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AGENDA ITEM 1D <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: April 21, 2014 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Jill Hutmacher, Community Development Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ramsey County Economic Prosperity Presentation and TCAAP Development <br />Goals <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />County staff gathered relevant data, <br />developed a framework through which to view the goal, and identified key policy themes <br />requiring further attention. The Ramsey County Board determined that economic prosperity <br />work is multi-jurisdictional; it must incorporate regional, county-specific and neighborhood <br />levels of analysis and planned action. The Board also encouraged Ramsey County to unite with <br />its community partners and its citizens to make progress toward greater economic prosperity. <br /> <br />The following background <br />Director of Policy and Planning, in preparation for the presentation on April 21, 2014. <br /> <br />Ramsey County's new goal to Cultivate Economic Prosperity and Co <br />Areas of Financial Poverty presents a community call to action that requires community- <br />wide solutions. It is a recognition that no one entity can build a community by <br />that the collective capacity of individuals and groups will driv <br />are strategically aligned and committed to action. Generating future economic <br />prosperity requires the support of regional efforts, especially <br />similarly situated with the rest of the MSP Region. However, it also requires the <br />implementation of more localized strategies when situations arise in which the Count <br />uniquely situated when compared to its peers. Furthermore, as the area within the <br />Region with the highest proportion of concentrated areas of pove <br />economic prosperity work will be stunted unless that work increases access to <br />opportunity for all people in all places within our community. <br />11 <br />Page of <br /> <br />