COUNCIL THEN AFTER REVIEW AT THAT MEETING, RIGHT? SO, CORRECT.
THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HAVE A ROUGH DRAFT AT THE JANUARY 8TH MEETING AND THEN COUNSEL WOULD HAVE A MEETING, UM, ACTUALLY THAT NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET IT ON THE THAT QUICKLY, BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
SO, UM, WITH LEGAL SPORTS SAYS WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT DATE OF JANUARY.
IT'S A DEPARTURE FROM THE BYLAWS.
BEING MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOST THE NEXT FREEDOM MEETING ON JANUARY THE EIGHTH FROM STARTING AT 12 O'CLOCK.
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR WAS EASY.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARK FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE FRITO BOARD.
MARK, YOU, SHE DON'T WANNA RECONSIDER, SO, UH, NOT RIGHT NOW.
SO I WANTED TO, UH, I WANT TO THANK MARK FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WHATEVER TIME WE BANKED HERE, WE'RE GONNA USE, UH, IN JANUARY.