Restaurant Diversity

I spoke with a lady two days ago who lives in Taylorsville and works in West Valley. While she lives somewhere else, she did have some thoughts about the 40 hours a week she spends in our fine city.

She talked about zoning. When she goes out to eat lunch or dinner, she has only fast food to choose from. There aren't any sit down or fine dining restaurants in the area where she works and this limits her options.

Now here's someone who lives in Taylorsville, but spends her money five days a week in our city. When she spends her money here, a portion of the sales taxes stay in the city as revenue.

If we plan our zoning wisely and market that zoning to a variety of restaurants, we can entice them to set up business here. This will provide more sales tax revenue, from more than just West Valley citizens. More sales tax revenue will allow us to lower property taxes. Together we can work wonders.

I'll be careful with your money.