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Employment Trends Employment 1960 963 1970 1,520 1980 1,700 1990 3,050 2000 3,450 2010 4,150 2020 4,850 Source: CT Labor Department, projections by Department of Transportation in italics. INVENTORY & ASSESSMENT Colchester is a sub-regional center as evidenced by the fact that Colchester has more jobs than any of the surrounding towns and higher retail sales and economic output than any of the surrounding towns. While most business uses are concentrated in the Town Center and in the Westchester area, some uses are also spread out along major arterial roads where business or industrial zones have existed. In the telephone survey, Colchester residents generally agreed that: • attracting more business and industry would make the town a better place to live, • the town should do more to attract business and industry to town, and • the town should be doing more to expand tax revenues from business and industry. Would More Business Make Colchester a Better Place Should Colchester Attract New Business and Industry Should Colchester Expand Tax Revenue from Business and Industry A Better Place 56% Should Do More 59% Should Do More 53% Depends 7% Done Enough 32% Done Enough 29% No Difference 18% Done Too Much 8% Done Too Much 5% A Worse Place 18% Don’t Know 2% Don’t Know 13% Don’t Know 1% Should Colchester Encourage Business Should Colchester Encourage More Growth Only Near The Town Center Retail Development in Westchester Strongly Agree 26% Strongly Agree 41% Mildly Agree 23% Mildly Agree 31% Mildly Disagree 20% Mildly Disagree 13% Strongly Disagree 29% Strongly Disagree 10% Don’t Know 3% Don’t Know 6% Overall, there appears to be a demand in the Colchester area for additional retail and service businesses to serve the needs of residents of Colchester and surrounding communities. In addition, Colchester, due to its strategic location and well qualified labor force, has the potential to establish a high-quality business park for office, research, and light industrial uses. Thus, Colchester has an opportunity to promote appropriate economic development through: • development of business parks, and • appropriate siting of retail and service uses to meet local and regional needs. 72
While many comments during the planning process advocated economic growth in order to reduce taxes, other comments were directed towards carefully managing such development and preserving community character (minimize strip development, protecting the Town Center). With careful planning and regulation, it should be possible to have both. In terms of the locations for business growth, Town residents were divided about encouraging business growth in and near the Town Center while discouraging it in outlying areas. However, residents were very supportive of encouraging more retail development in Westchester. The main issue in Colchester is the unorganized distribution of commercial and industrial zones in the community. In order to promote economic development and provide appropriate locations and services (water, sewer, and roads), the location of business and industrial zones needs to be modified. PROGRAM Establish Economic Development Focal Points in Village Centers Business uses should continue to be located in the Town Center and Westchester Village Center in order to most efficiently meet the needs of residents. The role of the Town Center as the business, government, and cultural center of the Town should be maintained and enhanced. Westchester is a secondary focal point in Colchester that has potential for creation and enhancement of a village center. In order to maintain and enhance community character, village district zoning (as allowed in Public Act 00-145) could be considered for one or both of these areas. People’s Bank Town Center Businesses Village Centers Since the village centers are such an important component of Colchester’s community structure and character, these areas need to be kept healthy and vital by focusing economic development in these areas. 73
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PRIORITY ISSUES Many issues that ar
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