Charlottesville Economic Development Authority (CEDA)
                                Work Session Minutes – October 16, 2018


        Members Present              Staff Present          Others Present
        Tara Boyd                   Chris Engel
        Carolyn Shears              Kelly Bassett
        Ethan Dunstan               Jason Ness
        Reid Young
        Paul Beyer
        Ed Schmitz


        A work session of the Charlottesville Economic Development Authority occurred on
        Tuesday, October 16, 2018 beginning at 12 noon at CitySpace.

        The board discussed the Office and Retail Market Study that was presented to the board
        by HR&A, Inc. in August. The board concluded that in addition to other efforts to publicize
        the report that a copy of the study be sent directly to each member of the Charlottesville
        City Council with a memo outlining the concerns expressed by CEDA board members.

        Next, Mr. Engel gave the board a brief recap of a presentation he and the chair and vice-
        chair of the authority attended hosted the Central Virginia Partnership for Economic
        Development. The Louisa County Board of Supervisors is planning to develop a regional
        business park in the Shannon Hill area of Louisa County and is inviting other localities to join
        them. The project has the potential to be a GO VA project.

        Mr. Engel then discussed the status of the CvilleBioHub GO VA funds. The project was
        approved by CEDA and the GO VA board, and CvilleBioHub should be receiving the funds
        shortly. In addition, there are several other potential applications for GO VA funds that
        could come before the board possibly at the next scheduled meeting.

        Mr. Engel then asked Mr. Ness to give an update on the VJIP program. With the possibility
        of a state funding cut to the program, the Office of Economic Development is investigating
        other options to grow the match program to include other state funding sources

        The work session concluded at 1:29 pm.




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