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<br />2021 Economic Development Commission Work Plan <br /> <br />Tier 1 <br /> <br />1. Review and discuss updates to the Arden Hills community page on Ramsey County <br />Means Business webpage. <br />2. Formalize a plan for visiting businesses during Small Business Week or another time <br />during the year. The intent of the visit is to drop off candy to show our appreciation and <br />provide businesses with informational brochures. The EDC briefly discussed this at their <br />last meeting and at that time they only wanted to focus on small business. Note - This <br />item depends on COVID19 and current regulations. <br />Tier 2 <br /> <br />3. Select questions from U of MN Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) questionnaire <br />that are relatable to Arden Hills businesses. Then utilize the questions selected to create <br />an eSurvey. The eSurvey would be distributed to businesses on the business registration <br />list. Then analyze results and identify warning flags. Then coordinate in-person site <br />visits. <br />Tier 3 <br /> <br />4. Discuss an economic development strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats <br />(SWOT) analysis and make a recommendation to the EDA to process with the study. <br />Completing the SWOT analysis would be a precursor to creating an Economic <br />Development Strategic Plan. <br />