July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Plan update in works (8/4/04)
JCDC planning revisions to strategic plan
Plans for updating Jay County’s economic road map — and a new assessment of conditions for entrepreneurs in the area — are moving forward.
Funding has been secured and the process of updating the county’s strategic development plan will begin in the coming months, members of the Jay County Development Corporation Board of Directors were told Tuesday.
JCDC executive director Bob Quadrozzi said the plan, which was last updated in 1998, will be coordinated by a team from Ball State University. The process in updating the plan is expected to be less intensive this time around, Quadrozzi and Rosalie Clamme, the board’s treasurer, said Tuesday.
The plan completed in 1998 was in two phases: One covering economic development and the other a county “vision” plan that focused more on quality of life issues.
The cost of the update, which will also include an entrepreneurial community assessment program, will be $24,800. Jay County has agreed to commit up to $13,000 in interest earnings from economic development income tax funds, while The Portland Foundation has agreed to a $3,000 grant that will be matched by combining funds from AEP, Sprint and JCDC. Jay County’s cities and towns are contributing the remaining $5,800.
Quadrozzi also said he and Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier have nearly completed visits with area industries.
“Most of the companies ... are at least holding their own ... and most are doing even better,” Quadrozzi said. He said a survey of entry-level wages, excluding benefits, showed an average starting hourly wage of $9.91 per hour. The mean entry level wage was $9.50, he said.
In other business Tuesday, JCDC board members:
•Received an update from Jay County community developer Wayne Bailey. Bailey continues to be involved in a variety of grant-related projects — including a storm/wastewater project in Bryant, a streetscape project in Pennville and the renovation of the old Salamonia School.
•Learned from Hosier the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter project is moving forward. Hosier said there are a few drainage issues to be resolved for the store, which would be located on West Votaw Street just west of Jay County Hospital and Heritage Commons retirement community.
Hosier also said the Indiana Department of Transportation will begin work on re-paving East Water Street (Ind. 26) sometime in the next few weeks and that the city also plans to begin paving work in the next week to 10 days.
•Heard JCDC president Chuck Huffman, who is also president of the West Jay Community Center Board of Directors, say that an open house for the center’s new gym facility will be held Sunday, Aug. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
Funding has been secured and the process of updating the county’s strategic development plan will begin in the coming months, members of the Jay County Development Corporation Board of Directors were told Tuesday.
JCDC executive director Bob Quadrozzi said the plan, which was last updated in 1998, will be coordinated by a team from Ball State University. The process in updating the plan is expected to be less intensive this time around, Quadrozzi and Rosalie Clamme, the board’s treasurer, said Tuesday.
The plan completed in 1998 was in two phases: One covering economic development and the other a county “vision” plan that focused more on quality of life issues.
The cost of the update, which will also include an entrepreneurial community assessment program, will be $24,800. Jay County has agreed to commit up to $13,000 in interest earnings from economic development income tax funds, while The Portland Foundation has agreed to a $3,000 grant that will be matched by combining funds from AEP, Sprint and JCDC. Jay County’s cities and towns are contributing the remaining $5,800.
Quadrozzi also said he and Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier have nearly completed visits with area industries.
“Most of the companies ... are at least holding their own ... and most are doing even better,” Quadrozzi said. He said a survey of entry-level wages, excluding benefits, showed an average starting hourly wage of $9.91 per hour. The mean entry level wage was $9.50, he said.
In other business Tuesday, JCDC board members:
•Received an update from Jay County community developer Wayne Bailey. Bailey continues to be involved in a variety of grant-related projects — including a storm/wastewater project in Bryant, a streetscape project in Pennville and the renovation of the old Salamonia School.
•Learned from Hosier the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter project is moving forward. Hosier said there are a few drainage issues to be resolved for the store, which would be located on West Votaw Street just west of Jay County Hospital and Heritage Commons retirement community.
Hosier also said the Indiana Department of Transportation will begin work on re-paving East Water Street (Ind. 26) sometime in the next few weeks and that the city also plans to begin paving work in the next week to 10 days.
•Heard JCDC president Chuck Huffman, who is also president of the West Jay Community Center Board of Directors, say that an open house for the center’s new gym facility will be held Sunday, Aug. 29, from 2 to 4 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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