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Essex EDC outlines plan for municipal outreach event, targets Sept. dates
Summary
The Economic Development Commission agreed to hold a one‑hour municipal outreach meeting in the fall (proposed Sept. 17 or Sept. 23), with a focus on Census outreach and distinguishing the event from Chamber and Board of Trade activities. Peter Decker offered to speak as a town business owner.
The Economic Development Commission on May 27 set a plan to host a one‑hour municipal outreach meeting this fall and discussed timing with Census organizers. Commissioners recorded two tentative dates — Thursday, Sept. 17 or Wednesday, Sept. 23 — for a meeting in the lower level of Essex Town Hall, proposed for 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Chairman Brian Weinstein and commissioners discussed the need to make clear that the event is municipal rather than a Board of Trade or Chamber of Commerce function; Peter Decker said he could "speak as town business owner." The group also listed agenda elements for the first event: networking, introductions, a “Who we are” segment, a State of the Town update and a roundtable followed by networking.
The commission recorded that Census organizers would hold the first event in the fall, before elections, if the program runs more than one hour — a constraint that helped determine the EDC's decision to keep its first session to one hour. The meeting minutes say a more detailed plan with specific task assignments will be developed at the next meeting.
