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RAMSEY WEAKNESSES, SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT <br />Businesses were asked, as far as the City of Ramsey goes, what are our weaknesses and what <br />can we do to improve (from the perspective of a business). Below is a graphical display, on <br />the next page is detailed list. NOTE: some businesses had multiple suggestions and some did <br />not have any: therefore, sample sizes are inconsistent. <br />City of Ramsey: Weaknesses, Suggestions for Improvement <br />Other/individual comments (see chart for detail) <br />City should work to reduce taxes <br />Manufacturing: Need for qualified employees, including <br />training, veterans <br />County Medians: very inconvenient and frusturating <br />Building requirments need to be relaxed <br />Negative, distruptive local politics <br />Crime/dumping waste in parking lots <br />City should not charge for police visits (false alarms) <br />5 <br />4 <br />2 <br />2 <br />5 <br />2 <br />0 1 2 3 4 5 6 <br />(Continued, next page) <br />STAFF NOTE/SUGGESTION: <br />A number of Ramsey businesses are considering expansion in the coming years. At this point, the City <br />no longer owns any parcel greater than one acre in size. The inventory of privately held available lots is <br />very limited. Therefore, competitively responding to prospects is a challenge for Staff. <br />If the City wishes to retain expanding Ramsey businesses, and attract new businesses to this community, <br />there is a need to acquire (or secure) land for economic development purposes. Until this item is <br />addressed, the City of Ramsey will remain less competitive than surrounding Cities. Additionally, the <br />City will eventually lose expanding businesses that no longer can fit their operations within the Ramsey. <br />2012 Business Retention & Expansion Program Page 10 of 12 <br />