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Economic Development Authority (EDA) <br />Meeting Date: 01/10/2019 <br />Submitted For: Sean Sullivan, Community Development <br />By: Wendy Schlueter, Community Development <br />Title: <br />2019 Business Expo Update <br />4. 4. <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Background information <br />• Date - April 6, 2019 <br />• Time - 10AM-2PM <br />• Venue - Adrenaline Sports Center <br />• Equipment Rentals - Event Architects <br />• EDA Budget = $7,000 <br />Proposed Materials <br />• Event Flyer & Registration - Registration Application Packet complete (in process of final review), Flyer in <br />process of being updated. <br />• Invitations for businesses and residents - email list of busineses updated (invites out week of 1/7/19), <br />postcard invite for resident in proces of being updated. Targeted mailing date for postcards is early to <br />mid -March. <br />• Giveaway: TBD (Spent $890 in 2018 for drawstring bags, could be slightly more in 2019) <br />• Entertainment: Balloon artist ($600 estimated) <br />• Marketing: <br />• Mailers, 9,600 qty, 2 weeks before event <br />• Mobile Sign Boards, Five <br />• Color Full Page flyer, qty 750 and Sandwich Board Posters <br />• Anoka County Shopper ad space <br />• Anoka County Union article <br />• Ramsey Resident, Facebook, City's website <br />Notification: <br />N/A for official public notification, however the event will be marketed using various mediums. <br />Observations/Alternatives: <br />N/A <br />Funding Source: <br />EDA Budget <br />Recommendation: <br />N/A. Information item. <br />Action: <br />N/A. Information item. <br />