Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 17, 1995 TAG: 9501170117
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
Council's Human Resources Committee last week came up with a list of people to be contacted and asked to serve. The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m, prior to the 7 p.m. council session.
The names of those nominated to serve on the board will be passed out to council members at the meeting.
The board will represent the town's own effort to improve its economic climate, rather than relying solely on regional economic development agencies. Its creation was inspired by the success of Pulaski's Main Street program in bringing new businesses downtown, and is an effort to expand to a townwide program.
The committee has also drafted bylaws for the new board, which will be reviewed by board members before they are adopted. Roscoe Cox, who had been executive director of the Main Street program, has been hired to direct the townwide program during its first six months.
In other council business, a public hearing is scheduled on the town's application for federal funds to complete the 2.2-mile extension of New River Trail State Park from its present end point near Xaloy Inc. to the Pulaski Train Station.
The Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce is moving its materials from the town Municipal Building, where its offices have been located for years, to the renovated town-owned train station which it will share with the Raymond Ratcliffe Memorial Museum.
The town is seeking funds under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to acquire property and carry out design and construction work on the project. The transportation act was established to help fund nontraditional transportation projects, including the conversion of abandoned rail right-of-way to hiking or biking trails.
New River Trail State Park, which winds through several counties, consists of abandoned Norfolk Southern Corp. rail right-of-way.
The public hearing is one requirement of the application. Mark Hufeisen, manager of New River Trail State Park, will be on hand to answer questions about the project.
by CNB