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BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 @ 5:15 PM
City Council Chambers
Meeting Minutes
Councilors Present: Graham, Nealley, Perry
City Staff Present: Conlow, Emery, Lundy, Wallace
Committee Chair Nealley called the meeting to order at 5:23 p.m.
1. Update from the Bangor Mall Manager: James Gerety
Industry overview, generational trends, 2005 was the apex of the baby
boomers spending, Generation X still increasing until approx. 2019. The
millennial generation has increased spending on experience, food,
adventure. The overview of retail trends nationally is important to
understand as the Bangor Mall looks to the future.
2. Commission on Cultural Development Grant Recommendation – Bangor
Historical Society’s Drums on the Penobscot: A Civil War Experience.
Councilor Perry moved staff recommendation for grant approval, Councilor
Graham seconded. Vote unless doubted, no doubt.
3. Commission on Cultural Development Grant Recommendation – Penobscot
Theatre Co.’s Dramatic Academy Summer Session 2: Something Wicked
This Way Comes. Councilor Perry moved staff recommendation for grant
approval, Councilor Graham seconded. Vote unless doubted, no doubt.
Changes to the Commission on Cultural Development Grant Application
Process: Councilor Perry moved staff recommendation, Councilor Graham
seconded. Vote unless doubted, no doubt. (Councilor Graham did
request that staff work to ensure photography of any events and art
funded by the CCD, and updates to the committee on completed projects
as per their required reports.)
4. Proposed Changes to Residential Rehabilitation Loan Program – Policies &
Procedures Manual. Councilor Graham moved staff recommendation,
Councilor Perry seconded. Vote unless doubted, no doubt.
Meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Melissa L. Bickford, Admin. Asst., C&ED