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Commissioner proposes three-year Retail Strategies contract to boost retail recruitment; EDAC supports proposal

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Summary

Commissioner David Carpenter recommended a three-year, $50,000-per-year engagement with a retail-recruitment consultant to help fill storefront vacancies and capture sales-tax leakage.

Commissioner David Carpenter (listed in the transcript as Commissioner Carpenter) summarized a recent Economic Development Advisory Committee discussion and recommended a professional recruitment contract with a retail-recruitment firm (Retail Strategies). Carpenter and committee members said the firm's services would help the town address sales-tax leakage and storefront vacancies by creating a retail inventory, contacting space owners and courting regional and national retailers.

Why it matters: Nolensville leaders said the town needs additional retail that…

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