GreatRiverEnergy3Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) held an Executive Committee meeting Monday, followed by the full board meeting.

JSDC’s Marketing/Workforce Developer, Holly Miller says, at the Executive Committee meeting the panel discussed funding from the Economic Development Incentive fund to pay for extending the rail spur at the Spiritwood Energy Park to the new adjacent purchase of the Klose property.

She added the amount is not to exceed $150,000. The work with DMVB will include earth moving and other work, as the project will include improvements to the infrastructure.

Following that meeting the JSDC’s full Board of Director’s met.

Ms. Miller says the board heard a request from Buffalo City Diesel to change their request from a pace to a flex pace incentive funding package.

The request of funding from the Incentive Fund was approved.

The action will move to the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission for consideration.

She points out the JSDC’s Strategic Plan is still in the process of being worked on in the area of priorities and the role of JSDC. Developers at the meeting provided input. The JSDC board members will attend the May 21, 2014 Housing meeting from 1-4-p.m., at the Center For Economic Development, a the lower level conference room. When completed the plan will move forward to the Jamestown City Council and Stutsman County Commission for consideration.

The topic will then be brought up at the next JSDC Executive Committee meeting, on May 27th.

In other business, “Sight Selector” Magazine, a top publication for sight selectors has named JSDC one of the top ten micropolitian economic groups of the year, in the United States.

She pointed out, the University of Jamestown will hold a Day Camp July7-11, 2014

with 20 students on hand, who will from their own “town” including forming a town council, and build and operate virtual businesses. The JSDC and Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce is developing the camp in conjunction with Barry Striegel, the Director of the North Dakota Entrepreneurship Education Program with the IDEA Center in Business. During the camp entrepreneurs and community leaders will be invited to attend and listen the people involved.

More information will be forthcoming.

Ms. Miller summarizes the meeting on Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show at 8:25 a.m., on CSi Cable 2.