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Planning commission appoints seven residents and business owners to new business development subcommittee
Summary
Planning Commission voted to appoint seven volunteers — three residents and four business owners — to a temporary business development subcommittee charged with identifying business needs and ideas for the borough's commercial districts.
The Planning Commission on Feb. 20 approved appointments to a new Business Development subcommittee, naming seven applicants who responded to a recent open call. The committee will advise the commission on needs and opportunities to support existing businesses and to attract new commercial investment.
Why it matters: the subcommittee will take part in public discussion about downtown improvements and will feed recommendations to the Planning Commission and staff on priorities for limited capital funds and programmatic support.
What the commission did
Commissioners said the application window remained open for about two and a half weeks and that the subcommittee is intended as a short-term effort (about six to seven months) with a review at the end of that period. The motion to appoint seven members passed on a voice vote. The chair said co-chair AJ, present earlier in the meeting, expressed strong support even though AJ was absent for the session.
Appointees
The commission appointed the following people to the Business Development subcommittee: Kristin Schooley, Greg Wozniak, Logan Drew, Abby Kelly, Jennifer Bridal Shorthouse, Heidi Munn and Nick Kelly. The chair said the committee includes people who are residents and business owners; commissioners said the group will return recommendations to Planning Commission after the committee's work.
Funding context
Separately during the meeting staff announced Crafton had been awarded $325,000 from Pennsylvania’s multimodal improvements grant program (applications requested $3 million); commissioners said the business development committee will likely advise how to spend the award, which can be used for hard pedestrian improvements in the historic center and only 10% may be used for engineering.
Ending
Commissioners approved the appointments and encouraged applicants to start meeting; the body said the subcommittee will deliver recommendations later this year and that the Planning Commission and staff will coordinate on next steps.
