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Page 1 of 2 EDC AGENDA ITEM – 3B MEMORANDUM DATE: June 26, 2024 TO: Economic Development Commission Chair and Commissioners FROM: Elena Fransen, Senior Planner SUBJECT: In-Person Business Visits Strategy Requested Action The Economic Development Commission should revisit the In-Person Business Visits strategy discussed at the May meeting. Commissioners should review and discuss the details established at the last meeting, suggesting edits and additions as appropriate. The Subcommittee will have a draft of questions for in-person business visits to distribute at the meeting. Commissioners should discuss and comment on the drafted information. Background At the May 22, 2024 meeting, the EDC discussed the top three strategies identified by commissioners: 1. In-person business visits 2. In-depth business survey 3. Business resources webpage on City website – include events The group discussed the strategies and elected to focus on in-person business visits to get started and help inform future work of the EDC. A sub-committee was established and is comprised of Commissioners Gronquist, Brausen, and Bonine. Next steps for the sub-committee included drafting 3-5 questions for commissioners to ask business representatives during in-person visits and developing an outline for a flyer or postcard that could be left behind after a commissioner’s visit. The discussion also included references to a long-form survey that could be linked on the flyer with a QR code for instances when a business representative was not available at the time of the visit and if the business representative expressed interest in completing a more in-depth survey. The sub-committee drafted questions for the in-person visits and a working draft of this document will be provided as a handout at the meeting. The Commission also went through the following questions to add specific details to the framework of the in-person business visits.