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[Economic Development Authority on August 18, 2025.]
OUR SHORT SESSION, SHOULD WE DO ROLL CALL OR? UH, WE PROBABLY SHOULD.ABSENT FRANK, ABSENT DAVID AGAIN.
I, I, I, YEAH, I THOUGHT SO TOO.
I JUST
I DIDN'T IF YOU ALL WERE GONNA BE HERE OR NOT, I KNEW I WAS GONNA BE HERE.
I WENT ONLINE AND PULLED SOME FROM OTHER PLACES.
UM, THE ONE FROM WAYNESBORO I VERY MUCH LIKED, SO, OKAY.
I DIDN'T LIKE ONE SIDE, BUT I LIKE THE OTHER, SO THE STAPLED COPY THAT I'M GONNA HAND TO YOU IS THE WORKFLOW CHART THAT THE FRONT WORLD, WARREN COUNTY, EDA PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THEN THE PRETTY COLORFUL ONE IS FROM WAYNESBORO AND I REMEMBER THAT.
ANDY GUYON SAID THAT FAKI HAD A GOOD ONE.
AND I COULD NOT FIND AN ACTUAL DOCUMENT FOR THAT.
THEIR WEBSITE'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT I COULD NOT FIND A DOCUMENT.
SO I'LL HAVE, I WILL HAVE TO, THIS IS BACK GUESS.
BUT IT PRINTS FUNKY, SO WE JUST HAD TO DO TWO SEPARATE SHEETS OF PAPER.
SO I BROUGHT SOME INSPIRATION.
WELL, I MADE SOME, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COPIES.
DO YOU NEED ME TO GO MAKE SOME COPIES? UM, PROBABLY WHETHER WE USE IT OR NOT, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
I WOULD LIKE, SO WE'VE STARTED OKAY.
UH, SO, AND LIZ, UH, SAID SHE HAD FOUND SOMETHING THAT, UH, WARREN COUNTY HAD CREATED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
UM, HAS JENNIFER MCDONALD'S NAME ON IT.
SO, SO IT'S, IT'S IT'S PRETTY OLD
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T NEED TO INCLUDE WARREN COUNTY WORKFLOW ON THERE.
SO OURS CAN BE TRIMMED DOWN ALREADY BY HALF.
UM, WELL, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? SURE.
UM, IS OUR, IS OUR GOAL, I MEAN, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT OUR GOAL IS, RIGHT? SO IS IT, ARE WE JUST GOING TO APPROACH THIS FROM A TOWN PERSPECTIVE OR WE, I MEAN WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNTY.
NO, BUT, BUT WE COULD, THERE SEEMS TO, SOME OF THE FRICTION FOR A NEW BUSINESS IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE GOINGS ON BETWEEN COUNTY, COUNTY LICENSING DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S DEFINITELY OVERLAP THAT YOU CAN'T AVOID.
AND THIS STUPID LITTLE THING THAT I PUT TOGETHER THAT GET HANDED OUT TO YOU, I MEAN, MINE'S VERY SIMPLISTIC IN NATURE.
BUT THERE ARE TWO MAJOR INTERACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE COUNTY.
ONE'S GETTING A BUSINESS LICENSE.
AND THE OTHER IS, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING, WELL, YOU CAN GET A BUSINESS LICENSE FROM THE TOWN.
FROM THE TOWN, BUT IF YOU HAVE ASSETS, DON'T YOU NEED, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY ANYMORE.
YOU DO NEED PAPERWORK FROM THEM.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR ENTITY WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE STATE.
AND YOU MAY, AND YOUR, AND YOUR REAL BUSINESS PROPERTY OR WHATEVER, THE
AND THE OTHER THING IS RENOVATIONS.
ALL THE, ALL THE PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION FLOWS FROM THE COUNTY TO THE TOWN.
WHEN YOU DO RENOVATIONS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU'VE GOTTA INTERACT WITH THE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU, WELL, AND LIKE I SAID, MY SIMPLISTIC IN NATURE, LIKE TO PUT IN A RESTAURANT AND YOU WANT TO INSTALL A HOOD SYSTEM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO AND TALK TO THE TOWN BEFORE YOU SIGN A LEASE WITH THAT PLACE.
BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE CEILING CLEARANCE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ACCESS FOR THE HOOD SYSTEM TO EXHAUST, UM, DOING DELIVERIES.
ME, LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY SIMPLISTIC IN NATURE.
IT WAS JUST TO KIND OF GET THE YEAH.
I MEAN, SLOWING A LITTLE BIT MEAN GOING DOWN THE RESTAURANT PATH IS ITS OWN THING.
BUT I, I HAD, YOU KNOW, YOU RUN INTO THAT WITH OTHER BUSINESSES TOO.
UM, I MEAN THERE'S, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT REGULATION THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE GOTTA WORK WITHIN FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW SPECIFIC WE CAN GET OR HOW SPECIFIC WE WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, THESE WERE TRIED TO BE
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GENERIC.I MEAN, I, I HAVE ONE HERE TOO ON THE, UH, THING THAT, THAT KIND OF DOES THE SAME THING.
'CAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THERE'S, OKAY, YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS CONCEPT, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SELECT WHERE YOU WANT TO DO THAT BUSINESS.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN WARREN COUNTY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO MOVE IT, DO WHATEVER.
UM, BUT ONCE YOU SELECT FRONT ROYAL, THEN FROM THAT POINT YOU HAVE KIND OF THIS SET, WHICH THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, UH, BUT, BUT IT'S, DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD THIS DOCUMENT WAS FROM THE WARREN COUNTY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE JAMES KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION, BUT IT'S GOTTA BE AT AT LEAST 10, I WOULD THINK.
ANYWAY, BUT, SO YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT STUFF AND, AND YOU KNOW, I TRY AFTER, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING, WHICH ONE DID YOU DO? SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
WHAT'S THAT? SO, SO I DID NOT DO THIS, BUT, BUT THIS DOES LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT, UH, THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DEFINITELY MENTIONED THAT I CAME ACROSS WHEN I OPENED MY BUSINESS.
UM, SO, AND THIS WAS NOT IN PLACE WHEN I STARTED MY BUSINESS.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THIS WAS.
UM, ONE OF THE LOANS I TOOK OUT WAS FROM THE EDA, SO I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT.
AND I WORKED WITH JENNIFER ON THAT.
BUT WE DID OURS IN THE ABOVE BOARD FASHION.
SO LIZ, YOU FOUND THE WAYNESBORO? YEAH.
SO I DIDN'T, A LITTLE SCARY, BUT I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY FRIENDLY.
SO I LIKED THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE I FOUND THAT ACTUALLY IN THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING THAT ACTUALLY STARTED WITH THAT.
FIGURING OUT YOUR BUSINESS CONCEPT PIECE FIRST.
UM, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A VIABLE BUSINESS? AND IF IT'S NOT, START OVER
WELL, I, I SORT OF WAS GONNA DO THE SAME THING WITH THE MONOPOLY.
THAT'S WHY I PRINTED IT AND BROUGHT IT TO YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE, THE ZONING AND UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, ZONING AND SITE PLANS AND SPECIAL PERMITS.
LIKE, I FELT LIKE THIS ONE GAVE A REALLY GOOD VISUALIZATION FOR THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT EXACTLY LIKE US, BUT IT'S, IT'S CLOSE.
THEY GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS.
WELL, I JUST THINK THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE DECIDE THEY WANT TO START A BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY MAKE A GOOD HAM SANDWICH.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ILLUSTRATING THIS THE WAY WAYNESBORO DID, I THINK HELPS PEOPLE MAYBE WRAP THEIR BRAINS AROUND, YOU KNOW, HOW COMPLEX THIS REALLY IS.
I MEAN, GOING INTO A BUSINESS WITHOUT A PLAN.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY LIKE LAST WEEK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING AND TALKING TO THEM IS, IS A, IS AN REALLY AN AWESOME RESOURCE.
WELL, AND HITS ON ONE AND TWO ON TOM'S THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, REALLY MM-HMM
FIGURING OUT YOUR, YOUR DEMO AND YEAH.
WHICH PLAN IS, MY GOAL WAS, AND, AND I MEAN, AND I COULD BE SHIFTED ON THAT.
MY THOUGHT PROCESS WAS HOW DETAILED THIS IS, IS WHY WE GOTTA GET HIM TO ANDY.
BECAUSE WHEN THEY MEET WITH ANDY, AND ANDY'S GONNA PULL ALL THE STOPS OUT, HE'S GONNA SIT DOWN WITH THEM ONE ON ONE AND HE'S GONNA SAY, DO YOU HAVE A BANKER? DO YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY? DO YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNTANT? RIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE AN INSURANCE? YEAH, DEFINITELY THE YELLOW GREEN.
THAT'S THE COUNSELING PART OF IT.
SO, I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD SHEET.
I, I DON'T, I I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW DETAILED, I MEAN, MY GOAL WAS TO GET 'EM TO ANDY.
I SAID THAT YOU NEED TO ASSEMBLE A BUSINESS PLAN.
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY LOOKS FOR.
AND THIS, THIS, AND I WANTED TO PUT FORTH THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS A FANTASTIC FREE RESOURCE FOR DEVELOPING YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY.
SO WE CAN GO INTO THE WOODS IN, INTO THE STICKS WITH THIS IF WE WANT TO.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE A COUNSELOR AND I MEAN, I, I THINK WE JUST GOTTA GET THE JUICES FLOW, BUT THIS IS PRETTY COOL.
BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE AS A FIRST STEP, HAVING THESE KIND OF THINGS LAID OUT AND, AND MORE OR LESS FUNNELING THEM TO ANDY IS, IS SORT OF THE IDEA.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SORT OF WHERE I STARTED TOO, IS YOU, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME UP WITH AN IDEA OR THEY, YOU KNOW, THE HAM SANDWICH, THEY GO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, THEY, THEY THINK THEY GOT THIS THING DOWN.
THEY THINK THEY, OH, I CAN MAKE A TON DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S THE REALITY PART OF IT.
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MATH GETS IN THE WAY,BUT, BUT AGAIN, I I, I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME DEGREE OF THAT PRE-PROCESS, UM, SO THAT YOU DON'T GET PEOPLE SKIPPING THAT STEP, YOU KNOW? AND NOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEM WANTING TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IT KIND OF BROKEN DOWN THAT WAY.
AND THEN YOU HIT THE, THE WHERE AND THE WIND MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU GO TO STARTING YOUR BUSINESS IN FRONT ROYAL.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE AWARE IS NOT FRONT ROYAL
IT'S, IT IS ALL GOOD SMALL BUSINESS TWO WEEKS AGO.
I MEAN, I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REFERENCE THE CURRENT COUNCIL.
THIS NEEDS TO BE A DOCUMENT THAT FLOWS OVER YEARS AND UM, AND YOU IMMEDIATELY DATE IT AS SOON AS YOU DO THAT.
AND I MEAN, THERE WAS A NICE, I THINK OUT OF ALL OF THIS TEXT THAT'S IN THERE, THERE'S A NICE LITTLE STATEMENT AS TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHY IT'S BEEN ASSEMBLED OR WHY THE TOWN OF FRONT ROW WANTS TO EDUCATE YOU OR IS EXCITED ABOUT YOU LOCATING A BUSINESS YET WHY IT MATTERS.
BUT, HEY, THIS IS YOUR, SO LIZ, I MEAN, I THINK THIS WAYNE SQUARE THING IS A GREAT PLACE TO START.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, TO TELL ME WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS ONE.
SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE DON'T LIKE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE DO.
I, I PERSONALLY FEEL THERE'S TOO MUCH, BUT I'M ONE VOICE.
UM, THE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE MY EYEBALL'S SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST.
UM, I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE A GAME BOARD.
IT BRINGS ME BACK TO A GAME BOARD WHEN I WAS A KID.
UH, THE GAME OF LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, GO, GO BACK THREE SPACES.
'CAUSE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T DO GOOD ENOUGH JOB PLANNING FOR THE ELECTRIC BILL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
IT LOOKS LIKE CHUTES AND LADDERS.
IT'S MORE LIKE SHOOTS AND LADDERS.
AND I WAS GONNA DO ONE BASED ON MONOPOLY, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF THE SAME IDEA, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
IS YOU'VE GOT THESE STEPS ALONG THE WAY.
I, I, I DON'T HATE THIS IDEA BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS, IT BREAKS IT DOWN TO THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS AND PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T, ANY SHORTCUT YOU TAKE IS GOING TO END UP COSTING YOU IN THE LONG RUN.
USUALLY THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, THE TOWN OR THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS FIND OUT WHO TOOK THE SHORTCUTS RIGHT AWAY.
WELL, I, AND I LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE BULLET POINT.
I EVEN MY PROPOSALS IN MY, IN MY LINE OF WORK, THEY'RE BULLET POINTS.
YOU KNOW, I GOT SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION.
I ONLY HAVE IT FOR JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ THE BULLET POINTS.
BUT AGAIN, I, I THINK WE NEED A BETTER DOCUMENT.
I'M DEFINITELY WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I, THIS IS JUST WAY TOO BUSY FOR ME.
I'M, I'M A BULLET POINT KIND OF GUY.
AND UH, THAT'S WHAT I LEAN TO IT.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF PROVEN OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE WILL READ A BULLET POINT DOCUMENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL, I MEAN, GOOD NEWS IS WE DIDN'T PLAN ON LIKE, RIPPING OFF THERE.
NO, I, I
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD STARTING POINT BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE THINGS HERE THAT WE NEED TO PULL FROM THAT WE ALL MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED.
I, I, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN TERMS OF US, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY WHO I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SHORTCUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS AN MENT BOARD, IT DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND THEN SEE THEM LEAVE.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY INVESTING IN THEIR SUCCESS, BUT THE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GIVE SOMEBODY STARTING OUT SO THAT THEY CAN AVOID ALL THOSE COMPLICATIONS AND ROADBLOCKS AND, AND, AND POTHOLES AND WHATEVER ELSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER.
IF WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS, WHICH I WOULDN'T EVEN DO ANYMORE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE DEAL WITH PRINT ANYMORE.
I MEAN, IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THEY STOP BY THE OFFICE AND, AND WHATEVER, OR MAYBE THEY STOP BY THE TOURISM THING AND GET SOMETHING.
BUT I MEAN, EVERYONE'S ON THEIR PHONES, EVERYONE'S ON WEBSITES.
IF, IF THIS IS JUST A REALLY GREAT DOCUMENT, YOU
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KNOW, OR A FLOW CHART ON THE WEB ON OUR WEBSITE IN TERMS OF THIS IS HOW THEY GET GOING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA DO THAT.LET THEM DOWNLOAD AND PRINT IT JUST LIKE I DID.
UM, AND THIS ONE,
SO, WELL, I MEAN, YOU CAN GO, YOU, YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, GO TO A BUILDING AND ZONE, OR, I MEAN, GO TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WELL, THESE PLANS AREN'T STAMPED BY AN ENGINEER.
YOU KNOW, AND SO NOT HAVING THAT IN THERE.
'CAUSE IF YOU DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL SPACE, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ENGINEER STAMPED.
YOU'RE NOT GOING, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A BUILDING PERMIT WITHOUT THE ENGINEER STAMP.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO BE IN THIS REFERENCE MATERIAL, WHETHER IT'S PRINTED OR VIRTUAL.
I THINK CONTACTS IS ESSENTIAL.
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM AS MANY CONTACTS AS WE CAN WITH THEIR EMAILS AND WITH THEIR PHONE NUMBERS.
UH, I JUST, I FEEL THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.
AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IF THEY ARE GONNA RENOVATE THE PLACE, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT RENTING, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INTERACT WITH THE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO, AND OR PLANNING ZONING, BECAUSE YOU CAN PLAN ON PUTTING A SHED OVER THERE.
AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T.
YOU, YOU KNOW, PERMIT ENCROACHED PERMIT WHEN YOU NEED A ZONING PERMIT BEFORE YOU GET A BUSINESS LICENSE.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DISCUSS YOUR SIGNAGE, YOUR POTENTIAL SIGNAGE AT YOUR RENTAL LOCATION AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THERE, THERE ARE THREE, AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA MENTION 'EM, THERE ARE DEFINITELY TWO.
THERE'S A THIRD ONE KIND OF, BUT THERE ARE TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE TOWN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR LANDLORD BECAUSE THINGS WERE NOT DISCUSSED AS TO WHO TAKES CARE OF WHO WAS MORE GENERALIZED.
'CAUSE ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES IS THINKING ABOUT RELOCATING.
AND, UH, IT BOTHERS ME, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BE THE POLICE ON THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT COMES FROM COUNSELING WITH A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
IF YOU'RE GONNA SIGN A LEASE, YOU NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, IF IT'S A TWO PAGE LEASE, YOU GOT PROBLEMS. I MEAN, I GOT A 26 PAGE LEASE WITH MY CUSTOMERS AND, UM, THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GET FIXED AND WHAT ISN'T GONNA GET FIXED.
JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP.
BUT, UM, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA FOR A LUNCH AND LEARN.
WELL, AND AGAIN, THE, WITH SOMEONE, WITH SOMEONE APPROPRIATE TO LEAD THAT, BUT WE COULD CO-SPONSOR THAT.
THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WILL HELP YOU, UH, COME UP WITH THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT
SO THERE'S YOUR PRE-PLANNING, THEN YOUR PLANNING IS ACTUALLY WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO PUT PENCIL TO PAPER.
YOU'VE GOTTA, YOU'VE GOTTA CREATE AN ENTITY.
YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, UM, LET ME PULL THIS BACK UP AGAIN.
I MEAN NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I, I SAYING WE SHOULDN'T, I'M SAYING THAT WE SHOULDN'T GET AWAY FROM THAT.
THEY DID, THEY DID EXACTLY THAT.
THEY HAVE YOUR KIND OF, YOUR YELLOW AND GREEN AS SORT OF YOUR PRE-PLANNING.
AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING INTO, ONCE YOU HIT THAT FIRST BLACK ARROW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU'VE, OKAY, NOW YOU'VE DECIDED FRONT ROYAL, LOCATION, LOCATION, LO LOCATION.
YOU'RE BEING VERY QUIET OVER THERE.
I'M, I FEEL LIKE I'M THE LEAST EXPERIENCED IN THIS, SO I'M JUST SOAKING IT UP.
BUT ACTUALLY, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, BECAUSE IF YOU WERE GONNA OPEN UP A BUSINESS AND YOU NEEDED TO KNOW STUFF, WHAT IS SCARY, WHAT IS HELPFUL, WHAT IS NOT, THAT'S THE KEY THING BECAUSE, UH, I I, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE ON IT.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THIS IS ALL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL USE THIS OR IF IT'S STILL ON THEIR WEBSITE.
LIKE, THIS BASICALLY GIVES US EVERYTHING WE NEED TO GO AHEAD.
I MEAN, I GUESS SOME STUFF NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, BUT IT DOESN'T INCORPORATE THE SMALL BUSINESS RG THESE TWO, YOU KNOW, UM, ENTITY INTO IT.
IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THE ORANGE BOX AT THE TOP.
SO IT IS SORT OF LIKE, YOU HAVE YOUR IDEA.
YOU GO MEET WITH JENNIFER, SHE'S GONNA TELL YOU, WELL, NOT JENNIFER ANYMORE, EXCUSE ME.
BUT, BUT DATING THIS, USING THIS DOCUMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY HAVE A DATABASE OF ALL THOSE THINGS, WHICH
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IS, WHICH IS SORT OF WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD BE TOO.WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, AND ALL, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
'CAUSE THAT, I THINK IS STILL OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, UM, WHEN THEY DO HAVE A BUSINESS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED, AGAIN, IF YOU NEED 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OR IF YOU NEED TWO, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF IDEA OF THAT.
UM, BUT THEY COULD ALSO JUST GO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP LOOKING THROUGH THEIR REAL ESTATE ADS AND, AND WHATNOT.
I, BUT I, I THINK BREAKING IT DOWN INTO, AND I THINK THIS IS OVERLY SIMPLE.
I THINK THIS IS A LITTLE, THIS DOESN'T REALLY, I THINK WAYNESBORO HAS WORKS BETTER THAN, THAN ALL OF THIS SO FAR.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE I LIKE THE FLOW OF THIS.
UH, IT'S ALSO A LITTLE JARGON HEAVY.
BREAKS ME OFF TO THE LEFT, BREAKS ME OFF TO THE RIGHT.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE IN WARREN COUNTY, YOU GO THERE.
IF YOU'RE IN TOWN IN FRONT ROYAL, YOU GO THERE.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AREAS WHICH ARE BEING POINTED OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU HAVE, I, YOU STILL HAVE TO, YOU STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE TREASURER OF WARREN COUNTY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA, IT DOESN'T WORK BACK UPSTREAM.
YOU HAVE TO START UPSTREAM AND WORK DOWNSTREAM.
SO LET'S DECIDE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE HERE TODAY.
ARE WE TRYING TO CREATE A ONE PIECE DOCUMENT OR A TWO PIECE DOCUMENT? THREE PIECE DOCUMENT? IS THIS GONNA GO ON A WEBSITE? YOU KNOW, SO LET'S, LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT FIRST.
LIKE, AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE WE START WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S A ONE PIECE DOCUMENT.
BUT I MEAN, LIZ, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING? UM, WELL, I THINK THAT IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER, WHICH I THINK HAS VALUE, I KNOW PAPER IS OLD, BUT I, PEOPLE LIKE TO CALL IT A PRINTABLE PIECE OF PAPER.
UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU CREATE THIS, WHATEVER THIS VERSION IS FOR YOU.
UM, AND THEN YOU PULL THE PIECES OUT AND PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE.
THERE IS A, A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF KIND OF FLOWING THROUGH THE PROCESS AS YOU SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE.
ON ONE OF THE WEBSITES THAT I SENT OVER TO THE EAST CONFERENCE, UM, EMAIL EARLIER TODAY.
UM, THERE'S SOME, IT, IT VISUALIZES.
IT'S JUST GOT A, IT'S A LITTLE MORE BULLET POINT FORMAT.
UM, AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE ON THE WEBSITE TO BE KIND OF LIKE, THIS IS THE CHUNK THAT YOU'RE AT NOW.
LIKE THIS IS STEP FOUR, THIS IS STEP WHATEVER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT YOU NAIL DOWN WHAT YOU WANT THIS TO BE, AND THEN WE PULL THOSE PIECES OUT AND MAKE IT ON YOUR WEBSITE PAGE, WHICH WE CAN DO.
UM, SO, BUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR END GOAL FOR THIS, I THINK IS IMPERATIVE AT THIS JUNCTURE.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE'RE COMING AT IT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.
MY END GOAL, I'VE RELOCATED THE FRONT ROW.
AND ME AND MY SPOUSE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT.
I THINK THIS BUSINESS WOULD BE A GOOD ENTITY.
UH, LET'S LOOK, LET'S LOOK INTO IT.
SO THEY NEED A DOCUMENT TO HELP THEM GET STARTED MM-HMM
AND BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS THE BUSINESS OPENING UP, NOT HAVING A BUSINESS PLAN, NOT NEGOTIATING WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, NOT LOTS OF MISTAKES.
AND THE BUSINESS CLOSES UP WITHIN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS OFFERING AN ADVICE ON WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, NOT JUST HAVE A BUSINESS, HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
WELL, AND, AND, AND HONESTLY, UM, AGAIN, I'M GONNA GET BACK TO THE, THE DEPARTMENTS.
HE GETTING STUCK WITH THIS PERSON WHO CAN MAKE A GOOD HAM SANDWICH, BUT HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN THEMSELVES INTO.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, NOW THEY'RE MAD AT THE PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HITTING FRICTION.
UM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK THINGS OUT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I, I MEAN, HONESTLY, I LOVE THIS FROM A STANDPOINT OF A SINGLE PAGE ON A WEBSITE.
AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, I MEAN, I LIKE THAT IT'S A JOURNEY.
IT'S A SHOOTS AND LADDERS
BUT IT IS THE PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY, I MEAN, THERE SHOULD JUST BE A THINKING ABOUT STARTING A NEW BUSINESS IN FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY.
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YOU SEE THIS.RIGHT? AND IS THERE TOO MUCH STUFF IN HERE? HELL YEAH, THERE IS.
THAT'S, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO COLORS.
THIS COULD BE MADE SIMPLER WITH, WITH CLICKABLE LINKS AND THINGS.
OR LIKE YOU SAID, I'M AT THIS PHASE NOW.
THERE'S REALLY NOT A REASON TO GO BACKWARDS UNLESS YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THINGS.
MAYBE AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, WE HAVE A WORKABLE CHECKLIST IF WE REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN BEING HELPFUL.
UM, BUT IF WE DON'T, AND THIS IS THIS, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STARTING POINT.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT.
WE SHOULD ASK, AND I THINK WE COULD, WE COULD MAKE IT BETTER.
THERE ARE NINE OR 10 COLORS ON HERE.
EACH COLOR BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT A SECTION OF YOUR BUSINESS.
YOU COULD ALMOST LIST THOSE ON, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR BACKSIDE OR YOUR, HAVE THAT AS YOUR TITLE PAGE.
HERE ARE THE NINE THINGS, OR THE 10 THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO YOU HAVING AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PLAN.
WHY ARE YOU MAKING EYEBALLS LIKE THAT? 'CAUSE I THINK THIS WEBSITE CAN HELP YOU IN YOUR, AND THEN YOU TURN IT OVER AND IT GIVES YOU THE DETAILS.
THEIR, THEIR, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S TECHNICALLY THEIR EDA, BUT, SO YOU GO TO THEIR PAGE, START A BUSINESS, AND THEY HAVE JEFF PARSONS WAS OUT HERE.
UH, WELL ACTUALLY ELIZABETH, BEFORE YOU STARTED, SO, SO THEY HAVE THEIRS KIND OF LIKE A SCROLLABLE JOURNEY, IF YOU WILL.
SO THEY'RE STARTING WITH THAT MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND THEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO THE BUSINESS PLAN, PROVIDING THE LINK TO THE SBDC.
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINANCING PIECE, JUST REMINDING PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED MORE THAN $3.
UM, ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK.
ZONING, TALKING ABOUT COMPLYING BEFORE YOU BUY OR LEASE, HAVING THE LINKS TO THE ZONING DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT'S FOLKIER COUNTY, THEY'VE GOT THE THREE TOWNS LISTED THERE, WHERE THEIR OWN STAR BUSINESS.
THEN REGISTERING FOR THE LICENSES, REGISTERING FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAXES, OBTAINING YOUR BUSINESS INSURANCE.
UM, SO THEY REALLY LIKE THE WEBSITE ITSELF WALKS YOU THROUGH.
AND IT CAN BE THIS, IT CAN, IT CAN BE THIS WITH OUR OWN WORDS, UM, ON YOUR CUSTOMIZ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGE, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
I MEAN, WHAT, ROB, YOU WERE STARTING A BUSINESS.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING BOGGED DOWN IN THE FORMAT AND THE FORMAT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE CONTENT.
RIGHT? WELL, HOW DETAILED DO YOU GET THE CONTENT? THIS IS VERY DETAILED, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO GET THIS DETAILED.
THIS, THIS IS, THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL PRINT HERE, BUT THIS IS A GOOD, WELL, I, I JUST THINK WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE THIS AND JUST PICK AND CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS AND THAT ARE THE SAME THING, HONESTLY.
IT'S JUST THAT THEY CHOSE NOT TO JAM IT ALL ONTO ONE PIECE OF PAPER.
IS THERE APPLICABLE? CLICK LEARN MORE.
I WANNA SEE WHAT THEY SEND YOU TO SBA.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS DOING MY THING.
AND I CLICKED ON A LINK AND I WENT, IT TOOK ME TO THIS THING LIKE FIVE OR SIX TIMES.
EVERYBODY'S LINKING TO THE SBA ONLY INTO THE SAME THING, WHICH IS A LITTLE, IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
I LIKE THE CALCULATE YOUR STARTUP COST TAB.
I THINK THAT'S REAL GOOD FOR THOSE OF US THAT WERE NOT MATHEMATIC MAJORS.
WELL, AGAIN, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU WANNA HOLD SOMEBODY'S HAND.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO JUST BE LIKE, GO TO THE SBA? THAT'S, THAT'S SO WHAT YOU GOT ON BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING, THERE'S NO LINK CRI THERE.
UH, I THINK BUSINESS PLAN WAS THERE IS LEARN MORE.
NOT, UM, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING OF WHAT I ENCOUNTERED LAST NIGHT.
AND THEY, I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST CREATING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE IDEA HERE, MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS CONVERSATION TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A CONCISE BUT CLEAR RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THE ANSWERS.
NOT THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THEM, BUT THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE GUIDANCE OF WHERE TO FIND THEM.
WHERE, SO IT SAYS FAULKER COUNTY HAS A ROBUST MICROLOAN PROGRAM.
UH, I'M ASSUMING I KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO.
SO THE EDA DOESN'T MICRO LOANS HERE.
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DOES LITTLE $10,000 MICRO LOANS, OR AT LEAST THAT ARE ACTUALLY PEOPLE'S INC.WHICH IS THE WOMAN THAT YOU INVITED HERE, LESLIE LEY AGO.
AND WE COULD LINK TO PEOPLE INC AS WELL.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, I'M ENVISIONING IS YOU HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR PRE-PLAN OR WHATEVER.
AND, AND AS YOU'RE MOVING ALONG, THERE'S LINKS THAT TAKE YOU EITHER TO RESOURCES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT HERE, OR IF WE DON'T, WE KICK IT TO THE SBA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I, I MEAN, PART OF OUR INTEREST, I THINK SHOULD ALSO BE BRINGING PEOPLE HERE.
I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GETS A LOAN AT A LOCAL BANK HERE IN FRONT ROYAL, WE'VE DONE SERVICE THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE'VE GENERATED, UH, MORE REVENUE, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN, WITHIN YOU GO BACK.
SO IF, IF WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES LOCALLY, WE COULD, WE COULD, I GUESS, STEER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO SAY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ENDLESS BANKS.
WE'RE JUST PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
BUT I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO KEEP IT IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN.
IF WE, IF WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE INSURANCE AGENTS, WHY DON'T WE JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO LINK TO THAT.
WHERE DO I GET THAT? LET'S JUST SAY WE DON'T HAVE ONE PAGE ANYMORE THAT JUST CAME AWAY.
LET'S, LET'S FOCUS RIGHT NOW,
BUT THIS INFORMATION IS WONDERFUL.
AND I THINK, I PERSONALLY THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THERE.
IT'S, IT IS JUST NOT, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS YOU LEARN ALONG THE WAY.
AND IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN KEEP SOMEBODY FROM DOING THAT.
HONESTLY, IF THEY GET, IF THEY GET RIGHT HERE AND THEY SAY NO, THAT, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF THEY KEEP GOING WITH THE YES.
BUT, UM, SO WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US RIGHT NOW? UM, ALL RIGHT.
I'VE TAKEN SOME NOTES WHILE WE'VE BEEN TALKING.
IDEATING, UH, RIGHT NOW, WHAT OUR WE'LL CALL 'EM BOXES WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DO THIS ON OUR WEBSITE, WOULD BE THE PRE-PLANNED PHASE WHERE WE'RE TAGGING IN THE SBDC, YOUR PLANNING PHASE, WHERE MAYBE YOU'RE TAGGING IN SBA ABOUT WRITING YOUR PLAN, DOING, CALCULATING YOUR STARTUP COST.
UM, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A, A SECTION FOR IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF SPACE YOU MAY NEED.
WE'RE KIND OF MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT THIS IS A BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESS GOING THROUGH THIS.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE ASSUMPTION GIVEN THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES.
SO I'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE DIGGING ON MAYBE SOME FRAMEWORK OR SOME THOUGHTS TO GIVE FOLKS ON WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SPACE THEY NEED.
AND THEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO TO THE ZONING OFFICE AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU START, ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED IN A SPACE, YOU'RE GONNA START LOOKING FOR SPACE.
SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BUSINESS ACTUALLY CAN GO IN THAT SPACE.
UM, 'CAUSE SOME THINGS CAN'T GO IN CERTAIN ZONING WITHOUT ADDITIONAL APPROVALS.
UM, AND THEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO GET THEIR ZONING PERMIT, WHICH THEN TRIGGERS THE ABILITY TO GET YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WHAT ELSE? OR WHAT, BEYOND WHAT OTHER TREE BRANCHES DO YOU WANNA GO OFF ON AT THIS POINT? I MEAN, SO FA HERE LEANING ON THE SBA FOR INFORMATION.
BUT I'VE NEVER STARTED A BUSINESS WITH THE SBA.
SO JUST MAYBE SOME SORT OF A DISCLAIMER THAT, YOU KNOW, SBA IS A, A RESOURCE, BUT IT MAY NOT, I MEAN, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO APPROACH THEM FOR A LOAN.
THEY'RE IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS A BANK.
OR A FRIEND AND FAMILY MEMBER.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I JUST DON'T LIKE, TO ME, I WOULDN'T REFER 'EM TO THAT WEBSITE.
EXCEPT THAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED IT ONCE, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, THEIR FINANCING MAY COME, MAYBE SELF IT, MAYBE FAMILY, MAYBE FRIENDS.
NO, I HAVE SEVERAL SBA LOANS NOW DURING COVID.
I TOOK OUT SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, AND THEY WERE NEVER EASIER THAN DURING COVID.
BUT, UH, UH, I WAS LIKE, YEAH, SURE, HERE'S SOME MONEY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE MAKING GOOD USE OF THAT STUFF.
BUT, UH, I'M JUST SAYING, I, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS DIFFERENT.
LIKE, IF YOU WOULD GO INTO A BANK,
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YOU'D HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH A BANKER WHO DOES THE LOANS.THIS IS ME RIGHT ALONG, YOU KNOW, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND THEY'D BE LIKE, WELL DO, ARE YOU BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, HEY, ARE YOU THINKING CONVENTIONAL? OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, APPLYING FOR AN SBA AND IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR AN SBA, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED AN SBA, MAYBE YOU JUST NEED, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE INCORPORATED, OR I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WARREN COUNTY EDA IS DOING MICRO LUNGS ANYMORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE MICRO LUNGS? UM, SO THOSE ARE THE, I DON'T KNOW.
WE JUST NEED TO NOT TRY AND PUT OURSELVES IN A BOX.
I THINK WE'RE DIVING IN A LITTLE TOO DEEP THOUGH.
I THINK WE JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LURE A BIG GIGANTIC MANUFACTURER HERE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LURE SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT BUSINESS AND MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MAKE MISTAKES AND, YOU KNOW, CHECK THIS DOCUMENT OUT.
WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU IN SOME DIRECTIONS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN IN FRONT ROYAL BEFORE.
I MEAN, I ALSO, I HAVE TO KIND OF HIT THAT AND KNOW WHO TO CALL OR I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW WHAT, SO WHERE, WHERE DO I, WE DECIDE TO GO THIS ROUTE, LET'S GO FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO I ENVISION SOMETHING SIMPLISTIC TO THE POINT.
AND I THINK IT COULD BE ORGANIZED WAY BETTER, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE LAST, THE LAST SPOT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE RESOURCED AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GO TO THAT SBA PAGE.
THAT'S, THAT'S OVER, IT'S LIKE TOO MUCH MM-HMM
I, I THINK IN SOME CASES SURE.
GO TO YOUR ZONING LAND USE, LET'S SEE IF THEY GOT CLICK THERE.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE LOCALIZED.
SO THERE'S THE SERVICE DISTRICT'S MAP, I BELIEVE WHAT? YEAH.
AND THEN SO THEIR VERSION OF HAVING THE ZONING MAP IN THERE MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN THEY HAD THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, WHICH IS WHAT HOUSES PLANNING AND ZONING IN
BECAUSE WHAT THE, THE ZONING, THE ZONING THING IS ALSO GONNA CREATE A ANOTHER LOOP.
UM, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, ZONING, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO TALK TO ZONING FIRST BEFORE YOU EVEN START LOOKING AT PROPERTY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT THERE.
THAT'S YES, I AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, SO, BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY SORT OF CERTIFICATE UNTIL YOU HAVE A PROPERTY.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, BUT YOU HAVE TO START THERE AND WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ITS OWN, IT'S ITS OWN LOOP.
AND THEN, AND THEN YOU READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, YOU JUST GO WHEN YOU SAY, HEY, I WANT TO, I, I, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE MEAT, A MEAT PACKER.
WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S A PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT I COULD OPEN UP A MEAT PACKING PLANT? AND THEY WOULD SAY, OH, IT'S ONLY RIGHT IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE THAT'S COLORED IN BLUE.
AND THEN YOU GO LOOK THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S A BIG MAP.
ANY LAND OR ANY BUILDING THAT YOU COULD HAVE A MEAT PACKET PLANT.
I MEAN, GOING BACK TO MY STARTING POINT HERE WAS, I STILL THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET THERE AIR, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL ON WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, THIS SAYS THAT THE EDA HAD THAT DA DATABASE.
I DON'T THINK THEY DID, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY MIGHT HAVE BACK THEN, BUT, HUH.
YEAH, NO, I, I, I CAN'T IMAGINE.
BUT, UM, BUT OKAY, SO NOW I'M IN THAT ZONE OR NOW I'M IN THAT DISTRICT NOW WHO, WHAT'S OUT THERE? WHAT'S AVAILABLE? YOU KNOW? UM, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK, I THINK OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY BRING IN MORE BUSINESS IF WE MAKE IT, IF WE CAN SIMPLIFY THAT PROCESS AND MAKE IT CLEAR.
JOE, YOU GOT SOME THOUGHTS? BECAUSE YOU WERE WITH THE EDA FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? I WAS WITH THE COUNTY, YES.
AND I WORKED WITH THE EDA, I DIDN'T NEVER WORK FOR THE EDA.
UM, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE TOWN MANAGER, OBVIOUSLY IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD, YOU HAVE A VISION OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
IF WE WERE GONNA TRY TO ENTICE A NEW BUSINESS, WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR HIM? I THINK THE, THE FIRST STEP IS, IS IT HAS A FIRST POINT OF CONTACT.
AND WHO'S THAT FIRST POINT OF CONTACT GONNA BE? 'CAUSE WE HAD GONE AROUND WITH THIS EXACT SAME DOCUMENT AND THIS EXACT SAME DOCUMENT WITH THE CHAMBER.
'CAUSE I THINK AT ONE TIME THE CHAMBER WAS THAT FIRST POINT OF COMMENT, JACK.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S THE STARTING POINT.
WHEN SOMEBODY IS GONNA COME HERE, WHO ARE THEY GONNA CALL FIRST?
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IS THAT, WAS HE, IS THAT THE CHAMBER? IS THAT ONE OF YOU ALL TELL MANAGER? I DON'T KNOW.I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS HERE.
YOU KNOW, A LARGE MANUFACTURER IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN TEAM AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE THE START OF BUSINESS FORM FOR US.
A LARGE MANUFACTURER LOOKING TO RELOCATE HERE.
THE FLOCK HERE WEBSITE IS A GREAT RESOURCE TO DIG INTO.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LINK THAT YOU CAN SHARE THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION WITH THE LINKS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.
THE ZONING THING IS GREAT, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE TRIPS TO ZONING BEFORE YOU GET YOUR BUSINESS GOING.
FIRST IT'S IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTY, THEN IDENTIFYING WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
THEN IT'S GETTING YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE.
THERE'S, IT'S JUST NOT A ONE STOP KIND OF THING THERE FOR SURE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, FA HERE HAS FOUR PEOPLE IN THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK AT LEAST.
UM, AND ONE OF 'EM JUST DOES BUSINESS.
SO IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR THEM.
UM, SHE'S GOT TOURISM, SHE WEARS MANY HATS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHERE OUR RESOURCES ARE, ARE ARE CRITICAL AND KEY.
YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM TO THE SBDC OR SCORE OR PEOPLE INC.
OR YOU KNOW, USDA, WHOEVER THEY NEED TO TALK TO, TO.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, LIZZIE CAN HELP GUIDE THEM TO THOSE PLACES.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE THAT BUSINESS OWNER TO HELP NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT AT THIS TIME.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS CRITICAL.
WE DON'T HAVE THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OR PERSON THAT CAN JUST HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
WE CAN KEY THEM INTO IT, UM, AT THIS TIME.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF.
I THINK LIZZIE WILL DO A GOOD JOB TAKING THIS INFORMATION AND KIND OF PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN BOTH A PRINT FORMAT AND A DIGITAL FORMAT THAT'S MORE INTERACTIVE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IDENTIFYING THAT POINT PERSON FIRST.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK LIZZIE WOULD BE GREAT TO BE THE POINT OF CONTACT, BUT SAME TIME, I KNOW SHE'S BUSY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR RESOURCES AND OUR PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL IN THIS PROCESS FIRST.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO CREATE A PHYSICAL RESOURCE.
WHETHER IT'S ON THE WEBSITE OR A PIECE OF PAPER.
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT YOU GUYS GET CALLS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN STARTING A BUSINESS.
JOE GETS THEM, THE COUNTY GETS THEM.
IF WE CAN PUT, AGAIN, COMING BACK TO A CLEAR AND CONCISE RESOURCE TO PULL ALL OF THE PLACES TO LOOK FOR THE ANSWER RIGHT TOGETHER, UM, THAT I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO GETS THESE QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS GET THESE QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHERE DO I FIND THIS? WHO DO I TALK TO, WHAT DO I DO? UM, EVEN OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS GET THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO IF WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ONE THIS BIG, BUT IF IT'S GOT THE VAST MAJORITY, UH, IF IT'S A MILE WIDE AND AN INCH DEEP, THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I, I THINK HAVING ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, THE LINKS TOGETHER, ALL OF THAT STUFF, I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
WELL, ON THE LEAD IN, YOU COULD ALMOST SAY AFTER REVIEWING THIS DOCUMENT OR THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND STARTING YOUR BUSINESS AFTER READING THIS DOCUMENT AND IN CONTEXT, IF YOU HAVE ANY CALLS AFTER THIS POINT YEAH.
WHAT QUESTIONS YOU GOT THEN, THEN THEY COULD GO, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT 'EM CALLING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THEY'VE REVIEWED THE DOCUMENT AND PROBABLY GOTTEN 50% OF THEIR ANSWERS.
SO MAYBE IT'S, IT'S AFTER REVIEWING THIS DOCUMENT, IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED A POINT OF CONTACT, WE'RE HAPPY TO KNOW.
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE SOME PHONE CALLS.
I THINK LIZZIE MADE A GOOD POINT OF LIKE A LUNCH AND LEARN.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GOOD.
AND THEY, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, START FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, A MAIN STREET TO ALL THE WAY TO THE FED.
SO, AND THAT CAN HELP SMALL BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES.
SO KNOWING THOSE AND LIKE HAVING SOMETHING THERE THAT'S PUTTING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND SHOWING THEM ALL THESE RESOURCES IS A GOOD THING.
SOMETIMES IT IS SOME, LIKE A LITTLE PROGRAM THAT'S ONCE A YEAR OR WHATEVER, JUST TO REFRESH PEOPLE'S MEMORY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF RESOURCES OUT THERE.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT BEING THAT LIAISON, SHOW 'EM WHERE THEY ARE AND TRYING TO MOTIVATE THAT PERSON TO GET.
SO WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A GENERAL MAILBOX FOR OUR BOARD OR FOR, IF THERE IS A GENERAL MAILBOX FOR BUSINESS QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JUST CREATING LIKE A, SO TECHNICALLY INFO AT TYPE OF, TECHNICALLY WE HAVE
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A ONE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT GOES TO ALL OF YOU.THERE'S ONE DISTRIBUTION EMAIL FREDA@FRONTROWVA.COM.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC INBOX CREATED JUST FOR PEOPLE TO SEND IN INQUIRIES AS OPPOSED TO ALL OF YOU RECEIVING THEM.
WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN THAT WAY IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE COME AND GO IN POSITIONS AND IF WE WERE LIKE, WELL THIS PERSON'S THE CONTACT, WELL, THAT PERSON COULD BE IN DIFFERENT ROLE A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO IF WE JUST CREATE AN INBOX AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE MONITORED BY WHOEVER, OR IT CAN BE MONITORED BY EVERYONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANNA ORGANIZE IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A OKAY.
A SIMPLER WAY TO, TO NAVIGATE THAT AND GIVE PEOPLE AN OUTLET.
OUTLET WHERE THEY CAN REACH OUT.
IT'S JUST AWESOME, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SHE PRINTED OFF THE FRONT AND THE BACK, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST, IT'S TRIFOLD.
SO IT'S GONNA BE IN A RACK AT THE VISITOR CENTER MAYBE.
IT'S GONNA BE AN RACK DOWN DOWNSTAIRS AND PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CURRENT ONE IN THERE.
I, YEAH, THIS WAS A FRONT AND BACK THING.
SO, SO I, I I REALLY, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL DO THIS AND THEN, AND FOLLOW IT UP WITH WEBSITE INFORMATION THAT'S WAY MORE DETAILED.
TAKES YOU TO THE SBA, YOU PUT A QR CODE ON THERE.
UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW GUYS, I, I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AS BUSY AS IT IS, IF I GOT THIS AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT A BUSINESS, I'D BE LIKE GOING, OH S**T.
THERE'S A LOT TO DO WITH A BUSINESS.
BUT, WELL, AND IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO READ THE WHOLE PIECE OF PAPER, ARE YOU REALLY THAT COMMITTED TO STARTING? EXACTLY.
IT IS LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS.
LET'S SCARE YOU OFF BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY COMPLICATED PROCESS, BUT WE WANT YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO I THINK THAT, I THINK PART OF THE, I'M NOT GONNA CALL IT CLUTTER, BUT WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE VISUALLY OFF THE RAILS IS ALL OF THE, THIS LIKE PARAGRAPH TEXT IN BETWEEN MM-HMM
IT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOUR, YOUR EYE AUTOMATICALLY WANTS TO SKIP OVER IT BECAUSE YOU WANNA FOLLOW THE COLORFUL PATH.
SO I THINK IF WE MAKE OUR FORMAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE MORE LINEAR THAN, THAN SAY THIS CREATIVE WINDING ROAD, UM, I THINK IT MIGHT APPEAL TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM A MORE BULLET POINT.
CONSISTENCY, BUT STILL PROVIDE THE JOURNEY.
LET THE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I DO HERE FOR THE TOWN, DOCUMENT DESIGN IS MY FAVORITE.
SO LET ME PLAY WITH THIS AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND I'LL HAVE YOU TO DRAFT FOR YOUR MEETING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE WEBSITE, THE, YEAH.
I MEAN, AND THEN THE INSIDE IS LIKE, OH S**T.
SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO EDIT THE DID YOU, DID YOU DELETE ME OUT THERE? WE DON'T HAVE A DUMP CODE.
IT'S NOT ELLIOT IN THE MORNING.
THAT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU DID IT.
SO THINK YOU LIKE THAT WORD TODAY.
ALRIGHT, SO AFTER YOU APPLY FOR YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE, NOW WHAT DO I DO? I'VE ONLY OWNED TWO BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN, BOTH OF WHICH WERE HOMEBASED.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
BECAUSE I HAD NO BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.
SO WHAT DO I DO NOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN MY ZONING PERMIT, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE MY BUSINESS LICENSE.
NOW WHAT I'M ASKING, SO I CAN PUT IT ON THE LIST.
SO YOU HAVE, SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE PRE-PLANNING.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS I NEED AND I WILL NEED AN ATTORNEY AT SOME POINT.
I WILL NEED, I WILL NEED AN ACCOUNTANT.
I WILL NEED THIS, THAT, I WILL NEED THAT.
IT'S IN THERE IN GREEN, RIGHT THERE IN THE SO THAT'S PART OF YOUR PLANNING PROCESS? YES.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO FIND A LOCATION THAT'S INCORPORATED WITHIN THAT PLANNING AND ZONING PART.
NOW WHAT? OKAY, NOW I'VE GOTTA CONSTRUCT.
NOW I, NOW I HAVE TO FIND MONEY.
I, I NEED, I NEED TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT FINANCING.
I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POINT YOU ARE.
I, LET'S SAY BUSINESS IS READY TO OPEN TOMORROW, LET'S SAY.
I'VE DONE ALL, I'VE DONE ALL THE COLORS.
SHE'S GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING.
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I GOT MY BUSINESS LICENSE.THIS DOESN'T TALK ABOUT MARKETING OR INTRODUCING.
SO YOU'RE, SO YOU'RE IT DOES, I THINK MARKETING IS YELLOW.
IT'S IN THE YELLOW BAND AT THE BOTTOM.
WELL REVIEW, MODIFY YOUR BUSINESS PLAN TO IMPROVE, RIGHT BESIDE THE WORD REVIEW, IT JUST SAYS MARKETING.
SO IF YOU'RE OPENING BUT DOESN'T DIVE INTO IT, IF YOU'RE OPENING, YOU'RE ALREADY, YOU'RE ALREADY PAST ALL THIS AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY.
NOW, THERE ARE GONNA BE THINGS THAT YOU ARE STILL GOING TO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT, LIKE TAXES, WHEN ARE THOSE ALL DUE? EMPLOYMENT TAXES, ALL THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT GETS VERY COMPLICATED.
IT IT, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES, DECIDES WHEN YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR, YOUR TAX DEPOSITS FOR THEM.
SO, SO I MEAN, A LOT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS, THEY WANT TO MAKE A GOOD HAM SANDWICH, RIGHT? AND, AND SO THEY, THEY TALK TO THEIR BANKER ABOUT MAKING A GOOD HAM SANDWICH AND THE BANKER'S GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM, RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND INFORM THEM FROM THE BANKING ASPECT.
THE ATTORNEY'S GONNA INFORM 'EM.
THE ACCOUNTANT IS, UH, SO I MEAN, AREN'T THEY PICKING UP A LOT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE ALONG THE WAY? RIGHT.
BUT IF THEY ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION.
SO, SO, AND AGAIN, I I THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF YOUR PLANNING STAGE IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOTTA COME UP WITH YOUR MONEY.
SHE'S ASKING NOW ALL SHE'S ALL CONNECTED, SHE'S READY TO GO.
THE SIGNS ON THE DOORS ARE GONNA OPEN.
I THINK YOU ALREADY HAD, YOU DID YOUR, FOR YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, YOU HAD THAT INCORPORATED INTO YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
OKAY? SO NO MATTER THE RIBBON CUTTINGS TOMORROW, BUT BACK IN THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING WHEN YOU WENT, AND HOPEFULLY YOU WENT AND CHATTED BRIEFLY OR AT A LENGTH WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, YOU DEVELOPED YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
YOU'VE GONE AND YOU'VE APPLIED FOR YOUR MONEY.
YOU PUT IN YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
'CAUSE IF I'M LENDING YOU MONEY, I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA PROMOTE YOURSELF.
WELL, MAYBE I WAS BORN RICH, MAYBE I BROUGHT MY OWN MONEY.
SO THEN I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANY, I DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVE MYSELF.
BUT YOU STILL HAD TO DO YOUR THREE YEAR BUSINESS PLAN TO KEEP THE BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL.
AND YOUR MARKETING EFFORTS SHOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THAT BUSINESS PLAN.
THERE ARE 15,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FRONT ROW.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA REACH 'EM? CAREFUL.
THERE ARE 30 SOME THOUSAND THAT LIVE IN FRONT ROW.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA REACH 'EM? UM, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I MEAN, THERE'S RADIO, THERE'S PRINT, THERE'S WEB, THERE'S FACEBOOK, THERE'S SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THAT'S PART OF YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, RIGHT? SO THAT'S OKAY.
TO ME, YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THAT DECISION WHEN THE RIBBON CUTTING'S DONE.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT, THEN YOU HAVE A POOR BUSINESS PLAN.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING ALL OF THE CYLINDERS HERE.
LIKE, BUT I THOUGHT THE QUESTION YOU POSED, YOU WERE ALREADY PAST ALL THIS AND YOU WERE READY TO GO.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS PAST ALL OF IT, BUT I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE I DID PERFECT.
WELL, AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE I, I FEEL, I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME AND I, WE'LL GONNA SHUT UP.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DIVING A LITTLE TOO DEEP BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT AN ATTORNEY, AN ACCOUNTANT, AN INSURANCE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED A PLUMBER, WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY TO FIX THE ROOF.
WE'RE GONNA NEED, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR DOORS BREAK OUT FRONT? WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR A LOT.
MARKETING COULD BE A 20 PAGE DOCUMENT.
AND IT'S JUST ONE LITTLE BOX ON HERE, LIKE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
SO I, I, I GET A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT WELL, 'CAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S PART OF YOUR PLAN JUST AS YOU'VE SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE CORRECT.
I SAY TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
THIS DOCUMENT IS A 100% IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW.
AND LET LIZZIE GO TO TOWN ON IT.
WELL, WE'LL TELL WAYNESBORO THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND WE'VE GOT SOME FABULOUS IDEAS OUT OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE COOL POOL TO BUILD THAT LITTLE TIMELINE THINGY, BUT CARVANA, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY, WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING, WHAT IS IT CALLED? CANVA? NO, THIS, THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF OUR WEB PLATFORM, CIVIC PLUS IS BUILT FOR THAT TYPE OF OH, DESIGN.
THAT'S A JAVASCRIPT ANTSINESS.
UM, BUT WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
IT'LL BE A JOURNEY AS YOU SCROLL.
IT MAY NOT BE QUITE AS COOL AS THE GREEN LINE FILLING IN, BUT WELL MEAN FOR NOW, THIS COULD BE THE DOCUMENT THAT GOES ON THE WEB, UM, AND YOU PRINT IT, PRINT IT, AND WE, ANYWAY, SO I, THE ONLY THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS ONE IS, IS I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE SMALL PRINT.
I THINK THAT THAT IS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE WEB, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S APPLICABLE LINK THAT, THAT DIVES YOU IN A LITTLE DEEPER.
I THINK HAVING IT, I, I, I ACTUALLY LIKE THE GAME BOARD IDEA
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BECAUSE AGAIN, IT INCORPORATES ALL THE STEPS AND IT, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU'RE INTIMIDATED BY THOSE STEPS, THEN OWNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, AND THEN EVEN THE ONGOING, IT IS
AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AND THAT THERE'S A SMALL LITTLE SECTION ON WORKFORCE.
ALL OF THOSE FIVE THINGS THAT WE'VE, THAT WE ARE SORT OF WORKING ON MM-HMM
NEED TO BE INCORPORATED WITHIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT AS WELL.
AGAIN, IT IT, OKAY, I'VE GOT THIS GREAT BUSINESS IDEA.
WHO AM I GONNA HIRE? HOW AM I GONNA FIND THEM? WHERE, WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT HAS ITS OWN STRUGGLES.
SHOULD WE CHECK WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GIVING OUT? YOU KNOW, OR, OR, OR IT DOESN'T, OR I MEAN IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
UM, RIGHT IN, I THINK IT'S, YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
THAT ACTUALLY LINKS TO SBA, NOT SVDC.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THERE, LAUREL RIDGE, WELL IT JUST SAID LAUREL RIDGE THOUGH, DIDN'T IT? IT DID, YEAH.
BUT IT'S NOT
IT, IT DOESN'T, IT WON'T TAKE YOU THERE DIRECTLY BECAUSE A LOT OF, A LOT OF, AT LEAST BACK WHEN, AND I THINK BILL SERVO WAS THERE WHEN I WAS DOING IT.
YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE, UM, LINKEDIN IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN, UH, I GUESS SORT OF IN-HOUSE COUNSELING OR THEIR FORMAT THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY A LENDER OR WE'RE CURRENTLY ON IT.
YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THIS BIG, I HAVE THIS ONE OPEN ALREADY.
SO WE'RE HERE, THIS IS NOT LINKED ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUT WE HAD THIS ONE OPEN ALREADY.
SO THIS IS THEIR START YOUR BUSINESS PAGE.
THIS IS FOR LAUREL RIDGE CAMPUS.
WHEN YOU CLICK ON START YOUR BUSINESS, IT GIVES YOU THESE TWO LITTLE PARAGRAPHS AND IT SAYS CLICK HERE FOR FOUR STEPS AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THIS.
SO REGISTERING IN VIRGINIA WITH SOME PARAGRAPHS APPLYING FOR YOUR EIN OBTAINING A LOCAL BUSINESS LICENSE.
SO THEY WANT YOU TO DO ALL THE LEGAL STUFF FIRST AND THEN REGISTERING FOR TAXES AND THEN IT GETS, DO THAT WITHOUT AN ADVISOR.
AND YOU CAN'T, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN IDEA, DOESN'T HAVE ANYM SAY THEIR PROCESS MADE SENSE TO ME.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU GOTTA DO THERE.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR BUSINESS ADDRESS, HOW MUCH YOU'RE GONNA USE.
HOME IS THE BASE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY DOES THAT.
I DON'T THINK RICK'S BOWLING CENTER IS AT HIS HOME.
I MEAN, SO I LIKE FOR THE BOWLING CENTER, I, I HAVE AN OFFICE AT MY HOUSE.
BUT I, SO JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DOCUMENT IS.
I MIGHT PHYSICALLY PUT THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE REMOUNT ROAD ADDRESS OR IF I WANTED TO JUST COME DIRECTLY TO MY OFFICE, I WOULD PUT MY HOME OFFICE.
BUT I, I HAD NOT VISITED HER SITE YET.
SO IT'S MIRRORED AFTER THE SBA TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
UM, YEAH, I NOTICED FOUR STEPS ON HOW YOU STARTED BUSINESS AND THIS NO, THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE YOUR BUSINESS LEGAL
BUT IF YOU DON'T, LEGAL LEGAL IS GOOD.
GOOD AT GETTING STARTED ABOVE IT.
HOW ABOUT THAT VERY FIRST ONE? IT JUST TAKES YOU BACK HERE.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, WELL, I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.
SO THEY'VE GOT THE GUIDANCE ON, YOU KNOW, LOCAL TAXES, FINDING AN ACCOUNTING FIRM.
SO THIS IS WHERE THEY DIVE INTO THE WEEDS.
UM, GUIDE, JUST STARTING A BUSINESS IN VIRGINIA IS FROM 2018.
I'M GONNA GO ON, ON A LIMB AND SAY SOME OF THIS MAY HAVE CHANGED.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THEY'VE LOST, THEY'VE LOST YOUR RRA, EVEN IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT A BUSINESS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO CARVE OUT OUR OWN LITTLE SPACE IN THIS PARTICULAR REFERENCE AREA.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT COMES BACK TO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL IDENTIFIED EARLY ON.
YOU WANTED TO STREAMLINE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY INFLUENCE PROCESS, BUT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS CONCISE AND AVAILABLE.
I THINK, I THINK THE TOP SECTION OF THIS FOR, FOR OUR PURPOSES, NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE LIGHTER BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR CONCEPT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
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THAT'S ALL OF THAT.BUT I, I DON'T MIND HAVING, AGAIN, THOSE STEPS ALONG THE WAY AND THEN THOSE, MAYBE SOME RESOURCES.
BUT WHERE IT HAS TO START REALLY MAKING A LOT OF SENSE IS ONCE WE GET TO, YOU ARE GOING TO LOCATE IN FRONT ROYAL.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND KEEPING IN MIND ALL OF THOSE PHONE CALLS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, HOW DO WE ELIMINATE THEM? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, WHO IS GETTING THESE PHONE CALLS AND WHY, AND HOW AND HOW DO WE MAKE IT SO THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED BEFORE THEY NEED TO, BEFORE THEY START, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP OTHER PEOPLE'S TIME WITH THE, WITH THEIR HAM SANDWICH.
SO YOU GUYS AGREED THAT WE'LL ASK LIZ TO USE THIS KIND OF AS A TEMPLATE AND, UM, SHE'LL AMEND IT AS MUCH AS SHE CAN INITIALLY.
AND THEN BRING IT TO, WE'LL BRING IT TO THE MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING, SEPTEMBER.
IT'LL BE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
AND, AND THEN WE'LL, WE WILL LOOK AT IT THERE.
DID YOU GUYS GOOD WITH THAT? ALL I, I, I, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, THIS ONE WAS GREAT AND WE'LL DO THE WEB IN THE PAPER, NOT QUITE SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT, WE'LL, IT'LL BE PRETTY CLOSE, SO, OKAY, GREAT.
I IS IT IF, IF YOU GOT RID OF ALL THAT TEXT AND THEN YOU JUST, THERE, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT IF YOU'RE AT THIS POINT, GO THERE.
SO ANYTHING ELSE TODAY GUYS? NO.
THIS WAS OUR ONLY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE NEXT BIG IS ON THE EIGHTH? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
WAS THE FIRST AND LABOR RIGHT.
UM, I WILL, THAT'S WHAT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL ALL IN FAVOR? ACTUALLY, I ASKED FOR A I'LL MAKE IT.
SO ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAME NINE.
NOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU.