Economic Vitality Committee Agenda and Packet 2024 08 16

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LCityof Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 SUBJECT: DATE: ECONOMIC VITALITY COMMITTEE STAFF UPDATES AUGUST 16, 2024 PRESENTED BY: VANESSA ZARATE, CECD, ECONOMIC VITALITY MANAGER AUSTIN BROWN, ECONOMIC VITALITY SPECIALIST SUMMARY: In the following, staff provides updates on recent activity related to economic vitality functions. Retention Visits Economic Vitality staff continues to have retention visits with Louisville businesses, conducting visits with primary employers and our quality -of -life businesses. These visits are in addition to the Business Beat Roundtables. Louisville Chamber The Chamber has hired their new Executive Director, Gillian Millar. Gillian is a business owner and has previously served on the Chamber's Board of Directors. The chamber's annual Pints in the Park is set for Saturday, September 7th, 2024. Louisville Revitalization Commission The Louisville Revitalization Commission is interested in having a joint meeting with the EVC to hear more about EVC priorities, plans and upcoming projects. The Revitalization Commission is in the process of bonding their future revenues for capital improvement projects and will be creating a new two year work plan for 2025-2026. Economic Vitality Retreat Economic Vitality Staff is working on putting together an economic vitality retreat for all of our economic vitality partners that support efforts in Louisville. The intent of this retreat would be to have representatives from each organization in a room to talk about goals, priorities and projects. This will allow the teams to get to know each other more, identify opportunities for collaboration as well as identify gaps in service for the Louisville business community. More information will be provided, with the intent being a retreat in Q4 to prepare for 2025. Support Local Campaign Staff is working on creating a support local campaign to launch, hopefully, in October. This campaign will launch before the holiday shopping season to hopefully highlight the local opportunities for people to buy and will continue throughout the year. This campaign will promote service, retailers and other businesses in our community and provide education and background on how supporting local impacts your community.