Business View Civil Municipal - July 2023

120 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 7 One, a festival known as “Olde Tyme Days,” was a very well-attended success, as Wadzeck pointed out. Vintage automobiles, vendor booths, cooking demonstrations and more typified this fun event, as she informed. And the south side of town boasts a newish community center. This is likewise the home of many events, as the mayor revealed. This center and the downtown hub are the traditional places where Daytonians meet each other to have fun, to shop, to do business and more. “We want to keep this downtown,” said Wadzeck, citing the City’s downtown master plan. “We know that growth is going to be occurring to our west. “We have a lot of needs, as all cities do,” she continued, “and we’re going to be able to take care of those needs a whole lot better and more quickly if we’ve got industry coming to town. And we are on the cusp of that.” More industries will in turn mean economic boons elsewhere, including with Dayton’s parks and especially with infrastructure, as Wadzeck emphasized. Judge stressed the need to ensure the city’s utilities can handle this growth. New subdivisions are projected to come in the next three to five years. And with them, of course, come infrastructure, retail, restaurant and coffeehouse establishments (Starbuck’s, Popeye’s, Smoothie King and more), most of them along the major highway corridors. Judge also cited the economic impact of the nearby Gulf Inland Logistics Park. It’s located just half an hour from downtown Houston and the port of Houston, and it’s just 45 minutes from the Woodlands and Hobby Airport. Gulf Inland boasts an unmatched location and transportation capabilities, providing the logistics solutions that businesses and industries will need today and in the future. “I will say, as far as retailers, we’d like to