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Caldwell Chamber seeks city support to bring back consultant Roger Brooks for downtown-district update
Summary
The Caldwell Chamber of Commerce asked the Urban Renewal Agency and city commissioners to back a community-funded update by consultant Roger Brooks to refresh the downtown/district vision and restore momentum for north-of-downtown revitalization.
Travis Palmer, director of the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce, told a May 12 workshop that the Chamber has raised local funds and is asking city leaders to commit additional municipal support to bring consultant Roger Brooks back to update a downtown action plan.
Palmer said he and a small “keepers” group — formed after he was hired — pooled $5,000 and committed to raising an additional $10,000 from the community to show “universal community buy-in” for a multi‑month update by Brooks, who authored the original downtown action plan years earlier. “You have done a good job,” Palmer said in describing Brooks’s view of Caldwell. “There’s still a lot of work to do, but Caldwell can be an absolute gem.”
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