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Description
Chesterfield Economic Development Authority Chair, John Cogbill III and Director of Chesterfield Economic Development, Garrett Hart presented to the Board of Supervisors an overview of the programs and operations of the Economic Development Department.
A
B
Afternoon,
Mr
gogbell
good
afternoon,
sir
Mr
chairman
members
of
the
board
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
today
with
you,
as
the
chairman
of
the
Chesterfield
Economic
Development
Authority,
to
first
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
and
to
thank
you
for
all
the
great
things
that
you
have
done
to
help
us
in
our
mission.
The
cooperation
has
been
superb.
B
I
also
want
to
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
did
on
upper
Magnolia
green,
because
that
was
a
very
carefully
orchestrated
and
deliberate
legislative
process
and
the
thought
and
the
time
that
you
put
into
that
produced
a
wonderful
result.
You
looked
out
for
the
citizens
in
your
districts.
You
looked
out
for
the
people
of
the
county.
You
looked
out
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
and
I'm
pleased
to
tell
you
that,
as
a
result
of
that,
we
had
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
competition
for
the
most
significant
Economic
Development
property.
B
In
the
United
States
we
go
there,
you
see
the
slide.
What
we
had.
We
were
a
finalist
in
this
exercise.
We
went
all
the
way
through.
We
were
down
to
the
point
where
they
were
actually
out
on
the
site,
looking
at
the
property,
and
we
were
within
just
maybe
one
other
entity
of
winning
that
that
prize
and
the
only
reason
we
were
able
to
do.
B
That
is
because
of
the
work
that
you
did
as
a
board,
but
I
want
to
thank
you
again
for
for
the
work
that
you
did
in
the
deliberative
process
that
you
went
through
in
order
to
make
that
happen.
I
want
to
now
switch
and
talk
to
you
about
the
greatest.
The
biggest
project
in
the
Southern
United
States
for
last
year
and
I
would
tell
you
that
this
is
probably
the
most
significant
year
for
Chesterfield's
Economic
Development
Authority.
B
B
I
also
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
tell
you
or
introduce
to
you
people
you
already
know,
but
who
the
people
in
the
audience
might
not
recognize
as
the
members
of
of
the
Chesterfield
Economic
Development
Authority.
What
I'm
going
to
do
is
read
their
names
and
ask
them
to
stand
that.
We
have
three
members
who
are
not
here
with
us
today
and
I'll
just
acknowledge
them
at
the
end.
B
and
our
newest,
one
of
our
newest
members,
Faison
Habib,
who
is
a
TR,
is
a
Treasurer
and
has
been
on
board
since
2020
and
he's
down
the
Virginia
Department
of
Transportation
and
you've
probably
dealt
with
him
already
on
in
your
work
on
upper
Magnolia
and
some
of
the
other
projects,
Jesse
Callaway,
Danielle,
Fitzhugh
and
John
O'neill.
Our
board
Council
were
not
able
to
be
with
us
today.
John
is
our
outside
counsel
at
Hunton
Williams,
but
we
also
want
to
thank
Mike
chernow
for
all
the
support
he
gives
us
internally.
B
Would
you
all
stand
up?
Please?
Just
the
board
can
see
you
I,
don't
know
whether
you
can
see
through
that
Darkness.
But
thanks
thanks
to
you
for
helping
me
I'd,
also
like
at
this
point,
because
I'm
just
I
just
wanted
this
opportunity
to
get
up
and
say
a
few
things
but
I'm
going
to
leave
the
heavy
lifting
to
to
Garrett
I,
want
to
say
a
few
things
about
Garrett
and
the
things
that
he's
done
to
sort
of
make
make
us
what
we
are
today.
B
Kent
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
he's
been
a
leader
in
the
sports
tourism
industry
here
in
Chesterfield,
and
that's
been
a
wonderful,
very
quiet,
but
a
wonderful
opportunity
for
us
to
to
show
off
Chesterfield
to
show
off,
Virginia
and
and
also
make
a
lot
of
money.
He
understands
how
to
work
with
people.
He
doesn't
raise
his
voice.
He
doesn't
doesn't
argue
with
people,
but
he
gets
things
done
and
I
also
want
to.
Thank
the
staff
because,
as
you
know,
they've
done
wonderful
things
to
help
all
the
businesses
in
Chesterfield
I
mean
they.
B
They
reach
out
whether
it's
through
a
problem
with
a
business
getting
a
building
permit,
whether
it's
a
problem,
understanding
the
tax
situation
in
the
county
they
get
one-on-one
they'll
reach
out
and
through
the
educational
programs
that
are
put
on
by
The
Economic
Development
Group.
We
are
able
to
educate
the
businesses
and
create
a
much
better
business
environment
than
I
believe
exists,
any
other
way
in
the
combo
any
other
place
in
the
Commonwealth
and
with
that
I'll
turn
this
over
to
Garrett.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman.
C
A
C
C
We
are
going
to
make
this
an
annual
event
where
we
report
to
you.
I
am
going
to
go
through
in
detail
some
of
the
items
that
we
have
in
that
report
and
I
have
to
say
to
you
guys
that
it's
all
good
news
so
well
we'll
move
forward.
We
are
winning
the
talent
attract.
We
are
leading
the
talent
attraction
business
in
Chesterfield.
You
see
364
000
people,
it's
more
like
over
370.
At
this
point,
14
people
a
day,
60
of
the
growth
of
the
MSA,
will
be
here.
You
know
we
are.
C
C
The
unemployment
rate
is
significantly
lower.
It's
lower
than
that.
Now
it's
probably
down
below
2.6.
That
is
the
you
know.
The
struggle
is
to
find
labor
with
an
unemployment
rate
that
way,
but
the
number
of
jobs
is
is
rebounded
from
covet
we're
back
to
above,
where
we
were
we
left
for
covet.
It
is
not
the
all-time
high
number
of
jobs,
but
we're
only
a
few
thousand
away.
C
The
average
weekly
raise
continues
to
rise
each
each
week,
There's
reported
by
the
VEC.
It's
always
good
news.
The
number
of
businesses
in
Chesterfield
county
is
an
all-time
high.
That's
the
most
number
of
businesses
we
have.
We
use
the
number
registered
with
the
VEC
versus
the
number
of
business
license,
which
is
just
a
different
way
of
we.
If,
if
you've
got
an
employee,
you
have
to
file
with
the
VEC,
so
we
know
you're
there
and
you're
doing
something.
C
C
We
got
sir,
to
do
a
study
on
what
was
Chesterfield's
secret
sauce
on
the
known
quality
of
life,
bringing
people
here
and
how
we
can
make
it
better
and
do
things,
and
in
that
study
it
became
clear
that
71
percent
of
the
people
that
would
choose
to
come
to
Chesterfield
or
choose
to
move
in
there
are
choosing
to
live
where
they
want
to
live
before
they
select
their
job.
Okay.
So
that
means
that
we
have
an
ample
Workforce
of
people
moving
here.
C
C
There
are
five
million
700
unemployed
persons
in
this
country.
So
if
we
filled
the,
we
used
all
the
unemployment,
there's
still
a
5
million
person
gap
for
jobs
that
Gap
is
going
to
affect
how
businesses
move
around
this
country.
They
are
going
to
go
to
where
the
labor
is
so
we
want
to
be
a
labor,
an
area
where
we
have
the
lifestyles
and
the
choices
of
homes
where
people
come
to
live,
so
the
businesses
will
chase
that
labor.
C
We
we
really
learned
how
to
get
efficient
on
connecting
and
contacting
and
working
with,
our
small
businesses
over
covert.
It
went
to
real
high
gear
at
that
point
and
we're
using
those
lessons.
We
learned
to
keep
that
volume
going
and
in
that
volume
we
did.
You
know
over
3
500
touches
with
businesses
and
training,
facili
training
and
programs
and
connections
with
financing
and
marketing
and
business,
license,
writing
and
so
forth,
and
that's
the
largest
number
ever
and
we've
been
getting
even
bigger.
C
We
had
22,
we
had
44
events
last
year,
we'll
have
more
than
that
this
year
you
guys
get
the
events
as
we.
We
send
them
out
they're
becoming
very
popular,
we're
cooperating
with
all
of
our
other
agencies
like
the
chamber
and
Vincent
of
business
works
and
so
forth
to
to
make
that
a
place
where
we're
all
maximizing
the
con.
The
connection
to
the
small
business
community
and
through
our
you
know,
development
assistance
and
permitting
assistance
we
monitored
and
touched
and
assisted
nearly
a
thousand
commercial
permits
in
2022,
which
is
great.
C
There
is
not
reported
in
some
of
the
other
numbers,
but
there's
points
happen
like
there
are:
is
5.1
million
square
feet
of
speculative
industrial
Light
industrial
buildings,
either
going
through
the
permitting
process
or
under
construction?
At
this
time
the
vacancy
rate
is
as
low
as
I've
ever
seen.
It
and
the
rents
are
as
high
as
I've
ever
seen
them.
So
all
good
news.
The
interesting
we
average
in
about
one
job
per
thousand
square
feet
on
these
type
of
buildings.
C
So
that's
that's
another
5
000
jobs
that
will
be
created
in
Chesterfield
over
the
next
24
months
or
so,
as
these
buildings
come
online
and
we
announce
whoever
the
tenant
is
Sports
tourism
Sports
tourism
is
booming.
It's
booming
in
the
region.
You
saw
on
the
Sunday
paper
where
Jack
talked
about.
Our
tourism
was
going
48
events
last
year,
180
000
visitors,
32.2
million
added
to
the
local
economy.
I.
C
Want
you
to
remember
that
number
because
we'll
come
back
to
it
when
I
go
to
the
next
slide,
but
that's
that's
the
impact
on
spend
that
the
people
spend
either
in
their
room
nights
or
their
food
or
their
purchases
for
retail
and
so
forth,
while
they're
here.
That's
that's
that
number.
Our
goal
is
to
make
that
as
big
as
it
could
possibly
be.
C
C
So
we
can
break
ground
this
year
on
the
shaman
convention
center
and
hotel
in
Stonebridge,
with
those
two
coming
online
and
both
Cena
and
Shaban
have
two
more
hotels
in
the
planning
process
to
go
into
Chesterfield,
so
the
more
rooms
we
have,
the
more
dollars
we're
going
to
collect
with
each
visitor
as
they
come
and
also.
Finally,
the
lake
is
under
construction.
It's
going
to
be
moving
forward.
C
We're
going
to
talk
about
our
direct
investment.
At
this
point,
we
had
10
projects
that
we
made
projects
that
we
announced
and
worked
with
this
year
in
20
and
22.
They
do
not
include
include
in
this
total
plenty
or
civica,
as
those
were
announced
after
July
the
first.
So
that's
that's.
400
million
dollars
worth
of
stuff
that
goes
into.
A
C
C
C
I
wanted
a
spotlight
their
commitment
to
the
environment,
a
hundred
percent.
They
will
produce
more
than
100
of
the
power
that
they
consume
in
the
plant.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
hundred
percent
carbon
neutral.
They
are
applying
solar
panels
to
all
the
tops
of
the
parking
lot
and
to
all
of
the
areas
that
the
plant
is
not
not
covering
because
they
are
removing
trees.
C
To
do
that,
they
have
agreed
to
replace
every
tree
bigger
than
a
an
eight
inch
diameter
tree,
anything
bigger
than
that
they
will
be
replaced
in
other
places
in
Chesterfield
County
that
counts
about
6,
000
trees
will
be
replaced
from
that
program.
This
they
have
chosen
to
do
Mass,
Timber
framing
because
it's
more
environmentally
friendly.
This
will
be
the
largest
mass
Timber
framed
building
in
the
country,
and
then
they
are
going
after
Leeds
goal,
which
is
a
very
hard
achievement
for
manufacturing,
but
they
will
get
it
in
both
their
building
and
their
operations.
C
They
are
also
about
to
get
their
building
permit
on
the
temporary
space
they
have
in
The
Interchange
at
warthaw.
That
will
allow
for
what
they
call
kidding
where
they
put
the
pieces
and
parts
together
that
produce,
probably
in
Mexico,
will
be
placed
in
kits.
So
with
that
you
will,
you
will
be
able
to
buy
next
Christmas
products
from
Lego
that
were
created,
or
at
least
packaged
and
put
together
in
Chesterfield.
That
represents
300
jobs
for
that
facility.
C
Okay,
why
did
they
select
Chesterfield
Meadowville
technology
park,
because
the
commitment
that
you
you
made
and
the
Board
Mates
before
you
to
have
a
shovel
ready
site
I've
already
talked
about
our
growing
Workforce.
The
ability
to
to
get
1700
people
to
work
for
them
was
a
big
point
and
the
ability
and
of
our
community
college
and
the
workforce
services
program
and
our
technical
schools
they
saw
Chesterfield
is
a
place
where
they
could
get
the
employees
that
they
needed
and
can
train
them
quickly
and
easily,
and
then,
obviously
the
infrastructure
was
in
place.
C
C
You
guys
have
seen
these
numbers
before
they're
the
numbers
we
use
when
we
negotiating
incentives
and
the
only
thing
we
talk
about
when
we
talk
about
income
from
a
company
that
the
direct
payments
to
the
county
in
taxes
and
that's
we
do
the
estimates
on
those
and
that's
how
we
figure
and
you
know
and
make
our
decisions
about
where
the
company
can
go
or
whether
we
even
want
them
in
Chesterfield.
But
I
thought.
C
We,
like
I,
said
we
don't
use
this
for
math
to
calculate
anything,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
realize
the
impact
so
I
I
asked
grp
to
do
use
the
regional
model
of
employment
and
to
to
talk
to
us
about
the
jobs
in
addition
to
the
direct
jobs
that
would
be
created
and
the
salary
that
would
be
created
from
those
jobs.
When
you
look
at
the
indirect
jobs,
indirect
jobs,
are
jobs
created
by
Lego,
buying
things
in
the
county,
so
they're
going
to
meet
people
to
be
employed
to
keep
up
with
that
demand.
C
The
induced
jobs
are
the
jobs
that
are
going
to
be
created
by
the
people
who
work
at
Lego
and
work
in
the
indirect
jobs,
throwing
more
money
into
the
community,
because
they've
got
a
salary
to
spend
it's
a
new
salary
in
the
system,
so
those
two
together,
almost
double
the
number
of
employees.
That'll
come
from
this
project
and
or
a
hundred
million
dollars
more
in
payroll.
That
we'll
realize
in
Chesterfield,
through
the
program.
D
C
D
C
It's
already
started:
yes,
sir
there's
probably
45
people
on
site
right
now
doing
dirt
work
and
it
will
grow
to
almost
3
000
before
it's
completed.
Thank
you.
Mr
Carol
I
wanted
to
mention
the
projects
that
the
Board
of
Supervisors
and
the
Eda
are
working
to
get
completed,
but
you've
heard
about
upper
Magnolia
green
a
couple
times
in
other
presentations
here
today.
Clearly
the
rezoning
that
you
guys
took
a
hold
of
the
purchase
the
strategy.
C
The
time
that
you
spent
to
get
the
rezoning
has
resulted
in
probably
the
premier
industrial,
large
format,
industrial
site
in
Virginia.
It
is
absolutely
the
number
one
site
in
Virginia
it
continues
to
be
and
will
be,
and
we
are
working
hard
to.
As
it's
been
said
before
today,
we're
working
today
we
are
working
hard
to
fund
the
infrastructure
and
the
roads
to
make
that
a
reality
in
every
way
that
we
possibly
can.
The
tomahawk
sewer
is
almost
41
accepted
by
utilities
as
it
already
is
there.
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If
you
will,
if
you
will
stand
when
I
call,
your
name
Samantha
furnish
Sharonda
Napier,
Jake,
Elder,
Tina,
Shreve,
Leticia,
Jenkins,
Katie,
Albert,
Matt,
McLaren
and
Woody
Carr,
and
they
are
the
the
hardest
working
most
dedicated
and
excited
group
of
people
that
that
have
ever
done.
Economic,
Development
and
I'm,
very,
very
proud
of
them.
I
would
ask
them
to
remain
standing
and,
if
you
really
jealous
to
me
for
just
a
minute
or
two
stand
again
as
well,
Joe
I'd,
like
you
to
say
it.
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Yeah
I
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
you,
Garrett
for
your
work.
I
I
know
how
important
it
is
and
has
been
for
the
county
to
create
job
and
job
opportunities,
we'll
look
at
over
2
000
jobs
here
over
a
billion
dollars
in
investment
and,
of
course,
yeah
2,
647
jobs,
and
we
see
the
significant
impact
of
Economic
Development,
which
this
board
and
proud
boards
have
recognized.
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Work
with
that
I
applaud
your
efforts
in
that
regard,
because,
as
with
tourism,
a
sports
tourism,
which
is
a
huge
driving
the
County
Economic
Development,
accompanies
it
as
well,
in
terms
of
hotels,
sleeping
in
the
bed
nights
and
also
the
the
restaurants
benefit.
The
citizens
benefit
by
having
these
amenities
and
then
having
first
class.
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First
class
companies
such
as
Lego
ESG.
You
know
many
times,
people
don't
think
about
that,
but
that's
significant
that
they
embraced
that
and
they're
willing
to
invest
in
that
as
well.
So
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
for
that
effort
and
for
the
benefit
for
the
entire
County
as
to
what
you
have
done
and
continue
to
do
so.