Candidate Robert Baird's action list, "items that have my current interest"

Local Business

Make/Reform our Economic Business department to be more friendly and helpful
It needs to be perceived as a resource not a blockage to development
They may be trying hard: make sure they have the support, vision, training, and resources they need to make it happen.
Face lift the city so business and their people will want to locate here
   Decorations on more main city roads.
   Have banners over the street, The one off to the side has low visibility
   Explore making main street two way again which will more than double the traffic.
   Address parking issues in historic downtown
   Find ways to motivate city facelift, we have thousands of youth & groups always looking for service projects.
   Have city clean up day? Debris removal like Sandy
   Landscape meticulously city and business entrances.
   Peteetneet, the cemetery, city parks, new pool, and baseball fields, look inviting and great!
   Improve this at 800 South and Wal-Mart intersection, Main Street off-ramp, Business park entrance, etc.
Update our sign ordinance
Find out more about future of Huish Theatre, other vacant buildings
Keep building standards high, improve communication between building inspector, other related departments. Make sure atmosphere and culture of openness, fairness, is portrayed rather than of a front of rules, limitations, and blockages.