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Background.'.. <br /> <br /> BUSINESS VISITATION PLAN <br />By: James Gromberg, Project Manager <br /> <br />CASE <br /> <br />One of the go~ls f~ the Economic Development Commission during 1992 is the development of <br />the business vitiation p,rocedure to begin visiting Ramsey businesses throughout the year and get <br />feedback on bosin~sses major concerns, the things they like about City services and what they <br />would like to s~e dlbne differently. Over the past year the EDC has become more active in working <br />with businesSe'; ariel encouraging businesses to become better members of the community. This <br />has been verY :viqent with the success of the Business EXPO and Business Appreciation Day, <br />annual events I teldlin our City. Building on these past successes, it may now be a good time for <br />the EDC to del ~10~ the process to visit businesses and to promote a working relationship between <br />the City, the E] DC, ~he Economic Development Authority and the businesses to create more growth <br />in the City. Sc rne Of the main points of this visitation plan should be that the EDC members visit <br />random busine ;se.Si and not only the businesses where they are acquainted with the owners. The <br />EDC should al. o d~ide on the form for the interview or the meeting. This form needs to be fairly <br />generic but sp :cite enough so that a person's personal views do not unduly reflect what the <br />businesses cont:em~ may be. While developing this program, the EDC should also be looking at <br />how these bus'.~eSs~s would fit in the development of a business association or a local arm of the <br />Chamber ofi~rri~erce. This also works as an ideal time for the EDC member visiting the <br />business to tat~k al~out the advantages of the City developing a local arm of the Chamber of <br />Commerce. <br />Recommendllti%: <br /> <br />A form for bl~slnesS visitations and a preliminary schedule by which to conduct the visits should be <br />developed. T~ E~C should also be looking at the formation of a subcommittee to meet with Pete <br />Turok of xhe/~nok~ Area Chamber of Commerce to develop a Ramsey wing of the Chamber of <br />Commerce. <br /> <br />Commission i Action: <br />Motion to forr~ a <br /> subcommittee to meet with Pete Tm'ok of the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce <br />to develop a R~ms~y wing of the Chamber of Commerce. <br /> <br />Review CheCklist: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />Project Manag ,er <br /> <br />EDC:04-08-92, <br /> <br /> <br />