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APPENDIX A <br /> <br />Ramsey Economic Development <br />2015 ACTIVITY REPORT <br /> <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EVENTS MISCELLANEOUS <br />1.EDA Spring Business Expo 1.Creation of business advocacy Group for <br /> <br />2.Ramsey Happy Days Festival, Business Expo improvements to U.S. Highway 10. <br /> <br />3.EDA Fall Networking Event <br /> <br />4.MN Marketing Partnership Familiarization Tour 2.Future Business Park: completed infrastructure study <br /> <br />5.EDA Business Appreciation Golf Tournament and economic development study (December/ <br /> <br />6.Anoka Area Chamber Golf Tournament January). Next step, policy discussion/ direction. <br /> <br />7.Anoka County Developer/ Broker Event <br /> <br />8.Multiple Highway 10 Lobbying Tours 3.Old Municipal Center: phase one sold, and currently <br /> <br />9.Armstrong Interchange Ground Breaking (December) under development. Phase two requires demolition <br /> <br /> and site cleanupexpected to be ready by summer <br />2016. Demolition will likely be funded by the Anoka <br />BUSINESS VISITS <br />County HRA. <br />Formal (3): Riverside Manufacturing, Waltek, Zero Zone <br /> <br /> <br />4.Replaced COR real estate signs. <br /> <br />Informal (10): Life Fitness, Dedicated Networks, Molin <br /> <br />Concrete, RJM, JBT, All Seasons Garage, Sil-Pro, Country <br />5.167 Avenue/ Highway 47 EDA Workplan item dropped <br /> <br />Side Services, Sil- <br />(consider grant program). <br /> <br /> <br />BUSINESS WELCOME BLASTS <br />6.Spring Business Expo EDA Workplan item discussion <br /> <br />9: Stoney River, The Lunch Box, USPS Mail Substation, <br />initiated. Was requested to be brought back for <br />Molin Concrete, All Seasons Garage Door, China Dragon, <br />further discussion. <br />GNC, Country Side Services, Quality Forklift. <br /> <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />EDA began sponsoring the Anoka Area Chamber of <br />CITY OWNED LAND TRANSACTIONS <br /> <br />Commerce, Manufacturers Coalition. <br />PSD LLC---$1.89M (13.97 acres) <br /> <br /> <br />Common Bond---$435K (1.85 acres) <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />New TIF district createdTIF District 15, for <br />---$596K (1.36 acres) <br /> <br /> <br />demolition of the former Health Quest building. <br />GS Land---$616K (14.86 acres) <br /> <br />Meadow Creek---$0 (land swap) <br /> <br />TOTAL--$3.58M GROSS (32.04 acres) <br /> <br />PROJECTS WITH CITY/ STATE INCENTIVES <br />PSD LLC---$500K FV TIF <br /> <br />Life Fitness---$350K FV TIF <br /> <br />Life Fitness---$441K FV DEED <br /> <br />Dedicated Networks---$130K FV DEED <br /> <br />Dynamic Group---$250K FV DEED <br /> <br />TOTAL--$1.672M FV, PAYGO <br /> <br />NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUES, MAJOR PROJECTS <br />Dedicated Networks---20K SF ($915K) <br /> <br />PSD LLC---121 Units ($13.9M) <br /> <br />Common Bond---47 Units ($7M) <br /> <br />---5K SF ($2.3M) <br /> <br />Life Fitness---48K SF ($3.2M) <br /> <br />NTI---2K SF ($150K) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />---Remodel ($492K) <br />TOTAL--$28M New Const. Val. (Major Projects Only <br /> <br />