{"id":499,"date":"2022-11-02T01:21:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T01:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/?p=499"},"modified":"2022-11-02T01:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T01:21:22","slug":"economic-development-monthly-report-october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/2022\/11\/02\/economic-development-monthly-report-october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Development \u2013 Monthly Report \u2013 October 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Internal projects<\/strong><\/em><strong>:&nbsp; <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Permanent Outdoor Covered Structures grant program<\/strong>:\u00a0 The status of the first round of this program is reviewed semi-monthly at the City of Sandy Ec Dev Advisory Board meeting \u2013 here is the status of the program as of July 2022:<ul><li>Tollgate Inn \u2013 Keystone Architecture is currently drafting a final design for the covered structure and will include a list of qualified installers for this product.\u00a0 Staff expects to see this final design before the end of 2022.<\/li><li>All other projects are now structurally complete and under contract.<\/li><li>Three applicants from the first round of this program have already satisfied their financial responsibilities for the applicant portion of the covered structure project.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Covered Structures Round 2<\/strong>:\u00a0 Designs for the second round of the City of Sandy Covered Structures grant program were reviewed at the SURA and City Council meetings on January 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2022.\u00a0 Here is the status for this round of the program as of September 2022:<ul><li>La Bamba Mexican Restaurant \u2013 Completed July 21<sup>st<\/sup><\/li><li>Thai Home \u2013 Project on hold due to applicant medical situation.<\/li><li>Wippersnappers Kid\u2019s Play Place \u2013 Construction contract awarded to low bidder (Mt. View Contracting of Sandy) on 10\/12.\u00a0 Construction to begin (and hopefully completed) in November.<\/li><li>The Smoky Hearth \u2013 Completed August 2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><strong>Economic Development items:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Econ Devl &#8211; Commercial Properties (vacancies, new businesses, etc.)<\/u><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1-500x293.jpg 500w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture4-1.jpg 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Paola&#8217;s Pizza Barn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Fa\u00e7ade project \u2013 Paola\u2019s Pizza Barn<\/strong>:\u00a0 On September 20, our Building Official approved the final inspection of the Paola\u2019s Pizza Barn project that was begun way back in 2019. Two custom metal fire stairwells were installed behind the building to provide emergency egress for the mezzanines, the interior stairwell was modified to incorporate a uniform rise and run, and the water heater was moved out from underneath an interior stairwell as a safety precaution.\u00a0 Many thanks to Pizza Barn owner Denise Overton for staying on task over the years to get this project completed.<br><\/li><li><strong>Fa\u00e7ade &amp; TI project &#8211; Hood Street Daycare:\u00a0 <\/strong>This new daycare facility in downtown Sandy was the brainchild of Rick Minor, co-owner of Gartner\u2019s Meats in Portland.\u00a0 Initially looking to build a triplex on this site, Mr. Minor asked what Sandy needed upon learning that residential development is not allowed in downtown Sandy due to zoning designations.\u00a0 When told that daycares were in short supply everywhere in Oregon, but especially in Sandy after the pandemic, he switched gears and created a brand new facility for this purpose.\u00a0 This building will be the new home of Grandma\u2019s House in 2023 after that business was forced to move out of their last location on Pioneer Blvd earlier this year.\u00a0 Not only is this facility newer, but this building is also significantly larger than the old one, allowing the business to take on more capacity than before.<br><\/li><li><strong>Fa\u00e7ade project \u2013 Clackamas County\u2019s Sandy Health Clinic<\/strong>:\u00a0 The clinic had a soft grand opening for the building on October 13<sup>th<\/sup> to show off the new building, even as they continue to complete items on the final punchlist for project completion.\u00a0 Several City of Sandy elected officials and staff members were invited to the official ribbon cutting at the building prior to the opening of the building, and Mayor Pulliam said a few words on behalf of the City prior to the big scissors coming out.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5-476x300.jpg 476w, https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/files\/2022\/11\/Picture5.jpg 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Clackamas County&#8217;s Sandy Health Clinic &#8211; ribbon cutting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><u>Econ Devl \u2013 Internal Projects<\/u><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Downtown maintenance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>AF Downtown Maintenance<\/strong>:&nbsp; The Downtown Maintenance program is once again shutting down for the season and will focus on specific individual maintenance items as they arise until we start the program back up again in the spring of 2023.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew is now working on thinning street trees on Proctor and Pioneer in preparation for the installation of our annual holiday lighting for 2022. \u00a0AntFarm Youth Services will \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 provide our holiday street tree lighting this year as we transition away from Cedarglen \u00a0 Floral and (hopefully) towards something more robust for future years.\u00a0 Stay tuned\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><s><u><br><\/u><\/s><\/em><em><u>Econ Devl \u2013 Economic Development Advisory Board<\/u><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no EDAB meeting in October.&nbsp; Stay tuned for the next and final EDAB meeting of 2022, which will take place on November 30<sup>th<\/sup> in Council Chambers.&nbsp; The agenda will include a year-end review of development in Sandy as well as a follow up discussion with Elliot Weiss of CAI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would also like to take this moment to thank Councilor Pietzold on behalf of the Board (and myself) for serving as our Chair during the last term and to wish him well in his future endeavors.&nbsp; Thanks for getting this board off of to a great start, Jeremy.&nbsp; You will be missed, and we hope to see you around these parts again sometime in the future\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Econ Devl \u2013 Conferences\/training<\/u><\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff attended the Oregon Economic Development Association (OEDA) Annual Conference in Coos Bay from October 9<sup>th<\/sup> through the 11<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; This was the first in-person OEDA conference to take place since 2019, and it was wonderful to reconnect with economic developers throughout the state in person once again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the programming at this conference was focused on workforce development, which is still the most important issue to businesses everywhere, regardless of size.&nbsp; Unfortunately, businesses around the state still seem to be struggling with \u201cthe Great Resignation\u201d as much today as they were a year ago.&nbsp; The most effective strategy to deal with current labor shortages, especially in the categories of business that are somewhat prominent in Sandy (retail, tourism, restaurant), still seems to be to pay increases, particularly at entry level positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internal projects:&nbsp; Permanent Outdoor Covered Structures grant program:\u00a0 The status of the first round of this program is reviewed semi-monthly at the City of Sandy Ec Dev Advisory Board meeting \u2013 here is the status of the program as of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/2022\/11\/02\/economic-development-monthly-report-october-2022\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reports.cityofsandy.com\/economicdevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}