liberty’s downtown
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Liberty’s Downtown. A Path Forward?. So this is a Long Standing Problem. Lack of vision 50 year decisions Aging infrastructure Budgetary constraints Lack of administration day-to-day Part time attention Piecemeal solutions. Downtown Vacancies. Picture Taken Today. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A Path Forward?
Liberty’s Downtown
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Lack of vision50 year decisionsAging infrastructureBudgetary constraintsLack of administration day-to-dayPart time attentionPiecemeal solutions
So this is a Long Standing Problem
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Downtown Vacancies
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Picture Taken Today
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Is this what we are doing?
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So do we just give up?
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Concerned citizens / businesspeopleMembers of council ready for actionLayout of town is uniqueCentral location of town within countyChange of administration creates new energyUpcoming electionUntapped funding source
Our Strengths and Opportunties
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Untapped Funding Source
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Others are already using this approach
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#022-000 Hospitality Tax $71,426.67 #023-000 Hospitality Tax Grant$41,720.59 #003-000 Accommodations Tax $ 3,537.95
Proposal would not spend any of these funds
HTAX /ATAX Funds
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80% of the future revenues from this one fund
20% remain for city’s useWould fund a bond over $500,000.00Pay for a basic downtown streetscaping
immediatelyNot a piecemeal solution – a comprehensive
oneMake downtown attractive and conducive to
business Increase our tax baseActually would PRODUCE NEW tax revenue
without spending any new taxpayer money
#022-000 Hospitality Tax
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Liberty Idol sponsorship $10,000 per yearLiberty Idol prize money $6,000 per yearLiberty Idol to pay Costner Productions (SWP
acct)Liberty Idol equipment, storage and lightingLiberty Idol Security and portajohnsScoreboard for ball fieldGazebos almost $40,000.00 in the last three
yearsPedestrian Park (good, but piecemeal
improvement)Miscellaneous (which is scary)
Current uses of this fund
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Continue grant applicationsSeek citizen inputCoordinate with Duke Power, AT&T, Northland
CableEducate local businessesUtilize CDBG funding if possibleUtilize annual County paving stipendUtilize MASC Main Street programDepartment of Commerce $6,000.00 grantsACOG expertiseCounty resources
Only part of the puzzle, however
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Bottom Line
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We have the resources RIGHT NOW to fix the problem, but we have to decide to do it.
Downtown’s Condition is OUR choice
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Q&A?
Thank You