If someone is interested in your downtown, do you have the relevant information readily available? How can a potential business select your downtown if you don't have all the information that is needed  to make an informed decision?     Yes, THEY could do all the research, but isn't it in YOUR COMMUNITY'S best interest to have this information collected and ready to give out to anyone who asks?   Besides, it is in your community's best interest to know your assets and liabilties.

Be business friendly, have the information ready for anyone who asks.  Better yet, place a sign in every vacant downtown building store front window saying WHERE they can get the information.  If your community is perceived as being prepared and business friendly, you stand a better chance in attracting that business.  Give them every reason to pick YOUR town, over any community within the region.