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Committee seeks balance: attract good-paying jobs while accommodating home-based businesses
Summary
The committee discussed reworking language on local prosperity to avoid limiting business types; members urged that priorities to limit growth should not preclude high‑wage employers and acknowledged the rise of cottage and home‑based businesses.
Members discussed rewording the 'Build Local Prosperity Consistent with Community Values' principle to balance limiting growth with attracting desirable employers.
Sage Blom cautioned against language that would unduly limit business development; Chair Francom said defining appropriate land-use locations will attract preferred businesses. Josh Fielding recommended removing a named secondary institution to broaden the statement; Blom suggested removing the word 'educated.' Planning and Zoning Administrator Milton Ollerton noted the growth of cottage industries and that homes increasingly serve as business locations.
The committee agreed to refine the prosperity language so it does not preclude home-based businesses while still guiding where larger commercial or institutional development should occur.
