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<br /> <br /> <br />Business Retention and Expansion Resources <br />from the University of Minnesota Extension <br />BR&E STRATEGIES PACKAGE (AVAILABLE IN MINNESOTA) <br />The BR&E Strategies program is Extension's flagship BR&E program. This approach has moved <br />over 65 Minnesota communities from ideas to action following our proven community leaders’ <br />BR&E model. The Strategies program maximizes Extension support, community organization, <br />and applied research to support the business community. <br />Contact your Community Economics Extension Educator (see below). Community must complete <br />an application for acceptance into the program. <br />Standard package includes in-person BR&E consulting throughout the three major steps of BR&E, <br />complete research package below, and quarterly meetings in the first year of implementation. <br />Premium package includes the standard items above plus customized assistance (i.e. a <br />customized survey instrument). <br />Research package includes a survey instrument, data tabulation/analysis, a campus research <br />review meeting that gathers University faculty and other experts to suggest projects that meet <br />business concerns, a four-chapter research report with narrative and graphs, a summary report, <br />and a planning retreat to “Set Priorities and Take Action”. BR&E consulting is not included in this <br />package. <br />Urban/suburban programs typically are more <br />complex, requiring more team-building, complex <br />sampling to obtain representative sample sizes, <br />and other specialized efforts. For this reason <br />prices are as follows. <br />Packages Available: <br /> Premium Urban/Suburban $15,000 <br /> Standard Urban/Suburban $12,000 <br /> Premium Rural $12,000 <br /> Standard Rural $9,500 <br /> Complete Research $7,000 <br />BR&E TOOLS (AVAILABLE IN MINNESOTA) <br />Just as the name implies, the BR&E Tools program makes all of Extension's BR&E components <br />available to practitioners. This approach allows communities to capitalize on their <br />own strengths to conduct a BR&E. While Extension staff provides support during the project, <br />the community leaders take the BR&E in the direction and at a scale suitable to their local <br />resources. For the most self-reliant practitioners, our BR&E Tools includes free online resources <br />such as a question bank and sample surveys.