New economic development director lays out 120-day plan focusing on existing-business support, site readiness and partnerships

Jason, the county's new community and economic development director, presented a condensed 10-slide overview of his first 120 days, saying the goal is to "build the foundation for economic development success and ultimately community success" in King William County.

He told the EDA that his initial priorities are listening to local businesses and community partners, creating a business-retention program with metric-driven outreach (aiming for about one to two visits per week), and producing standardized site flyers to speed prospect evaluations. "Existing business support... has to be our number one priority," he said, arguing that most job growth comes from local firms and that site-readiness will be critical to attracting new investment.

Jason also described the county's infrastructure constraints and next steps: the county has a water master plan but lacks a wastewater/sewer master plan and has limited current capacity. He warned that nearly 1,400 approved housing units will increase demand for utilities and that addressing wastewater and sewer capacity will be necessary to support both housing and business growth. He described a tiered site-readiness model (Timmons Group tiers) and said the county will pursue due-diligence reports and pursue grants that can help "de-risk" sites for prospective companies.

He closed by outlining near-term quick wins (website refresh, economic dashboard, and coordinated outreach) and said he will report action-item progress to the EDA each meeting going forward.