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<br />Inventory and Gap Analysis <br /> <br />5. Inventory and Gap Analysis <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />After reviewing these findings, the Economic Development Exploratory <br />Committee created a list of economic development needs, identifYing where <br />existing gaps in services and programs are not adequate to meet future needs. <br />The table below reflects the committee's discussion of the inventory and gap <br />analysis at its March 14 and April 4, 2007 meetings. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1. Assemble, acquire developable property <br />and property needed for rights of way <br />2. Financial resources to support <br />develo ment and redevelo ment ro'ects <br />3. Familiarity with the use and application <br />of economic development tools <br /> <br />4. More communication and coordination on <br />activities associated with economic <br />development/redevelopment activities <br /> <br />5. Outdated image of Anoka County <br /> <br />6. Infrastructure for technology <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />9. Anoka County HRA limited t6' <br />activities as defined by statute <br /> <br /> <br />Ability to buy property with the change in <br />eminent domain laws <br />Limited financial resources dedicated to <br />economic develo ment activities <br />Lack of staff dedicatecLto economic <br />development actiy~~~es who have the expertise <br />and knowledgeopecQnomic develo ment tools <br />OrganizatioRaFstruct\.iI:~"for sharing <br />infonnatiq#-'and coordiiiat~n.g communications <br />amon 'ka County andit~Fities and <br />towns ,s <br />Better irri;;ig~9f~e County and a coordinated <br />fa roach tOl\fbrandin " <br />. 'lity stud~',ef fiber optics and other <br />,'aical infrastructure <br />A'\i~ilalq~~i to-date demographic data <br />andrcrectlons <br />Centfil, point of contact for businesses <br />yonsidering locating or expanding in Anoka <br />€Q1ARty;better understanding of relationship <br />between economic development and <br />redevelopment subsidies and job gains and <br />losses. <br />Ability to provide economic development <br />services to communities that do not have an <br />EDA <br /> <br />Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee, <br />