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• <br />• <br />Q4: What do you perceive as the City of Ramsey's external opportunities? <br />1. Leverage the improving real estate market to develop the COR. Successfully complete the Hwy 10 <br />improvements without 10 years of traffic disruption to deliver on the promise of 90% safety <br />improvements at 50% of the price. <br />2. Having a greater influence in the NW Metro. <br />3. Location and commercial land available for new business. <br />4. Even more citizen input, forums, etc. <br />5. We have a need for more retail, community based opportunities and multifamily living. Keeping the <br />residents in our city <br />6. Should be an attractive location for both business and new homes due to infrastructure and <br />space/natural amenities <br />7. I see partnerships with Anoka and Elk River. Take advantage of Ramsey's bedroom community <br />bordering on two communities connected by rail and Highway 10. Each bordering community has <br />shopping, activities, the rivers, etc. <br />8. We have land. And, we have land along rivers. We still have some open spaces. These assets provide <br />Ramsey the opportunity to move forward in creating a nice quality of life as a metro suburb. Our <br />parks system is tremendous. Our connection to Northstar rail is a huge opportunity to create <br />affordable housing. <br />9. By "external" I presume you mean bring things outside in. 1 see two areas of opportunities. One, <br />Ramsey is in the 'dead zone' when it comes to moderate to fine dining opportunities. Ramsey residents <br />have to travel to Coon Rapids or Maple Grove to find a decent restaurant to eat at (with just a few <br />exceptions). We need to change this. Two, given that Game Fair has put Ramsey on the map statewide <br />I would suggest doing more to create a 'sports mecca', if you will, in Ramsey. We are already given a <br />great boost with Game Fair. We have two golf courses. We have an indoor shooting range. We have <br />two rivers bordering our city for fishing & boating. Ramsey could capitalized on that. We have heard of <br />Outlet Malls. How about Sports driven theme for stores & opportunities throughout the city (not just <br />one place though that would be fine too). <br />p ro u ty project <br />Strategic Planning • Organization Development a Board and Team Development <br />6385 Old Shady Oak Road, Suite 260, Minneapolis, MN 55344 <br />Tel 952.942.2922 Toll 800.747.7469 Fax 952.942.2927 <br />