{"id":16,"date":"2012-11-19T17:43:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/?p=16"},"modified":"2012-11-19T17:57:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T17:57:30","slug":"staff-report-economic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/2012\/11\/19\/staff-report-economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Report &#8211; Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Economic Development \u2013 Monthly Report \u2013 November, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial Properties (vacancies, new businesses, etc.):<br \/>\n<\/strong>There are currently 19 vacant commercial properties in Sandy as of November of 2012 \u2013 most are on the City\u2019s commercial property database (3 are not due to difficulty contacting the property owners \u2013 I am working on this and have just received info for 1 of the 3 and new contact info for the other 2).\u00a0 This is one less than last month \u2013 Jack Paola has a renter currently moving into the property at 39090-A Pioneer.\u00a0 She will be having the grand opening of Tickle Creek Antiques (a consignment antique store) on December 7 of this year, and will make this grand opening a part of First Friday.\u00a0 She intends to sublet space to eight people at this location for consignment sales of antique furniture and other goods.\u00a0 Long term prospects for this business are probably not that good, as I can see a lot of logistical problems with subletting a relatively small space to so many different consigners.\u00a0 We\u2019ll keep our fingers crossed, though\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On the down side, it appears that the current owner of Some Bookstore (39080 [?] Pioneer) will be retiring at the end of the year.\u00a0 It is unclear what shall become of the bookstore \u2013 according to Mr. Paola, the owner is currently advertising the business as being for sale on Craigslist.\u00a0 I have thus far been unable to find this ad\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Social media: \u00a0<\/strong>updates on the PPLIP, stolen Sandy Fire sign, emergency kits (FEMA), updates on Candidates Forum, Trick or Treat Trail, lost dog, ODOT meeting, Sandy Apartment Finder, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Friday, Hurricane Sandy relief, Holiday Tree lighting, Yellow Pages opt out <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other outlets:\u00a0 <\/strong>n\/a<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current copy of Sandy Business Insider &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"..\/PIO%20duties\/Sandy%20Business%20Insider\/Sandy%20Business%20Insider%20-%20Nov%202012.pdf\">..\\PIO duties\\Sandy Business Insider\\Sandy Business Insider &#8211; Nov 2012.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Current copy of H2O bill newsletter &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/\\\\Server001.cityofsandy.dom\\Data\\EconomicDevelopment\\PIO duties\\Water bill newsletter\\Nov 2012.pdf\">\\\\Server001.cityofsandy.dom\\Data\\EconomicDevelopment\\PIO duties\\Water bill newsletter\\Nov 2012.pdf<\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ED Committee:\u00a0 <\/strong>The ED Committee met for the second time this month.\u00a0 There were a number of unplanned absences this time around, so I need to increase the number of<br \/>\nreminders I send out (especially to our private sector members), and perhaps see if there are members who would like to be relieved of their responsibilities, as I have several pending inquiries as to available committee seats.\u00a0 The majority of time in this session was devoted to Catherine Comer of Clackamas County ED \u2013 she came to speak to us about the importance of having a rapid response team ready and available to talk to businesses considering Sandy as a new home.\u00a0 Two or three\u00a0committee\u00a0meetings from now we will invite Catherine back to do formal training in this area.\u00a0 This segment went much longer than anticipated (committee members were very interested in this topic) so most of the agenda items were pushed off until next meeting.\u00a0 We did briefly discuss the question of what to do about Sandy commercial property owners that have significantly overpriced their properties.\u00a0 More discussion is needed here as well, but one suggestion was to see if we can get a downtown property owner to join the committee who is willing to talk about this problem\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project work:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>destination hotel \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>remaining in the loop as to status updates on this project; market study complete \u2013 now waiting on hotelier to make ultimate decisions<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>i3 fiber project \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>introductory letter sent out to all City residents week of 11\/12.\u00a0 Most of the actual work (printing letter &amp; envelopes, stuffing envelopes, etc.) was outsourced to Cool Printing for a substantial savings over the staff time it would have taken to do this mailing &#8211; also moving forward with the NetCity portion of this project (all sector meetings have locations and dates; working on completing sector lists)<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Sweet Cakes \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>I have taken a look at one of Jack Paola\u2019s properties (the old used appliance store across from AEC) for a possible future location.\u00a0 Next step is to visit Melissa at her store in Gresham and discuss the pending move; have her look at the property to see if it will work for her needs.\u00a0 Will schedule this for the week after Thanksgiving\u2026<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>PPLIP \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>The project goes marching on \u2013 we have now done 8 drawings and given out half a dozen prizes.\u00a0 It is too early to tell whether or not this program is having an effect on parking in this lot, but participants love it and businesses are getting their money\u2019s worth via advertising (we mention and thank each donor as their prizes are given out).\u00a0 Signs from the forthcoming wayfinding program should help increase usage of the lot as well \u2013 we are tracking usage on a weekly basis, so we will be able to confirm this in real time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conferences\/training:\u00a0 <\/strong>This month was supposed to include the one conference I have been looking forward to for months \u2013 the Broadband Fiber Communities Conference in Danville, VA (the conference suggested by Councilor Pietzold).\u00a0 Unfortunately I was waylaid in NYC en route to the conference by a freak weather occurrence, which ultimately shut down JFK Airport and caused me to spend the night in the terminal.\u00a0 Fortunately, this same organization will be having their next conference in April 2013 in Dallas.\u00a0 I transferred the fee for the conference in Danville to the Dallas event, for which I am already registered&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was also in Eugene from the 16<sup>th<\/sup> through the 18<sup>th<\/sup> of November for the Conference of Communities, a sub-section of the Ford Institute Leadership Program.\u00a0 Programming<br \/>\nat this event included basic training in negotiating and improving communications skills.\u00a0 More to come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic Development \u2013 Monthly Report \u2013 November, 2012 Commercial Properties (vacancies, new businesses, etc.): There are currently 19 vacant commercial properties in Sandy as of November of 2012 \u2013 most are on the City\u2019s commercial property database (3 are not &hellip; 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