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Business Retention Your input here will help us to develop our services directed toward those businesses that are already in Arden Hills. 7) 1 think the city does a good job of listening to the interests of the business community. Agree: 38% Disagree: 14% Don't Know: 48% Comments: It;have hospitable environment. � Mre be different answers from existing and potential businesses? Not necessarily good or bad,just diperspectives and perhaps interests. 3. Wattracted several new businesses, but I am not involved with an business inArdenHills. &. Nenough to the issue. I think the City should listen to the interest of the existing business community, but there is no need for discussions with developers. ¢h http://www.surveymonkey.com/Users/35712581/Surveys/750882163917/DBFA7DD4-B28B-4674-8FBA- A309C4F2AC29 L Really, I on have personal knowledge of whether the city has ever listened to the "business community." I do know that has not listened to other community leaders. $, I havn't heard this from the businesses $. The city has a lot of meetings, hearings, etc., but not much gets done and the residents do not have a good working relationship with the city management.The latter is too insular and tries to run the city on the cheap. Frankly, I am rather tired of the tatty look of AH--unmowed grass, rotten streets, and a 14 year effort on my part before the terrible looking fire h ydrants got paintged. Council has denied development at the City Hall site and Presb Homes expansion at D and New Brighton Rd. b listenin to a few homeowners, not the business community Perha s TOO good? Way to good for some and not good enough for others. The bias is towards large corporate business-albeit the are easier to deal with sometimes. Sustainable rents for small businesses are critical. I have not been that involved. Have not heard of any programs. What about listening to its residents? Why aren't you asking that question as well? IL Sometimes too good and not always to the city's best interests. Some businesses, such as the day care center at Hamline and 96 seem to get away with code violations and this does nothing for the city...rather degrades it. Consideration of extending the educational district into the Red Fox area, apparently at the behest of a real estate agent in the area is another example of what seems to be poor Ion -term thinking. IL We do not do enou h listenin at this time I think we would hear more abut it if the cit didn't, but we'll always have whiners 1�. I think the Planning Commission does a good job but when it gets to the council It is different story Each one have a different a enda Arden Hills Economic Development Survey June — July 2006 Based Upon 76 Responses