RESO 1990-13 - Business Retention-ExpansionRESOLUTION 90 -13
WHEREAS, the key to increasing employment and maintaining a stable tax
base is the retention and expansion of existing business firms; and
WHEREAS, the City of Huntsville will be in a well informed position to
effectively intervene to retain companies and to encourage and assist in
their expansion; and,
WHEREAS, the active and visible support of the Mayor and City
Council is essential to a strong and effective business retention and
expansion effort; and,
WHEREAS, it is desirable that local government officials, the
Huntsville - Walker County Economic Development Corporation, the
Huntsville - Walker County Chamber of Commerce and other business groups
work together to learn about, and respond to, problems and opportunities
faced by local business firms; and,
WHEREAS, an organized Business Retention and Expansion Program for
Walker County would benefit small, independent business persons as well as
larger firms and traditional industries; and
WHEREAS, Huntsville - Walker County Economic Development Corporation and
Southwestern Bell Telephone have agreed to serve as Program Sponsors for the
Business Retention and Expansion Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE THAT:
The City of Huntsville is committed to developing, in conjunction with
the Economic Development Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce and other
business groups, a Walker County Business Retention and Expansion Program.
Such Program should include the formation of a Business Retention and
Expansion Steering Committee.
Activities should include, but not be limited to, identification of all
businesses in the community and their "chief executive officers ", recruitment
and training of volunteers for chief executive interviews, immediate
response, where possible, by the public or private sector to individual
business problems and opportunities discovered, and analysis of survey data
to develop new programs in order to help keep Huntsville's businesses healthy
and satisfied.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16t day of October, 1990.
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