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Caroline County Resides in a Unique Location With Unique Challenges and Opportunities

Caroline County Development an Overview Presentation by Bobby Popowicz Caroline County Board of Supervisors July 2011. Caroline County Resides in a Unique Location With Unique Challenges and Opportunities Resulting in a Development Strategy With Regional Significance.

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Caroline County Resides in a Unique Location With Unique Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Caroline County Developmentan OverviewPresentation byBobby PopowiczCaroline CountyBoard of SupervisorsJuly 2011

  2. Caroline County Resides in a Unique Location With Unique Challenges and Opportunities Resulting in a Development Strategy With Regional Significance

  3. The Center of the Mid Atlantic However: Southern Most Community in the Region Furthest From the Washington Investment Spillover Furthest From the Center of the Richmond MSA Result: Least Likely to Receive Government Investment/Jobs Outside of Washington Federal Employment Compensation Rates Caroline Federal Works Get Paid Less Federal Travelers are Reimbursed Less to Stay in Caroline Businesses that Support Government are Less Likely to Choose Caroline

  4. Additional Result of Caroline’s Remote Location From Urban Areas Last to Develop Retail Sector Neighboring Communities Have Saturated the Retail Market in the Region Caroline Will Not be Developing Significant Retailing for the Foreseeable Future

  5. 20% Of Caroline County is Occupied By Fort A.P. Hill Little Economic Impact, No Permanent Contractors Needed for their Mission

  6. Challenges to Development Small Population No College or University No Airport No Hospital or 24 Hour Emergency Care No Unoccupied Industrial Space No Community Owned Industrial Site Smallest Economic Development Budget in Region (Anywhere in the I-95 Corridor?) Small Development and Planning Staff Paucity of Standard Quality of Life Elements

  7. Factors in Caroline’s Favor Land Caroline Commerce Center 200 Acres, Exit 104

  8. Factors in Caroline’s Favor Land Orrock-Sims Assemblage 1000 Acres, Exit 118

  9. Factors in Caroline’s Favor Land Union First Market Bankshares Business Park 50 Acres - Expandable to 150 Acres Exit 104

  10. Factors in Caroline’s Favor Land Carmel Church Station 1100 Acres Exit 104 …and many others. Thousands of Acres Within A Mile of Interstate 95 Available for Development

  11. Elements to Work With Interstate in Caroline—Reverse Commute Wide Open Exits 118, 110, 104, 98 Which Leads to Our Northern Neighbors on the Way to DC

  12. Rail Caroline Has Sites Served By Rail (In Caroline, Dual Tracks)

  13. Natural Gas Caroline Hosts the Main East Coast Natural Gas Pipeline Supplies Are Virtually Unlimited

  14. The Same Redundant Fiber as the Empire State Building Triple Fiber Redundancy and More

  15. Strategic Position at the Center of the Mid Atlantic Center of the Golden Crescent

  16. Positive Steps for a More Attractive Community All Caroline Schools are Accredited All American City Award Winner Pendleton Golf Course Mattaponi Springs Golf Course Meadow Event Park Ladysmith Village TND Belmont Subdivision YMCA

  17. Technology Zones All of Caroline County is a Technology Zone

  18. Above Factors Impact the County Development Effort The County is Not Emphasizing Recruiting Retail Recruiting Large Office Recruiting Small Manufacturers Recruiting Polluters Recruiting Highly Leveraged Firms Incubators (Unless from an outside investment) Becoming a Bedroom Community What’s Left? Working to Become an Employment Center Recruiting Large, Well Financed Businesses Recruiting Manufacturing Recruiting Distribution Recruiting Technology Recruiting Others Develop a Long Term Project: TOD in Carmel Church

  19. Any Success in this Approach? McKesson, 340,000 sq. ft. 190 jobs MC Dean, 370,000 sq. ft. 200 jobs VSE 65,000 sq. ft.—Two Expansions—70 jobs ASI, 50,000 sq. ft. 50 jobs State Fair of Virginia, 340 acres and 100,000 sq. ft. 40 jobs Remuda Ranch, 80 jobs Union Bankshares Corporate HQ, 70,000 sq. ft. 140 jobs FSI, 40,000 sq. ft. 40 jobs Indiana Floors, 90,000 sq. ft. 30 jobs Quarrels petroleum rail distribution and storage facility Patton-Khile Group, 20,000 sq. ft. 40 jobs Etc. Caroline recruits well ahead of the statistical average for communities in Virginia and is unmatched by any Virginia community our size in business recruitment.

  20. Impact Personal Property Value Assessments Grew from $93,920 in 1990 to $5,359,960 in 2010 A 5,607% Increase Personal Property Value Assessments Grew from $49,030 in 1990 to $1,951,180 in 2010 A 3,880% Increase

  21. Impact Carmel Church Assessed Values Grew From $14,648,910 to $187,114,500 A 1,177% Expansion. Ladysmith Assessed Values Grew From $2,741,670 to $128,124,700 A 4,573% Expansion

  22. How the Caroline Effort Integrates Into the Region Employment center brings more people south and to shopping in region—beneficiaries are Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg Employment in large firms creates jobs for region, not just Caroline citizens given our small population base State Fair brings 500,000+ visitors annually—benefits occupancy tax primarily in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Hanover State Fair provides premier sales event for vendors, many of whom are located outside of Caroline AP Hill construction projects benefits larger contractors, mostly located outside of Caroline; the new command will have regional impact on retail and housing Conclusion: Caroline pursues its own niche strategy and goals that concomitantly benefits the region with minimal strategic overlap.

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