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<br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />1. Executive Summary <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />In December 2006, the Anoka County Board of Commissioners appointed an <br />] ] -member Economic Development Exploratory Committee to review current <br />economic development, housing and community development programs in the <br />County, to identify gaps in the level of existing services provided, and to assess <br />the capacity of existing agencies to expand their services to fulfill these needs. <br /> <br />The committee completed an inventory and gap analysis based on information <br />collected through community surveys and other available background material, <br />studied the four statutory organizational options available for County <br />involvement in economic development, and issued this report and its <br />recommendations in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 469. ] 082. <br /> <br />J. Anoka County is forecast to <br />2030. <br /> <br /> <br />Findings made by the committee include: ' <br /> <br />growth through <br /> <br />2. Three distinct development <br />developed areas, deveI6(~ <br /> <br />development pattern may~;" <br /> <br />patterns enst in Anoka County: fully <br />,areas al areas. More than one <br />irrfisingle C0.BJlIlunity. <br /> <br /> <br />.., <br />.). <br /> <br />. , <br />10 of the~,~~:'AIlbka COu!]," ommurntles <br />Economic R~velopme~itAuthoriJty (EDA). <br /> <br />surveyed have a city <br /> <br />4. Ta~J~.~~~owth.,~ b cre:a;ti,on are major themes that emerged from <br />~~}iifommJttee's"Tc:view of responses to the Local Government <br />~~~ntory Quennal1'~. <br /> <br />....... .... <br />......,... n_. <br />..'.'_.... c., <br />.... , .. <br />5. Transpo,mation i~provements and major development projects top the <br />list ofmaJp:,'economic development goals which Anoka County <br />communitie'Sri5pe will make headlines in the next] 0 years. <br /> <br />6. Staffing and funding are the most frequently cited challenges to <br />economic development encountered by Anoka County communities. <br /> <br />Nine gaps in the level of economic development services were identified: <br /> <br />]. Ability to buy property with the change in eminent domain laws. <br /> <br />2. Limited financial resources dedicated to economic development <br />activities. <br /> <br />3. Lack of staff dedicated to economic development activities who have <br />the expertise and knowledge of economic development tools. <br /> <br />Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee, <br />