Business Improvement

Committee

...WORK MAIN STREET OTTUMWA...

...involves diversifying the downtown economy by identifying potential market niches, finding new uses for vacant or underused spaces and improving business practices.

The Business Improvement Committee focuses on finding the local market niche, helping new businesses start up, etc.

Some of the activities coming up for this committee in the next year:

• business inventory

• quarterly business forum

• incentive packets for business

• advocate for one-way traffic to two way

Tim Schwartz is the Business Improvement Committee Chair.