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Consultant outlines short-term steps to fill empty storefronts, improve wayfinding and pursue industrial opportunities
Summary
Economic development consultant John Legarza briefed council and the Economic Development Advisory Board on a prioritized set of short‑ and mid‑term actions: targeted outreach to property owners with vacant storefronts, improved wayfinding and banners, façade and renewal investments, and site‑ready industrial mapping.
The City of Sandy’s new economic development consultant, John Legarza of Healthy Sustainable Communities, presented an action‑oriented plan to the council and Economic Development Advisory Board focused on immediate steps to reduce downtown vacancies and to prepare sites for future commercial or industrial investment.
Legarza told the meeting the highest‑priority, near‑term work is direct outreach to owners of vacant buildings: “There’s different issues…we gotta take a deeper dive, and we gotta have the hard…
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