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Economic Development
Council
Provincetown Economic Study: Read the Comparable Community Analysis conducted by Mt. Auburn Associates and presented to the Provincetown Economic Development Council on June 20, 2007. Economic Study Results. The Provincetown Economic Development Council has reviewed an economic development study prepared by Mt. Auburn Associates with funding provided by the Cape Cod Economic Development Council. See a PDF file with the PowerPoint presentation. Special Town Meeting establishes EDC. Voters at the November 7, 2005 Special Town Meeting approved an amendment to the General By-laws establishing the Provincetown Economic Development Council to advise the Board of Selectmen on the development of strategies consistent with the Local Comprehensive Plan which will foster a sustainable year-round economy for Provincetown. Members of the council shall have education and experience in one or more of the following fields: tourism and visitor services, arts and culture, retail, general business, education, health care, commercial fishing and aquaculture, and housing and construction; and the council as a whole shall include persons with education and experience in several of these fields. Read more about the Provincetown Economic Development Council. Economic Development Permits. On August 28, 2006, the Board of Selectmen voted to accept the Economic Development Council's recommendation to set aside 5,000 gallons per day for Growth Management Zoning By-law General Use Category 5 (economic development permits), and to bring such a proposed zoning amendment to the special town meeting planned for November 2006. The November 2005 Town Meeting approved two articles to promote year-round economic development: a general by-law amendment to establish the Economic Development Council and Economic Development Permits; and a zoning by-law amendment to create a growth management surplus gallonage pool available for reallocation for year-round economic development. Strategic Economic Cultural Plan:
Read
the Strategic Economic Cultural Plan prepared by Christina Pappas
of Open the Door, Inc. prepared for the Massachusetts Cultural Council
Adams Grant Task Force and the Provincetown Economic Development
Council. Summer Visitor's Survey Results: A survey of visitors to Provincetown in the summer of 2005 was conducted by the University of Massachusttes at Darmouth, Center for Policy Analysis and results of that survey were prepared for the Massachusetts Cultural Council Adams Grant Task Force and the Provincetown Economic Development Council. Read Survey Results. See PowerPoint presentation on the survey. Streetscape Concept Plan Charrette #2: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown. See Informational Flyer. Read Streetscape Report. MCC Adams Grant Task Force The Town of Provincetown received an award of a $20,000 grant under the Massachusetts Cultural Council [MCC] Adams Arts Program in FY 2005 to hire a facilitator, an urban planner, and to develop and implement a visitor survey -- all to assist the town and the business community to increase tourism and stimulate year-round development through the creation and preliminary implementation of a strategic economic cultural plan. Since the grant award, a Task Force has been working diligently-- meeting 10 times as a full group and as many times as various sub-committees. The members of the Task Force are very committed - they are meeting at least every 2 weeks and often weekly during peak season!! They are very excited about the work to date and have great hope in our future efforts. Read the Task Force's August 2005 update to the Board of Selectmen. On August 22, 2005, the Board of Selectmen voted to rename the "Economic Development Task Force" as the "MCC Adams Grant Task Force," which will make its reports through the Economic Development Council to the Board of Selectmen. See Summer 2005 and Spring 2006 Visitor's Survey DRAFT.
Economic Development Task Force On June 14, 2004, the Board of Selectmen vote to approve the following mission statement for the Economic Development Task Force: "to advise the Board of Selectmen on the development of strategies consistent with the Local Comprehensive Plan which will foster a sustainable year-round economy for Provincetown." Read the Task Force statement presented to the Board of Selectmen on June 14th. An Outline for a Proposed Economic Development Strategy for Provincetown: Strategy: Recognize our current economic bases, understand them better through research and collaboration of common interdependent interests, and reallocate current governmental resources to create a town vehicle which will generate a Strategic Development Plan through public/private partnership which has measurable goals (returns on investment). Read more. Proposed Process: Community Economic Development Planning- A Partnership Between Government And Business Read more. EDTF Meeting Notes. Read follow up notes from prior meetings of the Task Force
Community Development Plan
2004 Community Visioning Survey results. Read the results of the recent Community Vision survey.
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