Bridgeport Township DDA Meeting October 13th, 2021

 On the Agenda:
Approval of Agenda begins at 0:48
Approval of Minutes - September 8th, 2021 begins at 1:05
NEW BUSINESS:
1.  Beautification Sub Committee Report begins at 1:40
2.  2022 Budget begins at 4:38
3.  Capitol Stone Works Façade Grant Request begins at 5:46
OLD BUSINESS:
1.  Dixie Hwy Project Completion begins at 8:36
2.  RRC / MEDC Update – CEDAM Fellowship begins at 9:20
3.  Economic Development Plan and Studies Update begins at 10:19
DDA COORDINATOR'S REPORT begins at 13:36
DDA MEMBER COMMENTS begin at 20:00

One sad bit of news came from the Beautification Sub Committee.  Abele's will no longer be able to place and then pick back up the flower pots each year so the township would need to find other means to get that done, and the cost will be $30 more per pot.  The beautification sub committee will be having more meetings to come up with a solution for this.  

The community Fall Cleanup will be moved to next spring, probably around April 29th & 30th, 2022.

They awarded another grant for a local business to spruce up their building. I can't remember what year they started doing this and wanted to share some information for businesses that may want to apply, but I can't find any information about it on their website.  Some parts of the township website are up to date and very informative, other parts haven't been updated in years.

There were some informative updates by the Township Manager, the DDA Coordinator, and the Township Supervisor about Economic Developement plans etc....

In case anyone was wondering about the work that has been done at the closed Gobeyn's Service Station, it is an environmental  cleanup.  They mention it briefly here in this meeting.

I see residents bitching online about the empty buildings here in Bridgeport and the DDA Coordinator mentions here an update on the empty hotel situation.  I don't think that most residents realize that to get these empty buildings properly dealt with, burned out homes etc... can take years of paperwork, court cases, legal fees etc...  Maybe if more residents would attend the meetings, or at least give these videos a listen, or even contact the township government, they would understand how much work the township does on these problems and how long the process can take; but then I guess they couldn't go online and bitch about things they don't actually know about.

There are always little bits of good information here and there in these meetings, and it is worth it to residents to take the time to listen to the whole meetings.