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Bowie council begins sustained economic development discussion, asks staff for roadmap
Summary
Councilmembers agreed to pursue a structured, recurring conversation about economic development, asked staff to prepare a schedule and asked the city's economic development staff to return with a roadmap and options, including the potential for an economic development corporation and outreach to county and state partners.
The Bowie City Council on July 14 opened a multi-month push to develop a formal economic development policy and asked city staff to prepare a roadmap for regular council review.
Councilmember Brady, who introduced the item, said the city lacks a concentrated downtown core and a "critical mass" of complementary businesses and proposed a staged approach: invite state and county officials for input, receive a vision document from the economic development committee in September, and hold a business roundtable in the fall. "I think we need to do it on…
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