Project Name:
Martinsville Economic Development Plan

Project Manager: Brian O’Neill

Project Manager Contact Info:
1-800-939-2449 or boneill@sdg.us

Project Category: Planning

Client Contact: Jamie Thompson, The Greater Martinsville Chamber of Commerce

Project Description:
The City of Martinsville hired SDG to assist with the development of a comprehensive economic development plan. The strategies will be shaped by a community vision for economic growth and driven by detailed steps for completion for each objective. Hannum, Wagle and Cline Engineering (HWC) will be partnering on the project and completing a business site analysis and site improvement cost estimates.

The economic development plan includes:

• A vision of the community’s economic future
• A set of prioritized goals and objectives
• An overall “roadmap” for each action plan showing responsibilities, time schedules, benchmarks, and potential funding sources where appropriate
• Individual task and organizational work plans for groups responsible for specific steps in action plans
• An assessment of the “shovel-ready” status of two industrial/business sites in the community with projected cost estimates for necessary improvements in infrastructure (The term shovel-ready refers to sites which can quickly accommodate a new business.)
• An appendix fully documenting the planning process, various sources and types of input
• A schedule and process for plan revision and updating