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The Ramsey Business Letter <br /> <br /> The FastTrac <br />Business Development <br />Programs for Entrepreneurs <br /> <br /> Presented by <br />The University of St. Thomas Center <br />for Entrepreneurship <br /> <br />An opportunity to get answers to all of your <br />questions about starting or growing your <br />business <br /> <br />FastTrac Programs are complete programs <br />designed to help entrepreneurs learn the <br />skills needed to create, develop and <br />strengthen successful business ventures. <br />They are affordable and feature business <br />information entrepreneurs can use now. <br />· Classes led by experienced <br /> instructors and business experts; <br />· Networking opportunities for <br /> entrepreneurs; <br />· Comprehensive textbooks, <br /> workbooks and planning guides to <br /> help you map your business <br /> strategies; and <br />· One-on-one counseling and suppom <br /> <br />Sponsor funding permits us to offer courses <br />at subsidized prices. <br /> <br />FastTrac I is a nine-week course designed <br />for people who want to start a business. <br />Cost, including books: $195.00 <br /> <br />FastTrac I Orientation Sessions: <br />Saturday, September 9, 1995, 9 a.m.: <br />University of St. Thomas-Mpls. Campus, <br />Auditorium <br />Thursday, September 14, 1995, 6 a.m.: <br />University of St. Thomas-Mpls. Campus, <br />Room 446 (continued page 3) <br /> <br /> Mayoral Minute <br />Welcome to the first Ramsey Business Letter. This <br />document is completed by the City of Ramsey to <br />help bridge the gap between the City and Local <br />Businesses. <br /> <br />In the past year, the City has seen many changes, <br />including the election of new members to the City <br />Council, the beginning of the wide-scale <br />development of the City's commercial/industrial <br />area, and the continued growth of existing <br />businesses. This development will lead to the <br />ground-breaking of over 300,000 square feet of <br />industrial building space during 1995. <br /> <br />The buildings that will be included in this number <br />are Anoka Electric Cooperative Headquarters, <br />Carbon Product Technology, Command <br />Corporation, Rum River Plaza Expansion, and <br />Wendells, Inc. Since 1991, this will create an <br />additional tax base of over 18 million dollars for the <br />City of Ramsey. In addition, this development has <br />led to the creation of additional jobs in the City. <br />This is illustrated by Wendells hiring 7 new <br />employees from the area even before the new <br />facility opened in July. This trend is one of the <br />goals of the new development in the City, to allow <br />for Ramsey residents to have living-wage jobs <br />close to home. <br /> <br />This growth should continue as the City has <br />purchased development property located east of <br />Sunfish Lake Blvd and south of Industry Avenue <br />(CR #116). This ownership allows the City to <br />develop unique ways to assist in the construction of <br />new facilities. The land available for development <br />has been expanded by the approval of the AEC <br />Energy Park to be located to the south of the AEC <br />Headquarters at the comer of Ramsey Blvd. and <br />County Road #116. These two parks encompass <br />the majority of the area located between the City of <br />Anoka and Ramsey Blvd., south of County Road <br />#t16. (continued page 2) <br /> <br /> <br />