Meeting Date Has Been Set For The Economic Development Committee

End of year brainstorming session planned.

Local citizens are encouraged to provide their ideas.

Posted: December 23, 2015     The first meeting of the Newberry Springs Community Economic Development Committee has established to meet Monday, December 28, 2015 at the Newberry CSD building located at 30884 Newberry Road.  The meeting is scheduled to start at 1 P.M.  The meeting is expected to last 2 to 3 hours. Tentative Agenda Items   •  Welcome.   •  Presentation by Chuck Bell on the Lucerne Valley Economic Development Association (LVEDA).   •  Overview of USDA Promise Zone assistance program, application requirements and deadline.   •  Overview of assistance from Cal Poly Pomona environmental design students.   •  Begin discussion about short and long term goals and objectives for the community development group (brainstorming).   •  Talk about possible community and county participants who might be interested in joining the group.   •  Discuss possible funding sources.   •  Future meeting schedule.   •  Other.       The meeting will serve as an opportunity for the attendees to meet with other committee members and to establish the parameter for future progress.     Two ideas that are planned to be presented require immediate action by the committee.  This is the reason for the holiday scheduled meeting.     A major element of the meeting will be to brainstorm for ideas from the committee's members.  It is hoped that the meeting will form the initial impetus whereby innovative ideas from the community will prevail to revive a community of service based businesses.     The committee is made up of community residents who have volunteered their service to make Newberry Springs a better place to work and live.  The meeting is open to the public to attend and participate. • • • Click here to read, "Like," comment, or share on: Follow us on Twitter and be notified of new stories: • • • Home: http://NewberryInfo.com E-mail: Request for committee participation.