GREENE COUNTY NAVIGATION:
CONCLUSION
Greene County has several projects identified by this action plan to be completed over the next 7 years. They include:
- Expansion of daycare facility
- 3-Block revitalization project
- Aquatic Center
- Splash Park
- Repurposed Middle School
- Closed Street and Park
- New restaurant in downtown Jefferson
- New housing project in Paton
- Housing plan for Jefferson
- Grand Junction artist colony
- New trails system
- Downtown Jefferson Coworking Space
Specific actions to create this these projects and find the resources for them fall into three general categories:
- Jefferson housing projects
- Repurposed restaurant in Scranton
- New restaurant in downtown Jefferson
- New housing project in Paton
- 3 Block Revitalization
- Expansion of daycare facility
- Repurposed restaurant in Scranton
- Grand Junction artist colony
- New trails system
- Downtown Jefferson Coworking Space
The market driven projects will find their funding locally. Nearly $1 million is needed in startup for the restaurant, which will come largely from investors. The action steps in that section outline the pathway there.
We also recommend removing the Paton project as that amount should be come directly from Bauer Manufacturing as it is their project.
The real focus here needs to be on the remainder of the projects. We recommend splitting them into two timelines.
Timeline: 2019 – 2020
Projects:
- Aquatic Center: $2,000,000
- Expansion of Daycare Facility: $2,300,000
- Repurposed Restaurant in Scranton:$50,000
- Grand Junction Artist Colony: $200,000
- Downtown Jefferson Coworking Space: $50,000
- Grand Total: $4,600,000
This campaign should be unified, and have a capital campaign comm ittee comprised of 20- 30 members, with 3-5 representatives from each project. The goal is to pool resources. Some donors may have zero interest in the day care but really want to see trails, and someone else might want to see Grand Junction get rebuilt but is not interested in the Scranton restaurant; both these donors will be enticed to contribute to a grander vision, as examples.
Grand Total: $2,500,000
Timeline: 2022 – 2023
Major Project:
- New Trails system: $2.5 million
Once the other projects have been completed, a separate, smaller campaign for the trails should be an accomplishable goal.
