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Minutes of Reimagine Chatham Steering Committee Meeting — April

Date: April 18, 2024

Background: With the signing of a contract with the consultant imminent, a meeting was called on short notice for those who could attend in order to begin working on Task #1, Information Gathering and Background Review. The contract is scheduled to be effective on April 29, 2024. Task one is scheduled for a duration of three weeks.

The meeting was held at Chatham Presbyterian Church and convened at 5:30 pm.

Attendees: Joe Rogers – Chairman, Dick Camp – Vice Chairman, Janet Bishop, Deborah Haymes, Donna Yeatts, Phil Mauger, Langhorne Jones.

  1. Chairman Rogers provided an update on the contract status and reason for the short-notice meeting. A copy of Task #1 data requests from the consultant was reviewed. The attendees worked through the document and discussed assignments of committee members for specific items in the request.
  2. The following assignments were made. For those not present, Joe Rogers will email them and request they work toward gathering the information identified in the email. Not everything listed in Task #1 will be available and we just need to get what we can and anything else that might be of use to the consultant. Data may be in the form of hard copies, digital files, or internet links. Info will be sent to Joe Rogers who will archive it and provide it to Phil Mauger to place on a web page accessible to the consultant but not the public (at this time).
    1. Town of Chatham – Janet Bishop will coordinate the request.
    2. Pittsylvania County – Dick Camp
    3. Planning District – Frank Fox
    4. Chatham First – John Harris
    5. Chamber of Commerce – Delilah White
    6. Local Schools – Joe Rogers
    7. Historical Society – Langhorne Jones
  3. Awareness and Outreach. – Due to the number of members present, this agenda item was not discussed and deferred to a later meeting, perhaps one involving the consultant. Phil suggested we consider have a table at one of the 4th Saturday cruise-ins. The first of the season occurs on April 27. If anyone is interested in helping staff a table there of an hour or two, please let Joe know.

Joe Rogers
Chairman, Steering Committee – Reimagine Chatham