Agenda - Economic Development Authority - 03/10/2022

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PACT Charter School Dedicated Networks Inc Charter schools are choice schools, which allow parents to access their child's best K-12 education options. PACT's mission is to partner os parents, students, and staff to develop students of character and academic excellence. Every child deserves a challenging and motivating education and that is what we provide - empowered parents who choose the educational environment best for their kids. Asa community of charocter-buildem, PACT is focused on personal growth and committed to developing the whole person. We incorporate these leadership traits every day by displaying respect, citizenship, gratitude, compassion, integrity, cooperation, self-control, responsibility, and perseverance. We pride ourselves as the only middle and high school in the city of Ramsey and appreciate our local families who call PACT home. We value our partnership with our local government, police, and firefighters; and ore proud members of The COP. We are excited about our plans fora new middle and high school building near Central Parkin 2023. With that expansion, we plan to grow our enrollment from 670 students to approximately 1,270 by 2026. We plan to start construction this spring, and the application process will begin in May of 2022. It would be an honor and a great benefit for us to earn this award in the year that we begin our push for enrollment growth \}\\\\°Z° : Dynamic Group is/5013485 certified, as well as 500 registered us u contract manufacturer fined of devices. Dedicated Networks is building a better future. Weref urbish used equipment and recycle what we can't reuse. We supply our customers with the technology they need now and for years to come. We do all of this for the sake of a future that will undoubtedly require our services and require the kind of environmental stewardship that we are already employing. In 2021, we extended the life of more than 300,000 pieces of high value it...met enabling equipment and responsibly recycled 320 tons of waste. We are proud of the way we do business. We call It The Dedicated Difference, and it's a mentality that permeates our organization and reaches every one of our climb. We provide an exceptional experience; it doesn't matter whether you're a customer ora team member -it's port of the dockage. We ore known, we are trusted, and we deliver. We carry over 200,000 products in inventory and 98% of our orders ship the same day. Our sales and engineering teams have an extremely high level of expertise that our customers are grateful for. Additionally, Dedicated Networks has been Identified multiple times by both Inc. 5000 and the Mlnneopolis/5t Paul Business Journal's Fast 50 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in Minnesota. We live in an era where networking equipment is essential for business and communication. Simultaneously, supply chain issues and other challenges exacerbated by the COVIRI9 pandemic have added opportunities for rapid growth as well as complexities that challenged our business model. The solution to these complexities lay in the bonds of additional employees. We needed to grow, It had to be done immediately, and we were out ofphysical space. In June of 2021, we added o 2nd shift to meet the increased demands of our clients. We hired more employees, added more operating hours and we now expect to double our productivity. We ore proud to have risen to the challenge without increasing our physical footprint The community of Ramsey has given so much to us. We are grateful and honored for the thence to give in return. Good businesses work for themselves, great businesses work for everyone. Dedicated Networks is proud to be connected to a community with so many great businesses. We are truly blessed to have started our business 42 years ago here In Ramsey. We started as a fruit and vegetable stand all those years ago and have evolved into 012 acre outdoor destination of furniture, structures, and garden decor. We continue a carry plants in the spring. The community support of our store has contributed to our success over the years and allowed us the opportunity to expand our business to Include furniture stores In Coon Rapids, and Elk River along with a distribution center In Elk River. City of Ramsey has been very proactive and hos been easy to work together. Even though we had to spend 300K to upgrade the sprinkler system at the Dahlhelmer old beer warehouse!!! We have Invested significant capital In packaging and print equipment. 24\ : 5. Additional information