Kingsport will be a planned regional center for people and business

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Kingsport will be a planned regional center for
people and business the community of choice
for the Northeast Tennessee Valley

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Vision Leadership

• Economic Summit
• November 3-4, 1999
• 60 Community Leaders
• Local Government, Business, Community/Neighborhood
  , State/Regional
• Visioning and Strategic Planning
• Consensus Building
• Groundbreaking

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Successful Cities By Mayor Bill Hudnut of
Indianapolis 1976-1991

• Have vigorous visionary leadership in their
  public and private sectors, which anticipates
  change and harnesses it to positive advantage. 
• Welcome the information age and embrace the
  postindustrial era while providing ways for
  people to come together. 
• Are driven by collaborative strategies. They find
  strength in diversity, partnership, and citizen
  participation in the community-building process. 
• Think and act globally, regionally and locally.
  Leadership reaches from neighborhood to regional
  to global. They work within the framework of a
  new paradigm. 
• Deliver services efficiently and cope effectively
  with urban problems such as security, education,
  housing, transportation, infrastructure, and
  environmental degradation. 
• Have a vibrant central city, limit bad sprawl,
  and promote smart growth. Cityship creates
  places worthy of our affection.

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Partnerships for shared success
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The Process

• Professional Economic Developer
• Professional Economist / Demographer
• SWOT Analysis
• EQ / Structure Exercise
• Matrix
• Ranking/Prioritization
• Post Summit Activities

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Ranking / Prioritization

1. Training/workforce development
2. Promote an entrepreneurial spirit
3. Diversify economic base
4. Attract new business / focus on information
   technology
5. Small business development / hire expert /
   tourism

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Post Summit

• Mayors Ad Hoc Economic Committee
• Benchmarking/Research
• Roanoke, Chattanooga, Charleston, Spartanburg,
  Holland, Johnson City, Asheville, Blount
  Partnership
• Structure
• Communication
• Major Plan Components

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Post Summit

• Three major strategic directions
• Attract new businesses
• Retain/expand existing businesses
• Conventions / tourism

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First Steps and Stewards

• RCAT / Northeast State / Educate Grow Keith
  Wilson
• Redevelopment Dave Clark
• Infrastructure Jeff Fleming
• Entrepreneurial organization Ray Griffin
• Information technology Dave Sieg
• Small business Bob Arrington
• Web site development John Williams
• Sports tourism and conventions Jenny Seguin
• Economic development structure Miles Burdine
• Assumptions of Economic Development
• The Essence of Strategy allocation of limited
  resources to achieve maximum results

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From 1999
To 2002
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RCAT/Educate Grow

• Funds
• Local 135,000 capital
• City/County 250,000 annual
• Federal 1,133,500
• Yield
• Attract/retain youth
• Workforce development
• Downtown revitalization
• Status
• Tuition 103 City/County students
• RCAT Opening Fall 2002
• 50 students applied, but received funding from
  other sources

"As far as I know this is unique," said Norma
Kent, spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based
American Association of Community Colleges. "What
they have done is admirable. It's wonderful, it
truly is. I hope it sets a precedent."
Associated Press
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Redevelopment Plan

• Funds
• Local 50,000 (seed money FY2002 Budget)
• Federal 58,000 (CDBG FY2001 one-time to build
  capacity)
• Yield
• Prevent blight / stabilize neighborhoods
• Offset economic obsolescence
• Status
• Kingsport Housing Redevelopment Authority
• Economic study / retail market capacity analysis
  complete
• Public Hearing February 2002
• Stonegate, Crown Point/Green Acres

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Redevelopment - Stonegate
Ramco-Gershenson has a portfolio of 57 centers,
over half of which are supermarket anchored,
consisting of approximately 11.7 million square
feet of gross leasable area.

• Private redevelopment initiatives
• Developer addressed BMA
• Tightest retail market in many years
• Land assembly (options) underway
• Wal-Mart closed in October 2001
• Public involvement
• Tax increment financing (TIF)
• Fairview Avenue improvements
• Possible water/sewer improvements

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Interstate 181 / Exit 55West Stone Drive (U.S.
11W)
Center St
W Stone Dr
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Barker Building CompanyIn the Historic Bus
Station
Redevelopment - Downtown

• Private redevelopment initiatives
• Willamette (475m)
• Barker Building Company (3m)
• Jitters / Allure / Guilded Nest
• Intellithought (250 emp.)
• Sullivan County Bank
• Bank of Tennessee
• DKMI
• Public involvement
• Public Works / streetscaping
• Broad Street TEA-21 Grant
• Parking fee structure
• RCAT / Transit Center

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Redevelopment Eastman / Stone

• Private redevelopment initiatives
• K-Mart Supercenter (6.2m)
• Lowes (5.5m)
• Cheddars (1m)
• OCharleys (1m)
• Schlotskys / SunCom
• Kingsport Mall
• Wards, Heilig-Meyers, Ames
• Public involvement
• Streetscaping
• Disposition of property
• Possible redevelopment district at
  Kingsport Mall

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U.S. 11W / State Route 93East Stone Drive - John
B. Dennis - Eastman Road
E Stone Dr
John B. Dennis
Brookside Industrial Park
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Redevelopment Fort Henry Mall
Wilmorite has maintained a position on the
cutting edge of the shopping center business by
creating, expanding, and remodeling centers as
dictated by the changing lifestyles of our
customers.

• Private redevelopment initiatives
• Stable, high-producing department stores
• American Eagle, Marquee Cinema
• Bath Body Works, Victorias Secret, SK,
  Birkenstock, Maurices,
• Waldenbooks, Jewelers
• Public involvement
• Tenant meeting
• Meeting with mall
• management to discuss
• access, signalization, signs

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Transportation Redevelopment Corridor Study
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Small Business

• Activity
• Holston Business Development Center
• Business incubation catalyzes the process of
  starting and growing companies. A proven model,
  it provides entrepreneurs with the expertise,
  networks and tools they need to make their
  ventures successful. Incubation programs
  diversify economies, commercialize technologies,
  create jobs and build wealth. Today, there are
  more than 900 of these programs in the United
  States, up from 12 in 1980. NBIA
• Status
• Partnership with Hawkins County
• EDA grant secured
• Application delivered last Friday

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Sports Tourism

• Activity
• Schumacher Study
• AAU National Tournaments
• Increased opportunities with existing facilities
  volleyball, martial arts, girls basketball,
  fast/slow pitch softball
• Schumacher said Kingsport's biggest asset for
  sports tourism purposes is the city's reputation
  among sports organizations across the nation - a
  fact he credited to the KCVB.
• The Jaguars' head coach concluded, "we've been
  to five national tournaments and this is the best
  news coverage, best sites and the best tournament
  we've played in, by far. The people are so nice
  and accommodating here. You wouldn't believe how
  we've been treated in some national tournaments.
  It's all together different here.''

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Meadowview Pointe

• Private Initiatives
• Meadowview Pointe
• Damons
• Public Involvement
• Cost Benefit Analysis / Roadbuilding
• Wilcox Drive, Ph I
• John B. Dennis Widening (Aug 2002)
• Kingsgate Crossing /
  Bays Meadow Pkwy
• Interchange Justification Study
• Engineering / APR

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Interstate 181 / Exit 51Wilcox Drive / John B.
Dennis / Sullivan Gardens Parkway
Meadowview Pointe (proposed)
John B. Dennis
Wilcox Dr
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2002 Transportation Priorities
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Crossroads

• Private Initiatives
• CBL Associates
• Brooks-Petzoldt
• Stewart Taylor
• Public Involvement
• Industrial Access Road
• Exit 56 May 2002
• Fordtown Road
• Water/Sewer

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Crossroads of I-81 I-181Future I-26 / I-81
Exit 56
To Roanoke
Interstate Park South
I-181 (I-26)
To Asheville
Kingsport Interstate Technology Park
To Knoxville
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• Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what
  direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes
  with the wind and sometimes against it but sail
  we must, and not drift, nor lie at anchor
• Oliver Wendell Holmes