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Attachment A <br />CHAPTER3.BR&ESURVEYRESULTS,STRATEGIES,ANDPOTENTIALPROJECTS <br />This chapter presents survey results from the 41 businesses visi <br />Force from November 2013 to December 2013. The chapter begins b <br />businesses visited and their characteristics. General survey re <br />discussed. The chapter then introduces three strategies for add <br />opportunities identified by the businesses in the survey. Under each strategy, the survey results <br />relevant to that strategy are reported and a set of potential local projects is given. The potential <br />local projects were developed by the author based on feedback fr <br />Review meeting and on general economic development theory and practice. University of <br />Minnesota faculty and Roseville BR&E Task Force members participated in the Campus Research <br />Review meeting hosted at the University of Minnesota on January <br />projects are suggestions for the Task Force to consider in order <br />the community. Recommendations for projects to implement will be made by the Task Force on <br />February 18, 2014 at the BR&E retreat. The final priority projec <br />developed by the Roseville HRA. Roseville might use the suggested projects from this report, <br />they might modify them, or they might adopt new projects develop <br />community BR&E will result in three to five projects to move int <br />However, Roseville may choose to phase more projects in over tim <br />CharacteristicsofBusinessesVisited <br />Participants in the Roseville BR&E program visited 41 businesses <br />a comprehensive method to select businesses targeted for visits. See Ch. 1 of this report for the <br />business selection process used. <br />Of the 41 businesses visited, 73 percent are locally-owned (see <br />are not locally-owned. Fifty-one percent of the companies have <br />Chart31:IsYourBusinessLocally <br />Owned? <br />NoResponse <br />9% <br />No <br />21% <br />Yes <br />70% <br />Roseville decided on a mixed sector sample of businesses to invite to have a BR&E visit (see <br />chapter 1 for details, p. 3). The final mix of visits to 41 companies resulted in the most common <br />visits being to manufacturing (13), construction (7) and profess <br />(7). See Chart 3-2. <br />ROSEVILLEBR&E:CHAPTER31 <br /> <br />