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Crewe approves joining BOOMS pilot to inventory downtown historic properties
Summary
Council voted to participate in a BOOMS (building inventory) pilot that requires a $2,500 local match the first year and then a $375 annual subscription; consultants will assess downtown buildings and populate a searchable database to aid future grant applications and marketing.
Council approved a resolution to participate in the BOOMS downtown-building-inventory pilot after a staff presentation describing the program's scope, cost and maintenance requirements.
The Town Manager described the local cost as a one-time $2,500 payment that covers the first-year $375 subscription plus consultant assessment and initial data entry for the historic downtown inventory; ongoing maintenance would be a $375 annual fee plus staff time to update records. Council members asked how much staff time would be required and whether the database could be exported; staff said the download/CSV functionality is planned later this year and that initial data entry could be staged as a summer project or be done by an outside consultant.
A motion to approve the resolution carried. Council members said the local match is modest relative to expected benefits, but they also asked staff to monitor sustainability and future required effort. The manager noted that the tobacco commission funds the larger pilot program and that the town's $2,500 is the local match; those outside resources could provide higher-value deliverables than the local cash outlay alone.
Implementation notes: staff will coordinate consultant assessment, populate the BOOMS database for Crewe's historic downtown, and plan a sustainable update schedule to keep the dataset current for grant applications and economic-development marketing.
