(A) To examine the retail businesses and the business districts within the village and to determine the best uses for retail spaces.
(B) To prepare and recommend to the village board a plan accomplishing the two (2) goals of encouraging commercial development within the village and improving the village's tax base and sales tax revenue.
(C) To serve as the primary business conduit for the village by encouraging residents and nonresidents to shop in Riverside, and to develop plans for attracting business and patrons to the village through use of fairs, exhibitions, advertising, external improvements to the business districts, and other activities.
(D) To prepare and recommend to the village board, from time to time, ordinance changes involving zoning, parking restrictions, licensing, or other changes which will enhance or otherwise benefit the commercial districts and activities within the village.
(E) To work closely with the chamber of commerce to coordinate cooperative ventures and activities to benefit the business districts and commercial activities within the village.
(F) To undertake such further studies and projects regarding economic development within the village as may be referred to it, from time to time, by the village board. (Ord. 2846, 1-16-2014)