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Show Economic Development topic of discussion at committee meeting of Benchmark area cities The recently formed Economic Development Committee of the Benchmark six city area met Oct. 6 at the Bountiful City Hall. The committee is composed of volunteer volun-teer citizens from the South Davis area who are interested in contributing contri-buting their time and efforts towards to-wards economic development and community enhancement. The highlight of the meeting was an address from Rick Mayfield from the Davis County Economic Development office. Rick reported to the group some of the activities on the county level. The county's main areas of focus at present are 1) Corporate Recruitment and 2) the Revolving Loan Fund. The Economic Development office of the county receives approximately 20 to 30 inquiries per month because be-cause of the revolving loan fund. Rick emphasized the importance of volunteer groups such as this committee because of the limited funds available through government govern-ment agencies at present. He encouraged en-couraged the group to continue and offered his assistance in the committee's com-mittee's efforts. The three sub-committees formed at the previous meeting Claudia Conder reported from the "Buy Benchmark" Committee. Commit-tee. Because of the difficulty and expense of creating a charge card or credit card, the sub-committee felt that a discount card was more likely to succeed. This discount card would be distributed to as many residences as possible and be used in as many businesses as were willing to participate. Stan Postma reported findings from the Survey Committee. Utah State University has put together a package by which communities can survey residences randomly to obtain information. It was suggested sug-gested that the committee ask the city officials from each city to join in this effort and in return use the survey to obtain pertinent information informa-tion for the cities. Anyone interested in joining is welcome and encouraged. In order to continue this effort, volunteers are needed. Lend us your expertise. exper-tise. The next meeting will be held Nov. 4 at the Centerville City Hall at 7:30 p.m. If interested, join us then or call the Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce Office at 295-6944. each reported on their activities since their formation. Harold Shatter Shat-ter reported from the Image Committee Com-mittee on their suggestions to promote the area. Those suggestions sugges-tions included: 1) uniting the six cities in a joint celebration to take place between the 4th & 24th of July, 2) identifying the area as the "Benchmark Six City Area", 3) creating an informational brochure to include facts and information about ab-out each city in the six city area. |
