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<br />. <br /> <br />o Consensus was reaclted to discontinue until tltere is anotlter business park to <br />market <br />Continue Zip Code creation for Ramsey <br />o Consensus was reached that continued efforts in this area should include <br />contacting Representative Bachmann's o{!ice for assistance. <br />Continue to promote Ramsey Town Center /16i Node <br />o Consensus was reached to add: Develop a Set of Actions / Strategies to Promote <br />161h Node . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Communication <br />· Business Connection Meeting (November??) <br />o Consensus was reaclted to discuss further <br />· Conduct Survey of Ramsey Retail Businesses <br />o Consensus was reached to explorefaciUtating "Grow Minnesota" (contracted <br />witlt Anoka Area Cltamber of Commerce) to interview local businesses. <br />· 2009 Business Expo (Service and Retail???) <br />o Consensus was reached to provide information to residents on the connection <br />and benefits of "Shopping Ramsey First" through the Ramsey Resident. <br /> <br />Education/Potential Partnerships <br />· Central Minnesota Development Company (CMDC) <br />o Consensus was reached to add: Possible Seminar on How to Start a Business <br />in Minnesota. <br />· Consensus was reached to add the following partnership with Economic Development <br />Coordinator Sullivan as the EDA representative on the Board: Economic <br />DevelopmentAssociation of Minnesota (EDAM). <br /> <br />Miscellaneous <br />· Complete "Cost of Doing Business Study" <br />o Consensus was reaclted tltat tlte frequency of the study be set at every other year <br />unless there is a major change to consider. <br />· Conduct Business ImpactlMitigation Study (Medians) <br />o Consensus was reaclted to continue tobe active in this area through providing <br />information to impacted businesses <br />· Consensus was reached to discuss tlte role of the EDA in Ramsey Town Center in a <br />joint City Council/EDA meeting. <br /> <br />Case #2: <br /> <br />2009 Business Expo <br /> <br />Economic Development Coordinator Sullivan reviewed that in 2007-2008, the EDA was asked <br />to incr{!ase its activity in the Retail/Service sector of the community. As part of that initiative the <br />EDA became more involved with the Town Center and Sunfish Commons signage. He stated <br />staff has been contacted by a member of the business community about doing a business expo for <br />. retaiVservice businesses. Both staff and Jeff Bulger of Culligan Water have been contacting <br />Ramsey businesses to see if there is any interest in doing an expo of some sort. The response has <br />been overwhelming in support of doing an event that could help market Ramsey businesses to <br /> <br />Economic Development Authority/January 8, 2009 <br />Page 3 of6 . <br /> <br />3 <br />