Questions to ask city officials?

[Ross Sumner]

I am meeting with the Director of Economic Development in a city near Richmond, VA that is in the beginning of a rebuild. I want to be one of the first investors that get into the city but I do not want to be too early/wrong. I have questions about unemployment forecasts, population forecasts, plans to increase economic diversity, and how aggressively they plan to go after companies relocating to the city. Knowing I will get some fluff answers I will be asking follow ups to those questions. Does anyone have ideas of questions I should ask in addition to that? This is my first time sitting down with a city official in regards to investing in their city so I do not want to waste either of our time. Thanks!