Owners of businesses or properties within a one-to-three block radius of Folsom Boulevard, between Bradshaw Road and Sunrise Boulevard, are invited to be on a steering committee for the new “Reinventing Folsom Boulevard” group.
Beginning in January, Folsom Boulevard business and property owners will begin meeting on a monthly basis to discuss ideas and implement solutions to reinventing the area. Security, signage, and image enhancement will be some of the topics of discussion at the monthly meetings. “The purpose of the meetings is to have a dialogue regarding the strengths of the area and what needs attention,” said Megan McMurtry of the City of Rancho Cordova Economic Development Department. The steering committee will be responsible for setting the agendas for the meetings, keeping the meetings focused on specific goals, and publicizing meetings to businesses in the Folsom Boulevard corridor. The committee’s first meeting will be in December. “Three people have volunteered to be on the steering committee but we are seeking two to three additional members,” said McMurtry. Signed up are Mike Muhareb, owner of the Waffle Shop; Beth Walter, president of the Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce and a Folsom Boulevard property owner, and Martha Lake, Chamber of Commerce CEO.
The time, date, and location for the January meeting will be determined after the steering committee reviews the completed questionnaires that were recently sent to the approximately 250 property and business owners in the Folsom corridor. Five Folsom corridor property owners and eight business owners plus representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rancho Cordova attended a kick-off forum in October. The consensus was to continue to meet. The group’s long-term goal is to possibly evolve into a more formal business and property improvement district. ”The City’s role is to provide administrative support,” said McMurtry.
For more information about the steering committee and/or the “Reinventing Folsom Boulevard” group, please contact McMurtry at (916) 851-8782 or mmcmurtry@cityofranchocordova.org.
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I hope they accomplish something and more business owners are attracted.
This is great news
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