{"id":330,"date":"2017-07-11T23:51:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T23:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-07-13T16:53:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:53:24","slug":"economic-development-monthly-report-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/2017\/07\/11\/economic-development-monthly-report-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Development \u2013 Monthly Report \u2013 June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Timberline Meats<\/u>:\u00a0 This business is now in the midst of a \u201csoft open\u201d to get their employees trained up and all the kinks in their processes worked out.\u00a0 However, they seem to be open for most of their posted hours now, and so far the response from the community has been fantastic.\u00a0 (When I went in to make my first purchase on the Saturday of Mountain Festival weekend, there were five people ahead of me!)<\/p>\n

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The store is very clean and bright, and the staff was selected primarily for their superior customer service skills.\u00a0 Their meat is sole sourced from ranches in Oregon (pork), Washington (beef) and northern California (poultry), and the spice\/condiment rack is stocked with products local to Oregon as well.<\/p>\n

Timberline Meats will be hosting their grand opening event on July 17th<\/sup> from 6:00 to 7:00 PM (right before our City Council meeting!), and will have samples of many of their products available as well and beer and wine tasting.\u00a0 Many thanks to Mayor King for stopping by to cut the ribbon.<\/p>\n

Sandlandia<\/u>:\u00a0 We have another cart up and operational in June, giving us a grand total of six carts now in operation.\u00a0 Taqueria el Jaliscience<\/em><\/strong> (\u201cof Jalisco!\u201d) is the new orange cart serving Mexican fare, and is owned and operated by the gentleman that owns the food truck in Boring.\u00a0 He comes to Sandy with a reputation for fantastic food and a built-in regional following.<\/p>\n

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Sandlandia\u2019s carts are starting to acclimate to the ebbs and flows of our community \u2013 hours seem to be getting more stable, and summer help is getting trained up.\u00a0 A few of the carts did stay open later during Mountain Festival weekend and ended up reaping the benefits of that decision.<\/p>\n

Sandy Community Action Center<\/u>:\u00a0 We now have enough project bids to move forward with a fa\u00e7ade project if the Action Center has the funds to match.\u00a0 If current bids hold, the Sandy Urban Renewal Agency will end up paying for about 57% of the project.\u00a0 They are currently fundraising for the match, and I am working with the executive director of the organization to help make this happen.<\/p>\n

With the removal of the old houses on the neighboring Connelly property, their building is much more visible than it used to be.\u00a0 This increases the urgency for a fa\u00e7ade improvement, as their west-facing wall is also the surface most badly in need of repair.\u00a0 Fortunately, their board seems to be as keen on this project as we are, so the likelihood of the project moving forward is good.<\/p>\n

The project will replace the glass in their front door that was shattered during an attempted break-in earlier this month.\u00a0 It will also repaint the building green, but the orange trim will be repainted a nice shade of tan to more closely match the brick fa\u00e7ade in the front of the building.\u00a0\u00a0 Most of the rest of the work will be to make repairs to damaged parts of the exterior and to place protective bollards on the rear building corners to protect from people running into the building with their vehicles<\/p>\n

Sandy Shell Station<\/u>: \u00a0Complete.\u00a0 Very nice upgrade to the west entrance to downtown Sandy\u2026.an area that is getting a lot more notice now because of Sandlandia and the Mount Hood Farmer\u2019s Market.\u00a0 The \u201cSandy Style\u201d features are very prominent.\u00a0 Fantastic use of urban renewal dollars from an economic development perspective.<\/p>\n

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