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<br />Case # 2 <br /> <br />2007 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR <br />By: Sean M. Sullivan, Economic Development Coordinator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Each year at the Ramsey Business Appreciation Day, the City presents a business with the <br />Business of the Year award. <br /> <br />The EDA has used the following general criteria when considering nominees: <br /> <br />1. Been involved in all aspects of the community. <br />2. Provided for the maintenance or expansion of the commercial/industrial tax base of the <br />community through the development of new business ventures or the retention or expansion <br />of existing business. <br />3. Expanded or retained the employment base ofthe community. <br />4. Been a positive influence to the business community. <br /> <br />Bel~w is a list of businesses previously chosen as Business of the Year: <br /> <br />BUSINESS <br />Greenberg Auto <br />LeTourneaus Supervalu <br />Rum RiverPlazallandowner 167th Ave./Hwy #47 <br />Grosslein Beverage <br />Altron <br />Mate Precision Tool & Die <br />Rum River Hills Golf Course development <br />Ramsey Sports Center <br />Harold's Hardware <br />Sunfish Gateway Plaza - long standing commercial developer <br />St. Germain Hair Style <br />Bauer DevelopmentlRamsey Shooting Center/land owner <br /> <br />INDUCTEES <br />1989 <br />1990 <br />1991 <br />1992 <br />1993 <br />1994 <br />1995 <br />1996 <br />1997 <br />1998 <br />1999 <br />2000 <br />2001 <br />2002 <br />2003 <br />2004 <br />2005 <br />2006 <br />2007 <br /> <br />Donald Greenberg <br />Leo LeTourneau <br />Robert Muller <br />Duke Grosslein <br />. Alan C. Phillips <br />Nils E. Sundquist <br />Wesley Bulen <br />John Noard <br />Harold Stoltz <br />Dennis Sharp <br />Delores St. Germain <br />Gerald Bauer <br />Connexus Energy <br />ACE Solid Waste <br />Diamonds Sports Bar and Grill <br />Life Fitness <br />Jim & Rosanne Lundeen <br />James Deal <br />??? <br /> <br />RJMlGeneral Paper Products <br />PSD,LLC <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />Staff is requesting that the EDA determine what business should be presented with the 2007 <br />Business of the Year award. The EDA may also choose to add businesses to the nominee list. <br /> <br />10 <br />