At its Aug. 21, 2007 meeting, the Spring Lake Borough Council adopted an ordinance creating the Spring Lake Business Improvement District. That action followed work begun in January by Redpath and Associates and the Spring Lake Managed Business District Steering Committee.

    Spring Lake’s Managed Business District Steering Committee, appointed by Mayor and Council, met nearly every week since Feb. 21, 2007. With the facilitation of Michael Redpath, of Redpath and Associates, the Steering Committee diligently researched and evaluated proven means for ensuring the sustainability of Spring Lake’s businesses.

    The Committee’s work included field trips to other communities, interviews with business district leadership throughout New Jersey, the study of managed business district principles, and a survey of Spring Lake’s business community. Based on this research, the Committee then modeled various means for ensuring that Spring Lake will have a viable business community well into the future while preserving the integrity of the town’s unique nature.

    At its first Board meeting Oct. 3, the Spring Lake Business Development Corporation, managing corporation for the Spring Lake Business Improvement District, appointed Michael Redpath Interim Executive Director. It is anticipated that Redpath will remain in that position until August 2008 when the first annual meeting of the Development Corporation takes place.