About Bourne Financial Development Corporation
 WHAT
IS THE BFDC?
The Bourne Financial Development Corporation, an independent,
non-profit organization, is here to assist you with your search
for a home for your business and workforce or to help you
grow an existing Bourne business.
The BFDC is a 501(c)(3) organization established by an act
of the Massachusetts legislature upon a recommendation of
Bourne Town Meeting.
The BFDC mission is:
To promote the common good and general welfare of the town
of Bourne and to improve the living standards of its citizens
by fostering the improvement and development of employment
and educational opportunities.
The BFDC is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors, three
appointed by the Bourne Board of Selectmen, the others elected
by the BFDC members.
The BFDC has a range of powers assigned to it by the legislation,
including that of acquiring, holding and disposing of property,
receiving donations, borrowing money, issuing bonds, making
loans, and cooperating with other organizations, public or
private.
 The
BFDC is a young organization, legally established in December
2000. After a couple years of organizational and planning
activities, it now operates with a part-time Executive Director.
Recent activities include:
· Coordinating a program to remove the impediments to development on Main Street Buzzards Bay – see tab “Main Street Project”
· Creating a permitting guide for business development
in the town - accessible on this web site.
· Sponsoring two public "conversations" to
stimulate a dialogue about the value of appropriate economic
development.
· Working with the town's Local Comprehensive Plan
committee to create action items for the economic development
section of the plan.
· Participating in a University of Pennsylvania School
of Design studio project that created concept plans for development/redevelopment
of three town centers.
· Publishing an op-ed piece in the Bourne Enterprise,
the area's weekly newspaper.
 THE
BFDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers:
President: John Harding,
Owner, Harding Realty Corp.
Vice President: Barry Motta,
Upper Cape Realty.
Clerk: James R. McMahon III, attorney
Treasurer: Elizabeth Dean, Branch Manager, Sovereign Bank
Executive Director: Sallie K. Riggs
Directors:
Richard S.
Carlson, Carlson Advertising/Cape Cod Printing
John R. "Jack" Elwood, citizen representative
Wesley Ewell, planning consultant
Christopher Farrell, chair, Planning Board
Michele Ford,
Business Manager, RE/MAX Bayside ADM.
Richard Gurnon, President,
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Lisa Kirkwood, commercial
lending, TDBanknorth
William W. Locke, retired executive
Joseph E. Longo, Jr., Horsley Witten Group, Inc.
Thomas J.
Moccia, Executive Director, Buzzards Bay Village Association,
Inc.
Barry Motta, Superintendent, Upper Cape Cod Regional
Technical School
Marie Oliva, Executive Director, Cape Cod
Canal Region Chamber of Commerce Committees
The BFDC Board
of Directors has several standing committees: Executive,
Audit, Finance, Main Street Steering and Nominating. In addition,
ad hoc working groups are organizing public discussions about
economic development, studying wastewater management, learning
about the opportunities for using state and federal funding
programs in development and re-development projects, and
developing plans for the revitalization of Main Street in
the Village of Buzzards Bay. |
