Cloverdale Redevelopment discusses attracting business, people

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Redevelopment Commission discussed ideas for attracting businesses and people to Cloverdale during its recent regular meeting.

As part of a larger overall project to beautify and market Cloverdale, the commission discussed installing rock welcome signs at either end of town, an idea first brought up in the Town Council several months ago.

Total cost of installation (two signs, lighting and a pair of horse statues) would be $20,000, but Matt Nichols suggested the town spend only $14,000 and install the signs and lights first and the statues later.

He also suggested investing $8,000 over the next three years into billboards on Interstate 70 to advertise businesses and attractions, and asking business owners to help with costs. The commission was friendly to these suggestions.

President Wayne Galloway distributed a list of restaurants to board members, who will begin contacting the businesses.

Nichols suggested contacting the Putnam County Convention and Visitor Bureau for statistical and marketing help on the project.

Related to that, Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway announced that every seat in the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce has been filled by a new member (President Josh Barrett, Vice President Dana Mitchell, Treasurer Gary Bennington and Secretary Kristen Payton) and that the commission should have a large meeting with the new chamber as well as the Town Council, Park Board and Planning/BZA Commission to discuss bringing business to Cloverdale.

Clerk-Treasurer Galloway announced several days later that such a meeting would be held at the Redevelopment Commission’s next regular meeting Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. in the Cloverdale Town Council.

In other developments:

-- Absences: Vice President Allyssa Atwell, Emma Hoffman and Attorney Lou Britton were absent.

-- Arby’s: President Galloway reported that the new Arby’s restaurant, which will replace the one that burned down in May, is scheduled to be done by Thanksgiving.

-- Stardust Road: President Galloway reported that the Stardust Road Project is making progress and doing well, but that with Duke Energy being delayed by Duke Energy having to help with hurricane relief efforts there are concerns about the project being finished before the end of the year.

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    I think the intentions are fantastic but $20,000 for 2 rock signs seems awfully wasteful to me. Think about how that amount could be used in other ways that could likely result in better net gains...

    -- Posted by DouglasQuaid on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, at 12:21 PM
  • At least this article gave me a chuckle. Way too much money for two articles of promotion. Do a survey of your hard scapes downtown. Is there enough space to sustain visitors? As far as getting numbers from the county visitors bureau....should be interesting since they fired their new director although the paper did not report on this breaking news. If you had done your homework you would know indiana code dictates the local tax dollars from the local tourism bureau CAN be used for economic development. You are welcome!!

    -- Posted by canttakeitanymore on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, at 6:59 PM
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