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Local Business

• Hire a full-time Business Director to manage economic development & business needs for our local economy

• Implement a Two-For-One business development policy that invests directly in existing local businesses while creating the economic landscape to attract new enterprises

• Establish a community-driven Business Commission to create attractive & family-friendly public events

 

Property Maintenance​

• Conduct a commercial buildings inventory ​

• Public access to a Vacant & Abandoned Registry within City Hall to track all vacant & abandoned properties in Woodbury, 

• Introduce a vacancy tax on storefronts that have been vacant for longer than 12 months

• Start a "social enterprise fund" to transform vacant properties into vibrant public spaces alongside local artists

• Moratorium on city-purchased properties

• Hire a Landlord-Tenant Liaison within the Planning & Zoning Board
   

City-wide Redevelopment​

• Review and update the city's Master Redevelopment Plan without spending taxpayer dollars on ineffective studies​

• Leverage the federally-designated Opportunity Zone in North Woodbury to create an innovative business incubator that will attract the region's newest & most exciting enterprises to our city

• Implement a practical Main Street Approach in our city's commercial corridors