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<br />M <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />City Council <br />Agenda Swnmary <br /> <br />Martinsville <br /> <br />Meeting Date: <br />Item No: <br />Department: <br /> <br />October 14,2008 <br />4. <br /> <br />Community Development <br /> <br />Issue: Hear a report from the Community Development Department <br />regarding Uptown growth and development plans. <br /> <br />Summary: <br /> <br />Wayne Knox, director of Community Development, will introduce City Planner <br />Susan McCulloch, and outline activities planned to develop Uptown. Susan's <br />duties will include assisting in ongoing efforts to revitalize our Uptown community <br />and this will be done by educating the various stakeholders in ideas and concepts <br />that actually work. Field trips will be conducted in the near future to such <br />communities as Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Waynesboro. These localities have <br />utilized tactics in the areas of residential, historic preservation and commercial <br />redevelopment. There may be other communities that have demonstrated success <br />in the efforts to grow their respective business districts and we will explore them. <br />In addition, team visits from various public financing agencies will be scheduled to <br />assist our city in actually implementing some of these strategies. <br /> <br />Attachments: <br /> <br />Recommendations: <br />