Agenda - Economic Development Authority - 08/04/2016

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WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS,WHAT IS NOTEWORTHY OR WHAT MAKES YOUR BUSINESS DIFFERENT THAN YOUR COMPETITORS (I.E. INNOVATIVE PRODUCT/BUILDING, SIGNIFICANT JOB RETENTION/CREATION, OVERCOMING A SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLE, ETC.)? ZERO ZONE:The Mission of Zero Zone is to exceed customer expectations through innovation, quality, and responsiveness. We deliver custom engineered refrigeration systems to grocery, retail, and industrial customers in the Americas. During the last 5 years, we have sustained solid sales growth through exceptional customer service and have doubled our employment base in our Ramsey plant. DIAMOND GRAPHICS:XXXXXXX BOLTON& MENK: Our Ramsey office opened shortly before the significant economic downturn of 2008 and, despite the challenges, has continued to grow the Ramsey office as well as adding four new office locations throughout Minnesota and Iowa within the past two years. The integration of a wide area network and successfully utilizing various communication technologies to balance and distribute workload across our twelve office locations has helped to maintain employment through the economic fluctuations. This has ultimately helped us to continue achieving our goal of providing professional engineering services in the most efficient and effective manner. ALLINA MEDICAL CLINIC of RAMSEY. A solar energy panel near the front entrance will provide power for the clinic's exterior lighting. In the future, the solar panel will power a charging station in the parking area for electric vehicles. A monitor in the lobby will display energy savings from the solar panel. The clinic was built according to the Green Guide for Health Care, which parallels the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) construction guidelines for sustainable health care design. Some of the green accommodations include a smaller parking lot for less storm water runoff, low-flow plumbing fixtures, occupancy sensor controls on lighting and even chargers for electric cars. ADDITIONAL/EXTRA MATERIAL SUBMITTED: ZERO ZONE.Zero Zone is a proud member of Green Chill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership, who are united for the common goal of reversing environmental damage and restoring the earth to a sustainable condition for all generations to come. Zero Zone Ramsey recycles all of our scrap metals, wood pallets, cardboard, paper and promotes internal processes that reduce landfill waste. We are also able to manufacture our products without producing any hazardous waste. We have worked extensively with Connexus Energy to reduce our overall energy consumption: including plant and parking lot LED lighting, power factor correction panels, and utilizing large air circulation fans to reduce energy costs, as well. Zero Zone was one of the first MN Manufacturers to participate in the National Manufacturing Day Event, hosted by National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) which is designed to give prospective employees a look inside modern day manufacturing with the goal of creating interest in the manufacturing sector jobs market. BOLTON& MENK: At Bolton & Menk, our staff is trained to consider new and innovative technologies in designing, planning and building for tomorrow. Ever since John Bolton and Martin Menk founded the company over six decades ago, we have been committed to improving quality of life through engineering excellence andclient service. Bolton & Menk, Inc.was founded in 1949, incorporated in 1960, and is owned and operated exclusively by the professionals and technicians on the staff. Today, Bolton & Menk, Inc. has 265 employees including a professional staff of over 100 engineers, planners and licensed surveyors. The firm has provided a broad range