In Attendance
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Eli Hauser |
Ehauser@yahoo.com |
Keevin Gellor |
barneylumber@aol.com |
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Alan Lurie |
Alury@yahoo.com |
Jeff Seul |
jrseul@verizon.net |
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Bill Heitin |
Wheitin@mit.edu |
Mike Bossin |
mbossin@comcast.net |
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Rob Maidman |
romarintl3@comcast.net |
Tan Lee |
isotoped2o@yahoo.com |
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Ben Pinkowitz |
benpink@comcast.net |
Ben Puritz |
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David Spiegel |
dspiegel@gallerygroup.com |
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1st
effort in
Personal
introduction roundtable
Discussion
of team purpose and charter
Review
of economic baseline study
Discussion
of next steps
Group
assignments
Agree
on meeting schedule
Notes
Identification
for need for point person for business contacts
Fast
track of projects within Town
There
may be a challenge to sell $400 per family.
The
Town is not a
Value or qualitative benefits to Town and individuals.
Update
by Bill Heitin on new business activities coming into town.
Value
of 20-40 contiguous acres to a bio-tech or other similar corporation few left
in State/128 area.
1)
Identification of
benchmark communities
High
residential tax component (> 95%)
Low
industrial base
High
percentage of community developed
6,000
10,000 households
3,500
student population
2)
Management of
publicity on business initiatives to gain awareness and support
3)
In addition to
individuals on the teams, we may want to list an additional column for
Partners.
4)
Suggest to co-ordinate
with one of the colleges to have a project for them to study.
5)
Discussion of
suitability of team assignments. General agreement they worked.
6)
First deliverable
a presentation or write up on key concerns, themes, approaches to addressing
the assignment
a)
Development Loan
what is the framework, guideline, examples of other Towns we can use.
b)
New Business
outline for what types of business to attract to which part of Town. Is there
an opportunity for S. Main development?
c)
New Revenue
identification of new revenue sources; ideas on how to identify new revenue
sources; examples of how to leverage our resources; other Towns experiences.
Quarterly group meeting in general.
To
assure a healthy initial start, we should meet Monday, the 15th of
May.