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How might we... 

​The following ideas emerged from the Rapid Planning Night Session on February 3.

Grow good local jobs and a skilled workforce?

Support renewable energy and energy efficiency?

• Assess tax impacts of growth
• Incentives for businesses that come here 
• Expedited permit process
• Getting water and sewer to the Gateway (zoning district) and start attracting development 
• Attracting and encouraging businesses that employ several (i.e. approx 12 people range) 
• Ensure infrastructure affordability, specifically affordable sewer and water 
• Create more places for business to go 
• Vocational Tech School 

Promote tourism and draw visitors to Richmond?

• You tube channel with videos of local attractions
• Greater Richmond visibility on the web
• Attracting tourists by maintaining what we already have 
• Round Church as a destination 
• Wedding receptions / event usage of town green (tents/alcohol)
• Hotel (visitors cannot stay local) 
• Maintaining unique and/or affordable eateries 

• Solar farm on top of water tank
• Partner with GMP to be a Rutland-style micro-grid demonstration 
• Find a site for a Richmond community solar project 
• Increase new construction building energy codes 

Nurture a local farm and food economy?

• Bring back “Richmond Dollars”
• “Shop Local” efforts 
• Test a Winters Farmers Market (library? Congo Church? School?)
• Community Kitchen & food Coops 

Ensure that Richmond is friendly for businesses?

• Promote idea that Richmond is open for business by preparing the Gateway zoning district 
• Provide places to live for local workers 
• Conservation Fund idea for economic development 
• Ensuring more businesses by not beings scared about growth/development 

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