Village of Hampshire Business Development Commission met Jan. 24.
Here is the agenda provided by the Commission:
1. Call To Order
2. Roll Call for Attendance
3. Public Comments
4. Review of the November 8, 2017 minutes for approval
5. Update on the website for the village
6. Update on unfinished defining the context
A. Need for completing documentation
B. Route 20
C. Industrial Park
7. Discussion of transitioning toward Setting Goals portion of Smart Growth
8. Focus on Downtown
A. Best structure for incentivizing business owners
B. Code Compliance (plus and minuses of applying pressure on existing business owners)
C. Should we incentivize a streetscape concept driven by a collective vision
9. Route 72 issues
A. Strip mall
i. Parking lot, faded signage, vacancy
B. Chic ‘N Dip
i. building appearance
10. Update on things going on in the village
A. Minihans
B. New strip mall on 72
C. Palazollo’s building
D. Copper Barrel on State
E. Loves
11. Adjourn
http://www.hampshireil.org/getattachment/dd2a26c1-731d-4642-83da-a832338ce058/Business-Development-Commission.aspx