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• <br />City of Ramsey Vision Statement: Achieve economic vitality with strategic infrastructure investments through <br />market-driven growth. <br />Q7: Is this statement still relevant? Why or why not? <br />I. Yes. Recognizing we are a piece of a greater market and understanding how to position the city in the <br />best light needs to be a priority. Every decision has the potential to impact this vision. <br />2. 1 don't think so, most people don't want growth. <br />3. Kind of. We need to create an environment being sought by current and future business expansions <br />4. Yes <br />5. Yes, we need to be very strategic with the growth of our city. Providing a range of employment. retail <br />and recreational opportunities to continue to grow, but not too fast with businesses that can fail in an <br />economic downturn. <br />6. I don't think it's a good vision statement. Too simplistic in that growth often comes from strategic <br />investment. I'm not sure what "market-driven" is supposed to mean in this context. <br />7. Market-driven growth is what caused the housing crisis. Want a repeat? A city vision statement should <br />also be appealing to the residents. I don't think many Ramsey residents would approve of the entire <br />statement considering what happened with the Cor development and the barren area that used to be <br />the corn field. Can anybody point out what infrastructure, other than the exceedingly expensive train <br />stop, there has been in Ramsey? Make a list, as somebody is bound to ask. <br />8. Yes <br />9. This statement may indeed be valid but there does not seem to be much awareness of its impact or <br />effectiveness. Again, this statement is not for the CITY, it is for the local government. When the local <br />government declares itself alone as the city, it is excluding citizens and other constituents necessary to <br />achieve its goals. <br />10. Sure it is. It is a vision statement after all. This appears to say that economic vitality will be on the <br />shoulders of commercial business. Whether that be retail or industry it speaks to the same. If <br />economic vitality is not built on this then it will be shouldered by Ramsey's citizens. This typically <br />equates to higher taxes for homeowners. Don't go there. 'Strategic infrastructure investments' seem <br />to refer to TIFs. TIFs can be useful for this purpose. In down markets it is always hard to draw in <br />'market driven growth'. But as well in down markets pricing is also advantageous for those with money <br />to invest. <br />p ro projecr <br />Strategic Planning • Organization Development • Board and Team Development <br />6385 Old Shady Oak Road, Suite 260, Minneapolis, MN 55344 <br />Tel 952.942.2922 Toll 800.747.7469 Fox 952.942.2927 <br />