AGENDA DATE: 7/3/2019
TITLE:
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Defense Affairs Committee (DAC) Position Pilot - funding recommendation. BODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Seeking BOS endorsement to utilize the Economic Development Investment Pool for Albemarle County's funding contribution towards the 2-year DAC pilot program.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Henry, Kamptner, DeLoria, Johnson
PRESENTER (S): Roger Johnson, Trevor Henry
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND:
In 2009, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce established a Chamber Defense Enterprise Round Table to better serve the region's growing, job-producing business sector. Renamed, the Chamber Defense Affairs Committee (DAC), it has become the leading defense intelligence enterprise advocate within the region.
The mission of the Chamber Defense Affairs Committee is to foster economic vitality by further strengthening the alliance of relationships among the Chamber, the Chamber network, the Central Virginia community, the regional defense & intelligence community, and our veterans.
Fast forward nearly a decade, and the County's Economic Strategic Plan, Project ENABLE (Attachment A) was approved on 5 December, 2018. Project Enable identified multiple Goals, Objectives and Strategies to further Economic Development in the County. Goal 3 is to lead the County's readiness to accommodate business community. The first Objective of this goal is to lead the growth of targeted industries, existing primary businesses, and emerging opportunities. One of the Strategies defined in support of this goal is to partner with the Chamber of Commerce through the Defense Affairs Committee on the retention and expansion of the targeted Defense industry. Noteworthy, the regional economic development partners do not identify the defense industry as targeted. Meaning, the defense industries located in Albemarle County do not have the same regional support of other tar...
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