Downtown, where the overhead is lower, is the logical place for beginning businesses. It is up to downtown viable shopping district that will afford opportunities for new growth. The rehabilitation of downtown is an incentive for attracting community-wide investment. When industry leaders look at a community as a possible location, the officials examine many aspects, among which are availability of industrial parks, adequate airport facilities, land, water, and utilities. They inquire about the tax rate, prevailing wage scale, school system, available housing, and quality of life.
Downtown is a symbol of civic pride or the lack of it.
Judging from the written responses this year's festival seems to be one of the most profitable ever for many of our exhibitors. The festival committee started to work very early this year and as a result, we had a fine mix of new artists. Many attendees commented that the quality of the art work has improved. We hope this year's festival was profitable to your place of business as well. The goal of the festivals is to bring additional traffic into the village.