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<br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Contents <br />BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM BACKGROUND ............................................................ 4 <br />Importance of Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) ....................................................................... 4 <br />Program Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Program Sponsors ..................................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Program Organization and Leadership ..................................................................................................... 4 <br />Program Participants ................................................................................................................................ 5 <br />Business Selection ..................................................................................................................................... 5 <br />Targeted Business List ............................................................................................................................... 6 <br />Businesses Visited ..................................................................................................................................... 8 <br />Survey Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 8 <br />BUSINESS COMMUNITY PROFILE IN RAMSEY COUNTY AND ARDEN HILLS .................................................. 9 <br />Major Employers in Arden Hills ................................................................................................................ 9 <br />Arden Hills Employment by Industry ........................................................................................................ 9 <br />Employee Inflow-Outflow, Arden Hills.................................................................................................... 10 <br />Employee Migration, Arden Hills ............................................................................................................ 11 <br />Ramsey County Employment by Industry ............................................................................................... 11 <br />BR&E SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................................................................................... 13 <br />Key Findings ............................................................................................................................................ 13 <br />Visit Survey .......................................................................................................................................... 13 <br />Follow-up Survey ................................................................................................................................. 13 <br />Visit Survey Results ................................................................................................................................. 14 <br />What We Heard ...................................................................................................................................... 21 <br />Results, Follow-up Survey ....................................................................................................................... 22 <br />CONTACT INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................ 25 <br />APPENDIX A – BR&E SURVEY REPORTING FORM........................................................................................ 26 <br />APPENDIX B – FOLLOW-UP SURVEY REPORTING FORM ............................................................................. 33 <br />APPENDIX C – SMART GROWTH AMERICA SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT ................................................ 35 <br /> <br />