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LIKE TO, UH, CALL OUR, UH,[Economic Development Authority on March 2, 2026. ]
MARCH MEETING TO ORDER OF THEWELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.HILLARY, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? OH, CHAIRMAN RICK
ADA MILLER, ARE YOU HERE? YES.
CAN, UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SO WE CAN AT LEAST DISCUSS THEM.
ALRIGHT, YOU GUYS, UH, HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE MINUTES THAT WERE TAKEN AT OUR LAST MEETING? OUR FEBRUARY MEETING? ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, PASSING, UH, THE MINUTES APPROVING THE MINUTES.
OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, LIZ, THAT PUTS YOU UP NEXT RETAIL STRATEGIES.
SO WE ARE HAVING OUR MARCH CALL WITH THEM NEXT MONDAY BECAUSE THEY ARE AT THE, I THINK IT'S CALLED THE ICSC, I THINK, UH, TRADE SHOW IN DC RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WAS HOPING MAYBE THEY'D BE ABLE TO COME BY AND SEE US IN PERSON, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
SO, UM, SO WE HAVE THAT NEXT WEEK.
AIDEN, DO YOU WANNA SHARE ANY THOUGHTS FROM OUR FIRST CALL WITH THEM LAST MONTH? YEAH, I THINK IT WAS, UM, CERTAINLY HELPFUL.
I THINK THE MAIN THEME, THE MAIN TAKEAWAY I HAD WAS JUST THERE'S, UM, IT'S ALMOST A MARKET MAKING SORT OF THING WHERE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE LAND PRICED A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND PEOPLE WANNA COME IN OR DOWN HERE.
TRY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND TRY TO LOOK FOR, UH, OFF MARKET OPPORTUNITIES HAS BEEN A BIG THING WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THEY'RE LOOKING AT COMING IN.
UM, I HAD TO JUMP OFF THE CALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER MAJOR THINGS AFTER THE 30 MINUTE MARK.
I MEAN, WE, WE TALKED TO HER, GOSH, A REALLY LONG TIME WITH THEM, WHICH WAS GREAT, AND, UH, THE VICE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO STAY ON THE WHOLE TIME, WHICH WAS COOL.
UM, BUT YEAH, ESSENTIALLY IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT CHECK IN WITH THEM TO, TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT THEY NEEDED FROM US.
AND IT'S CONTINUED COMMUNICATION ABOUT REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, IT'S CONTINUED COMMUNICATION ABOUT IF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE SHIFTING, IF THERE'S ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REAL PASSION FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A PET STORE OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE ONE, BUT, UM, THAT'S JUST THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM WITH REGULAR INTERVALS WAS A GREAT SETUP FOR THAT.
UM, WE DID HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT ARE THERE EDUCATIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SHOULD BE SETTING UP WHERE WE'RE TALKING WITH OUR REAL ESTATE HOLDERS OR OUR DEVELOPERS HERE.
AND, UM, REALLY HAVING MORE DETAILED AND DIRECT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS.
AND THEY WERE VERY OPEN TO, TO HELPING FACILITATE THAT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT WAS REAL POSITIVE.
I KNOW SOMETHING, UH, REFRAIN THAT THEY'VE HAD IS BRINGING IN OUR LOCAL EXPERTISE TO COLOR THEIR WORK.
AND I THINK THERE WAS A FEW TIMES ON THAT CALL EVEN, UH, OR THE VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING THINGS.
SO I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING TO THAT MEETING NEXT WEEK.
HAS ANYBODY HEARD ABOUT ANY CHANGES OR OPENINGS OR CLOSINGS OR ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE WANNA PUBLICLY SHARE? OR, AGAIN, REMEMBERING OUR AUDIENCE CURRENTLY, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE SHARING WITH THEM? IT'S OKAY IF NOT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT MISSING ANYTHING.
THERE'LL BE, I DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE, BUT THERE'LL BE A NEW BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET WHERE, UH, THE MUSIC STORE WAS, UM, A FEW MONTHS.
I'LL BE MEETING WITH THOSE PEOPLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE TRYING, I, I THINK I'VE KNOWN THIS GENTLEMAN FOR A YEAR OR SO.
HE'S, UH, AGAIN, HE'S PAID A DEPOSIT, BUT HE'S STILL WAITING FOR A LEASE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO TAKE PLACE.
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COOL.THAT WAS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW MUSIC, RIGHT? MOUNTAIN VIEW MUSIC.
UM, WHAT'S THAT? I THINK I HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE.
UH, YEAH, I, I HAD QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TIME FOR THAT, BUT I, UH, HAVE, THERE WAS, IN THEIR REPORT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF LOOSE CRITERIA THAT THEY WERE GIVING IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, UH, ROOFTOPS MM-HMM
ROOFTOP COUNTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WERE THOSE NUMBERS MORE CONCRETELY GIVEN TO COUNCIL? NO, BUT WE'VE ASKED, WE'VE ASKED THEM IF THEY, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF, I, I MEAN THE APPETITE FOR COUNCIL TO EMPLOY AND USE THIS SERVICE MM-HMM
AND THEN THOSE CRITERIA, IT WOULD SEEM AS THOUGH THEY NEED TO KNOW THOSE NUMBERS AND BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE NUMBERS IF THEY WANT THIS RESULT.
SO I'M JUST, I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE, UH, MORE AWARE OF SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE NEED 10 MORE ROOFTOPS OR IF IT'S A THOUSAND MORE ROOFTOPS SURE.
YOU KNOW, THEN THEY CAN SET THEIR SITES, UH, ON THOSE, ON THOSE NUMBERS.
WE DID ASK THEM IN THE MONTHLY CALL LAST MONTH ABOUT GIVING US A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THOSE TYPES OF BENCHMARKS THAT THEY FELT WE NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF VERTICALS.
LIKE GROCERY STORES IS ALWAYS THE EXAMPLE, RIGHT? YEAH.
GROCERY STORES, HOTELS, AND THEN, UH, CORRECT.
OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE SORT OF GRADING US USING A RESTAURANT SCALE AS WELL MM-HMM
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T, WE WEREN'T IN IN BRACKET B, WE WERE IN C OR D OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT I JUST, AGAIN, IF THERE WERE NUMBERS THAT WERE MORE CONCRETE, THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, HELPFUL FOR COUNCIL TO THEN WORK TOWARDS THAT ULTIMATE GOAL OF, OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE ON RETAIL STRATEGIES? SO AS FAR AS RETAIL STRATEGIES, WHAT'S OUR NEXT IN-PERSON THING WITH THEM, I GUESS OVER THE SUMMER THAT'LL BE COMING TO GIVE US SOME SORT OF UPDATE.
I WOULD IMAGINE WE COULD GET THEM FOR A MIDYEAR REVIEW.
WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM FOR THAT YET, BUT I, I FEEL THAT WE COULD, THE APPETITE OF THE BOARD.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE PROBABLY WANT AS MUCH INVOLVEMENT FROM THAT AS WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE SET UP TO USE, WE GET THE MONTHLY CHECK-INS, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
UM, I MEAN, A SUMMER, SOME SORT OF SUMMER THING I FEEL LIKE WOULD BE A LOW BAR FOR SOME SORT OF CHECK IN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I MEAN, EVEN IF, EVEN IF IN PERSON IS IMPOSSIBLE, ZOOMING INTO A FULL, TO A FULL CALL.
EVEN A ZOOM CALL, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COOL, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ON, UM, NEW BUSINESS? OH, I DO.
UM, I GUESS IT'S REALLY NEW BUSINESS BIZ, ISN'T IT? SO, NO, JUST KIDDING.
I DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL NEW BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT.
I HAVE NEW BUSINESS, BUT NOT ACTUAL NEW BUSINESS.
WORKFORCE, DID YOU GUYS RECEIVE MY EMAIL ABOUT THE HIRING EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN WINCHESTER ABOUT YOUR JOB ACCESS? YEAH.
DID ANYONE HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR THAT? I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY VIA EMAIL.
DID YOU WANT PARTICIPATION? I WOULD LIKE SOME SUGGESTED COMPANIES THAT WE SHOULD GO AND ASK IN PERSON IF THEY'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
I'VE SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE FULL DAY.
UM, AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME FOR PART OF THAT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'VE, I'VE ASKED THE ORGANIZER FOR A LIST JUST THIS MORNING, UM, OF ANYBODY IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS WHO'S ALREADY PARTICIPATING, SO WE DON'T DOUBLE INVITE.
BUT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE PARTICIPATION FROM WARREN COUNTY AND FROM ROYAL BUSINESSES.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR WAS FEEDBACK ON WHO YOU ALL THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE TALKING TO.
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YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM, OBVIOUSLY.UM, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY MIND ALWAYS GOES TO LARGER EMPLOYERS MM-HMM
SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE PRETTY OBVIOUS.
I KNOW THAT VALLEY HEALTH IS ALREADY PARTICIPATING AS THEY ALWAYS DO.
UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT THIS IS THE, UH, THE COURT EXPO 2026.
WOULD WONDER ABOUT THE SMITHSONIAN ON REMOUNT? LEMME HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY HAVE A JOB NETWORK ALREADY SET UP, UM, DOT GOV WEBSITE, BUT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE NATIONAL PARK AT THAT RATE TOO.
SO MAYBE NATIONAL STATE PARK, SOME THAT KIND OF DRIFT TOWARDS THE, THE BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT ON THE CORRIDOR.
I I INTEND TO INVITE THEM AS WELL.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE INSIDE OUR, I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED TO TICK THEM OFF FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU, I'M SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE.
IS AIR SERVE WITHIN FRONT ROYAL OR WE CAN, YEAH, WE TAKE AIR SERVE.
UM, THEY HAVE A PRETTY HUGE TRUCK PRESENCE AND, UH, I KNOW THEY'RE NATIONAL.
I'LL REACH OUT TO RAY AND TINA.
SO THIS IS LIKE, THIS EXPO IS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY? NO, THIS IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, THE JOBS ALMOST LIKE A JOB FAIR.
THE LOCATION JUST HAPPENS TO BE, YEAH.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER, IS IT THE WILKINS CENTER? IT IS, YEAH.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS THAT COMES UNDER WORKFORCE, I GUESS, RIGHT? SO, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR THAT? UM, SO I, UM, I JUST CURIOUS IF WE'VE MADE ANY PROGRESS ON UPDATING THE PARKING STUDY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS DONE PRE PANDEMIC AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OFF AND ON HERE, AND SO I JUST, I FEEL LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS MAYBE AN IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
I'M GONNA FAITH, UM, I'M GONNA TAG IN THE TOWN MANAGER ON THAT.
SO OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO DOING A TOWN WIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN MM-HMM
UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN BREAKING THAT DOWN WITH THE CONSULTANT AND A PARKING STUDY IS PART OF THAT, BOTH FROM A DOWNTOWN PERSPECTIVE AND FUTURE GROWTH, BUT THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVEN LOOKING AT TOWN WIDE PARKING AS WELL AND HOW THAT MAY INFLUENCE ANY ZONING CHANGES AND STUFF.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THE SCOPE BACK FROM THE CONSULTANT ON THAT PARTICULAR PART.
SO WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SOON.
AND THAT, LIKE I SAID, THAT WOULD INCLUDE BEING SPECIFIC TO DOWNTOWN PARKING.
AND THEY HAVE THE 2019, UH, REGIONAL COMMISSION ONE THAT WAS COMPLETED.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M HOPING IT WOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME IN THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR OR YES.
SO THEY WOULD TAKE A BUDGET YEAR OR
OH, IT, IT IS GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY BUDGETED ALREADY.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT, IT COULD BE, IT'LL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR FOR SURE.
SO THAT'LL INCORPORATE PARKING GARAGES.
AND, UH, THIS CONSULTANT THAT YOU SAID, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT REPORT, THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE IS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY AND ANY FUTURE EXPANSION OF PARKING BASED ON DEMAND, PAID PARKING, FUTURE CONCEPT PLANS, ET CETERA.
SO, I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY IT WILL SAY, YES, WE NEED A PARKING GARAGE OR NO, BUT THEY ARE, LOOK, THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY, WE GAVE THEM ON THAT, UH, THE
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THEATER THAT'S COMING IN, IS THERE ANY, AGAIN, LIKE PROJECTED SEATS OR THAT, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT WILL BRING QUITE A DEMAND OR PUT QUITE A DEMAND ON, ON AVAILABLE PARKING.SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEARD THAT WAS REPORTED WHAT, 230 SOME SEATS? 30 SEATS 200, 2 30? YEAH.
I, I I REMEMBER SOME SORT OF A CAPACITY IN THE 2 30, 2 40 RANGE MM-HMM
AND, UH, SO YEAH, I MEAN, ON A GIVEN NIGHT THAT'D BE A HUNDRED CARS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MOVEMENT WE CAN HAVE, BUT I MEAN, ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND, IF YOU COME DOWNTOWN PARKING IS AT A PREMIUM.
UM, THE GAZEBO PARKING LOT ON THE FAR SIDE IS USUALLY AVAILABLE AS LONG AS THERE'S NO FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, GOSH FORBID IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF AN EVENT AT THE GAZEBO OR THE FESTIVAL.
NO, I, I SEE IT
I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT AND SET.
BUT, UM, I, I JUST, AND FOR THE COUNTY TO ALREADY OWN PROPERTY WHERE THE OLD SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IT'S A PRIME SITUATION WHERE WHAT A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
I, I CAME DOWNTOWN THE OTHER DAY WHEN COURT WAS IN SESSION AND THERE WAS NO PARKING FOR THREE BLOCKS SCHOOL TOO.
I MEAN, THEY WERE FULL ALL THE WAY DOWN.
AND I JUST CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH THAT WE'RE MISSING A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S SOME COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COURTHOUSE THAT COULD EASILY ACCOMMODATE A VERY NICE SIZED PARKING GARAGE.
THERE'S LAND AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY EVEN PROVIDE AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT OFF OF ROYAL AVENUE WHERE THE OLD MY FATHER'S MUSTACHE USED TO SIT.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES GLARING THERE, AND WE JUST SEEM TO ALMOST MOVE AT A SNAILS PACE ON IT.
I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES TO MOVE FORWARD ON ANY KIND OF A DIRECTIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S EVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SKY BRIDGE ACROSS, UH, JACKSON STREET TO COME DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE, UM, FOR COURT SESSIONS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW YOU GOT A PLACE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO PARK.
SO ANYWAY, UH, IT'S A BLOCK AWAY FROM YOU, BUT I MEAN, THE GAZEBO PARKING LOT IS THE SALVAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, DOWN THERE.
AND FORTUNATELY, VALLEY HEALTH ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR LOT ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN FESTIVALS ARE IN PLAY, BUT WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, ANYWHERE YOU PUT THAT, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE REALISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, MY CUSTOMER PARKS THAT FAR AWAY, BUT, BUT THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT'S MIDBLOCK THAT IS TAKING A, A SPACE FURTHER DOWN THE BLOCK, PERHAPS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT THAT WHOLE THING IS JUST KIND OF A RANGE THAT THAT MOVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CAR THAT'S THERE MIGHT FREE UP THE SPACE DOWN HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MID-BLOCK, MAYBE NOT AT THE COURTHOUSE ITSELF.
IT, IT, IT KIND OF RAINS BACK TO FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WINCHESTER BUILT THEIR FIRST AUTOPARK.
EVERYBODY LAUGHED, WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES WINCHESTER NEED AN AUTOPARK PARK? YEAH.
AND, AND NOW THEY GOT SEVERAL OF THEM.
AND SO WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE AT THAT CRUX, AND I HOPE THE CONSULTANT WILL COME BACK WITH A FEELING OF THAT.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL EMBRACE IT AS WELL.
YOU DO, UH, ANYTHING ON ASSET DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS I CAN TALK ABOUT IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, SO I DID GO, UH, LAST MONTH TO, UH, THE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION AT
IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK HE STANDS READY TO, TO HELP US, UH, WITH THAT AREA IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, SEND HIM PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, HE QUALIFY AND WORK WITH.
BUT ANYWAYS, HE'S VERY OPEN TO THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTED SCOPE OF LOAN RANGE OR INVESTMENT? LIKE, WE'LL DO ANYTHING UP TO THIS AMOUNT, OR WE'LL DO ANYTHING FROM THIS AMOUNT TO THAT AMOUNT, OR YOU RECALL? I, I DIDN'T TAKE ANY NOTES.
FRANKLY, MY BRAIN IS A LITTLE BIT FRAZZLED.
UM, TRYING TO REBUILD FROM WHAT, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN GOING FOR LONG, I IMAGINE.
NO, HE, AND IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY THAT DAY AND IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY,
BRIAN DID NOT, UM, GET INTO SPECIFICS AS EVERY LOCALITY THAT THEY WORK WITH KIND OF HANDLES THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, THEY HAVE RENEWED A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE, UM, JOINT TOWN COUNTY, EDA, UM, TO HELP THEM FACILITATE
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ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS. SO THEY ARE ACTIVE IN OURTHEY'RE TAKING OVER THEIR, UM, LOAN PROGRAM, RIGHT? I, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT, YEAH, SO THEY USED TO HAVE A MICRO LOAN PROGRAM THAT I THINK WAS UP TO 10 OR $20,000 OR SOMETHING.
I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO BACK THAT CAPITAL THERE.
ANYWAY, IT SEEMED LIKE THE, UH, COUNTY EDAI THINK WORKING WITH THIS GROUP, I THINK THEY'LL BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN GETTING THAT MONEY OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PAID STAFF AND THEY'RE SHORT, UH, THEIR BOARD IS
UM, THEY'RE SHORT FEW MEMBERS AND, AND SO, UH, SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK, UH, PARTNERING WITH THEM TO RUN THAT LOAN PROGRAM SHOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND THE OTHER, UH, MEETING, UH, I ATTENDED, I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND WAS, UH, LAST MONDAY.
UM, I MET WITH, I WAS INVITED BY JOE AND I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW SHORT COMMENTS TO MEET WITH, UM, LEADER TOWN LEADERSHIP AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND WE MET AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF BRAINSTORMING, BUT UM, IT WASN'T REALLY ANY ACTION TAKEN OUT OF IT, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE MAYOR AND UH, AND UM, THE COUNTY, UH, LEADERSHIP ALL SEEMED TO THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK ON INCREASING OUR TAX BASE.
AND SO ANYWAY, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS TO DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, JOE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH.
UM, SO YEAH, WE MET, AND THIS CAME ABOUT FROM RECENT TOWN COUNTY LIAISON MEETINGS.
WE MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE BOARD SUPERVISORS AND TOWN COUNCIL.
AND ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS WAS TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK AS CHAIR NOVAK SAID, IT WASN'T TO COME OUT THERE WITH ALL THESE ACTION ITEMS PER SE, BUT TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME.
AND I THINK THAT WAS A BIG FIRST STEP TO REALLY DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE NEED IT.
I THINK THERE IS SOME PRETTY BIG IMPORTANCE THERE TO INCREASE OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.
AND THEN HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE BOTH DOING IT? BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STAFF AT THE TOWN, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT MS. LEWIS IS BUSY, UM, YOU KNOW, WEARS MANY HATS FOR THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY HAS NO STAFF AND THAT'S DOING IT.
AND SO WHO'S ANSWERING THE CALLS ON BEHALF OF THESE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES AND WHO'S DOING WHAT AND HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER? AND UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST THE START OF A LONGER CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO LOCALITIES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
MARTIN'S FIRST WEEK, I THINK, ON THE JOB.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH LEADERSHIP CHANGES.
SO, AND, AND THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ALSO JUST FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT.
SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THIS RESULTED FROM A LIAISON MEETING.
UM, AND WE'LL SEE KIND OF WHERE THAT GOES.
BUT, UH, IT HAD BEEN PROBABLY A WHILE BEFORE WE ALL GOT IN THAT ROOM TO REALLY TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC VISION LONG TERM.
SO I THINK IT WAS AN HOUR LONG MEETING THAT WENT AN HOUR AND A HALF OR AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, WHICH I'M NOT SURPRISED ABOUT.
BUT, 'CAUSE THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ANYWAY, I, I FELT LIKE IT WAS PRODUCTIVE.
UM, YEAH, IF ANYTHING, JUST TO SAY THINGS IN THE ROOM TO EACH OTHER MM-HMM
THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, NEEDED TO BE SAID AND, AND I THINK THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF AGREEMENT IN THE ROOM.
SO FOR THAT MEETING WAS, IS THERE ANY TAKEAWAYS AS FAR AS IDEAS? I KNOW THERE'S
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SOME DIFFERENT STUFF THAT'S BEEN FLOATED.LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, DATA CENTERS IS A PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL ONE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING A POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING TAX REVENUE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT COME TO MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WALKED AWAY WITH THAT WERE, UH, PERSPECTIVE IDEAS? I MEAN, I, I, I, I'LL SAY THAT, SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT GENERAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WE NEED TAX BASE, WE PROBABLY NEED TAX BASE MORE THAN WE NEED JOB CREATION, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO HOW DO WE GET THERE? YOU KNOW, UM, MR. MAR, UH, DR. MARTIN, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTED, UH, PERHAPS DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
I, I, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
UM, AND IT'S WHEN, WHEN WE, YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN WE GOT OUR ACT TOGETHER ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES GOING ON ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND THE IDEA IS TO GET COMMUNITY BUY-IN ABOUT A VISION.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UM, BECAUSE IF WE KEEP GOING THE WAY WE'RE GOING NOW, TAXES ARE GONNA HAVE TO DOUBLE ON THE CITIZENS IF, IF WE, IF WE FUND, YOU KNOW, THE REQUESTS OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AT THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UM, AND SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATORS AT BOTH THOSE PLACES ARE TRYING TO PLUG HOLES IN THE DAM, YOU KNOW, UH,
AND, BUT I DON'T REALLY THINK TAX, UH, TAX RATES HAVE INCREASED AND I'M NOT A FAN OF TAX INCREASES, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO ME, UH, I WANT TO GET TO TAX, UH, TAX BASE.
I WANNA FUND OUR NEEDS WITH INCREASED TAX BASE, NOT BY INCREASED RATES ON GOOD CITIZENS, SO, OR BUSINESSES.
THAT'S, BUT THAT'S WHY I PARTICIPATE ON THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUSLY ON THE COUNTY BOARD WAS TO TRY AND INCREASE TAX BASE, YOU KNOW, FROM A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STANDPOINT.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS SO SPECIFIC IN THE TYPES OF USES THINGS.
I THINK IT WAS REALLY ABOUT DEFINING THAT STRATEGIC VISION AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR FUTURE PLANNING, I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, THEY'RE GOING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OR WITH THEIR BUDGET OR IT'S DUE ON THEIR END.
BUT IF WE MOVE FORWARD LOOKING AT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE ALL AT THAT TABLE AND IT'S COLLECTIVELY LOOKED AT, UM, AS THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS NARROWED DOWN TO ANY SPECIFIC, LIKE IN THE WEEDS AS MUCH AS WAS JUST REALLY LIKE COLLABORATION, JUST AN AGREEMENT TO COLLABORATE GOING OVER.
LIZ, IS THIS WHERE, UH, YES, THESE COME IN HAND.
I PUT TWO PIECES OF PAPER AT EACH OF YOUR SEATS.
UM, THIS ONE, THE CAPITAL COACHING COMMUNITY.
YOU GUYS MAY RECALL, LESLIE CURLEY CAME IN AND TALKED WITH US FROM PEOPLE INC.
UM, THEY ARE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT DOES LENDING AND FACILITATE SOME GRANTS AND THAT SORT OF THING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND I EMAILED YOU ALL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT, UM, THEIR NEW INITIATIVE THAT I WENT DOWN TO WOODSTOCK LAST WEEK TO THEIR KICKOFF MEETING.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, THEY ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM.
THEY'VE GOTTEN SOME OTHER FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO START A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S A KIND OF A CAPITAL READINESS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITY.
UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THAT FLYER THERE, THERE'S A SERIES OF 90 MINUTE WORK SESSIONS THAT ARE OPEN TO, UM, BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN.
THEY'RE, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE SCHEDULE, THEY'LL BE THE LAST WEEK OF EACH OF THOSE MONTHS.
UM, AND THEY'RE DOING THREE IN PERSON.
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ONE IN WARREN AND ONE IN SHENANDOAH.UM, THE IDEA IS THAT FOLKS CAN COME IN, GET THAT HANDS-ON.
UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S SOME CURRICULUM THERE.
UM, BUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO REALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AS A SMALL BUSINESS, UM, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THOSE SESSIONS IN ORDER TO BE LOAN ELIGIBLE, BUT THEY ARE ENCOURAGING THAT AND I'M SURE THAT MAKES YOUR APPLICATION LOOK A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE.
UM, I DID WANNA SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS.
SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING TO HELP THE SMALL BUSINESS ALSO UNDERSTAND CAPITAL STACKING AND FINDING LENDERS TO FILL GAPS.
UM, THE STRUCTURED TRAININGS, UM, IN APRIL, THEY'RE GONNA KIND OF INITIATE THE, THE PLATFORM AS A WHOLE.
UM, IT HAS SOME LAX RESTRICTIONS COMPARED TO THE SBA LOANS THAT THEY USED TO OR THEY STILL WORK WITH, BUT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT BUCKET.
UM, SO THIS CAN POTENTIALLY BE A LAUNCHPAD FOR LARGER PROJECTS FOR FOLKS.
UM, THEY ARE, LET'S SEE, THE MAX LOAN AMOUNT FOR THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, DEPENDING OBVIOUSLY ON AVAILABLE FUNDS, BUT 350,000.
THEY THINK THAT THE AVERAGE LOAN AMOUNT WILL BE ABOUT $30,000 IN THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEY HAVE IT EVERYWHERE FROM SEVEN AND THREE QUARTERS TO 11.5% INTEREST RATE DEPENDING ON THE LOAN PACKAGE.
THEY ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM WITH A GRANT ASSISTANCE PIECE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
UM, WOMEN AND MINOR, IT'S SWAM, IT'S WOMEN AND MINORITIES, UM, NEW ORG EXISTING.
AND SO, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'VE GOT, UM, A $5,000 LOAN, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A $1,000 GRANT IN ADDITION TO THAT 5,000 LOAN.
SO THEY, UM, THE GRANT CAN GO UP TO $2,500.
SO THERE'S UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, ANDY FROM HANDY GYRISON FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WAS ALSO AT THAT EVENT AND THAT KICKOFF MEETING.
AND SO HE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT MAYBE THAT CAN PLUG IN HERE IN WARREN COUNTY.
UM, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I ASKED THEM, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME? AND THEY JUST NEED PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE IN A POSITION WHO WANNA APPLY FOR THESE FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
SO, UM, PEOPLE INC HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE MARKETING BUDGETS.
SO THEY NEED FOLKS LIKE US TO HELP THEM SHARE THIS INFO AND TALK TO BUSINESSES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE INTRODUCTIONS.
AND THEN LESLIE AND YOU KNOW, THAT CREW AND STEPHANIE, THEY ALL TAKE IT FROM THERE AT THAT POINT.
THEY JUST NEED US TO HELP THEM GET THE WORD OUT ON THESE PROGRAMS. SO, UM, I WANTED TO PUT FLYERS IN YOUR HANDS SO THAT YOU HAVE THEM.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO GET MORE COPIES.
UM, BUT YEAH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WENT TO LAST WEEK, SO.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
UM, THE VIRGINIA BUSINESS READY SITES PROGRAM, I EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT THAT WEBINAR.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY INTEREST IN, UM, JOINING ME ON THAT? I CAN RESEND THE INFORMATION IF YOU'D LIKE, PLEASE.
MARCH 16TH YOU SAID? YES, FROM 11 TO 12.
JUST WANNA MAKE, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE READY TO BE READY AND TO BE BUSINESS READY, BUT I FIGURE WE'LL LEARN.
YEAH, I SENT THAT ONE OUT LAST MONTH, BUT I SENT YOU GUYS A LOT OF EMAILS LAST MONTH, SO I'LL FIGURE I'D BETTER BRING IT BACK AROUND.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? UM, SO FOR THESE, UH, JUST AN IDEA, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT, I THINK WE HAVE OUR WEBPAGE, RIGHT? MAYBE WE COULD POST THE PDFS ON THE WEBPAGE OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND THEN I THINK LAST WEEK I HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, FILLING THE VACANT BOARD SEATS AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA PUSH, WE WERE REEVALUATING THAT.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
I DID FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLERK OF COUNCIL ON THAT AND SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE PAUSED ON THAT RECRUITING AT THIS TIME,
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UNLESS THAT'S CHANGED.AND IN ADDITION TO LIKE OUR MEETING AND THEN COUNCIL WAS HAVING THEIR STRATEGIC RETREAT THIS MONTH, SO WE'LL KNOW MORE AFTER THAT AS WELL.
UM, I DIDN'T MEAN TO LIE, BUT IT HAPPENED.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.
SO I'M GONNA HOST A TOURISM SUMMIT APRIL THE SEVENTH.
I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE INVITATION.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A COUPLE HOUR KIND OF A WORKSHOP FEEL BRINGING IN FOLKS FROM VIRGINIA TOURISM, UM, ANDY FROM SMALL BUSINESS, LESLIE FROM PEOPLE LINK.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS MANY OF YOU ALL WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, BUT THIS IS FOR REALLY ANYONE WHO IS RELATED TO THE TOURISM ECOSYSTEM.
SO THAT'S RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, LODGING, ATTRACTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S EVEN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE DOWNTOWN FRONT ROYAL OR THE FRONT ROYAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ALLIANCE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE FOLKS ARE PART OF THAT SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE A MORE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ALL THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE THAT CLARITY NOW.
SO TIME AND LOCATION, UH, IT'S EIGHT 30 TO 1230 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IF YOU'RE REALLY GOOD I MIGHT FEED YOU.
DO WE FIND THAT OUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING? NO, I'M WORKING ON THAT NOW.
SO, UM, I FIGURE FOR OUR FIRST PANCAKE, WE'LL WE'LL KEEP IT TO ENDING RIGHT THERE AT LUNCHTIME, BUT THERE WILL BE APRIL APRIL 7TH.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY SEND A CALL OR POST A NOTICE IF WE GET CRITICAL MASS FROM THIS BOARD ATTENDING AREA.
SO YE YES, BUT I MEAN IT'S A MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND BE ADVERTISED.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL NOTICE.
I DON'T THINK YOU WE'LL CHECK.
IF YOU'RE ATTENDING THE PUBLIC MEETING AND NOT DISCUSSING BUSINESS RIGHT.
WE WILL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE MEET ALL FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO LIKE TALK, I JUST THINK IT WOULD WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU ALL ARE IN ROOM IN THE ROOM.
FRIENDLY FACES, GETTING TO PUT NAMES AND FACES TOGETHER FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I HAVE REALLY LOFTY GOALS ON OUR ATTENDANCE ON THIS.
I'M REALLY HOPING I DON'T DISCIPLINE MYSELF, BUT, UM, WE'LL SEE.
WHERE DID YOU SAY IT WAS GONNA BE AT? THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I USED TO HAVE TO WRITE THEM A CHECK EVERY MONTH WHEN I WAS RENTING SPACE FROM THEM.
WELL, I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
HAVE WE, UM, THE LITTLE YOU WANNA START A BUSINESS FOR SURE.
HAVE WE PUBLISHED OR STATED THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE CHAMBER'S NEWSLETTER OR HAVE WE ASKED THE CHAMBER TO PUBLISH THAT? NO, I DON'T KNOW.
I IT'S A GOOD TOOL WHEN PEOPLE SEE THOSE.
IF A NEW BUSINESS IS OPENING, I WOULD ASSUME, LIKE IF SOMEBODY ASKS ME, I USUALLY FORWARD THAT STUFF TO THEM.
SO I WILL ASK HER TO PUT THAT IN THERE.
I'M SURE SHE, AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE ALREADY AND MISSED IT FOR THIS AS WELL.
IF AT LEAST WE COULD DRIVE 'EM TO OUR WEBSITE YEAH.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A NATURAL, WHEN SOMEBODY'S LOOKING TO DO A BUSINESS IN TOWN, THE FIRST THING THEY USUALLY GO TO IS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I WAS IN HER OFFICE JUST THE OTHER DAY AND WATCHED THAT EXACT THING HAPPEN.
UM, SPEAKING OF THE NAVIGATOR TOOL, UM, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE FROM THE CITY OF WINCHESTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REACHED OUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR OUR CHAMBER MENTIONED OUR NAVIGATOR AND 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO A SIMILAR DOCUMENT.
AND SO SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD REFERENCE FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS AND I SAID OF COURSE.
SO, UM, WE'LL GET YOU GUYS SPARKING SOMETHING IF I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH, WITH YOU AS WELL.
TO AGENT FOR THE, THE BROCHURE FOR ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE WHEN WE SET THE NEXT MEETING? AND JUST REMINDED ME WHEN YOU MENTIONED YOUR DATE.
I, I WILL BE OUT TOWN, UH, UH, THE WEEK OF THE, UH, EASTER.
APRIL 6TH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
I HAVE TO GET MY SON SITUATED IN FLORIDA, SO FLIGHT SCHOOL.
WHAT PART OF FLORIDA DO YOU KNOW? DAYTONA RIDDLE.
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HMM.WE LOOKED AT IT AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF READING ABOUT IT AND, UH, IT, IT JUST, IT GREAT SCHOOL, BUT THEY ALL, ALL THE, ALL OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE THE SAME SORT OF LOG JAM ISSUE WITH TRYING TO GET THESE KIDS IN THE AIR.
SO, UH, THE, THE, THE MORE EXPEDITED YOU HAVE TO ALMOST DO IT PRIVATELY, WHICH IS KIND OF THE ROUTE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO.
UM, SINCE HE, WELL HE'S JUST DOESN'T HAVE INTEREST IN THE MILITARY AND THANK GOODNESS GIVEN CURRENT EVENTS,
SO DO WE NEED TO MOVE? IS ANYONE ELSE HAVE A CONFLICT WITH APRIL THE SIXTH? BECAUSE IF ONE OF YOU DOES, THEN WE NEED TO MOVE THE MEETING.
'CAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE A QUORUM, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW I DO NOT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
YEAH, I JUST DID THAT WHEN I HEARD SEVENTH.
CAN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN? SO MOVED.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.