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Agenda 9a. Attachment A <br />BusinessSurveyExperience <br />MunicipalDevelopmentGroup,Inc.hascoordinatedtheBusinessRetentionandExpansionProgramin <br />severalcommunitiesoverthepastfouryears.Followingisasummaryofthecommunitiesandprojects. <br />CityofRockford‘‘;arecurrentlyintheprocessofmeetingwithwš-‰Eš©7x­businessesand <br />conductingoneononebusniessinterviews.Basedoninformationobtained,businesseshavebeen <br />providedwithinformationontheSmallBusinessAdministration,InitiativeFoundationloan <br />programs,availablesitesforexpansion,etc.Theprocessbeganin2012andiscontinuingthrough <br />2013.MDG,Inc.hasutilizedtheirknowledgeofeconomicdevelopmentprogramstorespondto <br />businessneeds. <br />CityofMontrose TheMontroseEDAbeganaBusinessRetentionandExpansionSurveyprocessin <br />2012.Thisprogramisbeingcontinuedin2013andiscurrentlyinprocess. <br />berofCommerce‘In2013MDG,Inc.coordinatedaBusinessRetention <br />ChisagoLakesAreaCham <br />&ExpansionSurveywithChisagoLakesAreabusinesses(ChamberandNonChamberMembers). <br />Eightytwo(82)businessesparticipatedandprovidedinputwhichhasbeenutilizedtodevelopa <br />BusinessSerieswhichisbeingpresentedatChisagoLakesAreaChambermeetings.Programs <br />relatingtomarketing,financing,etc.havebeendevelopedbasedontherequestswithinthe <br />surveys. <br />CityofSt.JosephEDA‘In2012,38%ofSt.Wš­;¦wx­businessesparticipatedinanonlineand <br />mailedbusinesssurvey.MDG,Inc.stafffollowedupwithbusinesseswhichrespondedto{©;7flag <br />¨Ò;­·zš“­|uAsummaryreportwaspreparedwhichhasassistedtheEDAindevelopingprioritiesfor <br />2013andbudgetingforprogramstoassistbusinesses. <br />CityofJordanEDA‘L“2011,39%ofWš©7“x­117businessesparticipatedinaBusinessRetention <br />andExpansionSurvey,coordinatedbyMDG,Inc.Informationobtainedwasusedtosupportthe <br />expansionofamatchinggrantprogramaswellasdevelopabusinessdirectory,etc. <br />CityofCokato‘In2010,MDG,Inc.coordinatedaBusinessRetentionandExpansionSurvey <br />Programinwhich19%ofthe167businessesparticipated.Sevenbusinesses(25%ofrespondents) <br />notedaneedforalargerspaceinthenextthreeyears.TheEDAutilizedthisinformationtoensure <br />theyidentifysitesinthecitytoretainthesebusinesses. <br />Ineachoftheabovecommunities/areas,MDG,Inc.assistedindevelopingsurveyquestionswhich <br />wouldresultinrelevantinformation.MDG,Inc.wouldworkcloselywiththeRosevilleHRAto <br />ofthesurveyobtainsinformationonthetopicsimportanttothecommunity. <br />ensurethecontent <br />3 <br /> <br />