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Minnesota Clerks and Finance Officers Association Conference City staff attended the recent MCFOA conference in St. Cloud. Topics ranged from Liquor Licensing to tutorials on PowerPoint and Publisher. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Anoka County Regional Economic Development (ACRED) Marketing Committee I attended a Marketing Committee meeting recently and got up to initiatives. We will be working on creating some promotional videos, expanding on our Broker Event and developing a Business Retention and Expansion strategy. Minnesota Technology Corridor The MN Tech Corridor group met again, this time to talk transportation needs. County Engineers from both Anoka and Washington Counties got together along with the cities in the corridor. The meeting was very productive, and should lead to some synergy between transportation plans from the two counties and all the cities. Good conversation was had, as well, about the future of interstate access points along both 35E and 35W. Economic Development Authority The EDA reviewed an outline of our proposed Business Loan and Grant program, reviewing interest rates, loan maximums and other terms. We are planning an open house to introduce the program to businesses in a few months once we have finalized our program and secured the necessary funds. The decisions on funding will come before the City Council for final consideration. The EDA also reviewed the concept of a downtown Tax Increment Financing (TIF) approval for the home inspections. The City Council and EDA will need to work with our finance director and financial consultants to determine if a TIF district should be operated by the City Council or EDA. Farmers Market We are exploring a 3-week run of Thursday evenings in August, between the end of and the State Fair. We are exploring lots of ideas, but may try to start small with a few food trucks and vendors in Cornerstone Park, to build off the crowd at the Bald Eagle Waterski show.