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0 <br />d. Small service business located in HarMar, BIPOC female owned, been in business 15 years <br />• We reach our customers through Google. We advertised once with the school district and didn't get <br />anything. We have a Google representative and pay that annually. <br />e. Contractor based in the industrial park, 120 to 150 employees on site. <br />• Roseville was a partner in redevelopment of the area where we built our new headquarters. They <br />use tax abatement for cleanup and overall it was a very positive experience. There seems to be a <br />culture of being business friendly. We interacted with a lot of departments. It seems to be a <br />positive work environment, communications were good for our project. <br />• As property, see the end -of -life cycle, cities need creative ways to foster reinvestment. <br />f. Roseville, resident with counseling business located in Roseville office building <br />• Our business participated in Grow Roseville starting in 2021 or 22. It seemed like the people <br />working there were interns. It was a very disjointed and confusing experience. They made Google <br />ads that I got to review but they didn't fit the business — it was way off. It was presented like I <br />would learn to do social media promotion, but they did everything and I didn't learn to do it myself. <br />g. Roseville, service organization, operating a restaurant and bar. <br />• We miss the Roseville Review. This is our number one issue. We need local media to help contact <br />residents. <br />h. Small family -owned retailer in a mall near Rosedale, one owner is BIPOC <br />• We participated in Grow Roseville. The Google ads had a positive impact for us and increased our <br />online sales ... and we care very grateful! We thought they were going to "teach us to fish" and <br />coach us so we could learn to do it ourselves. But the consultant just did it for us and we don't <br />know how to continue to make progress. <br />• The city looks fairly clean. It's important to have a positive image including the parks, the housing, <br />the businesses, the streets and the people. <br />i. Small BIPOC retail/service business located at Lex and Larpenteur <br />• Roseville is always attractive, it's always busy, it doesn't lack anything. This means the rent is a little <br />higher, but it's worth it. <br />• Would like more restaurants, near Lexington and Larpenteur <br />j. Manager of mall located in Roseville <br />• Freeway, visibility and image is important. The Joe Sensor's area and some of the motels in that <br />area have negative impact on peoples' impression of Roseville. Roseville needs to be proactive to <br />avoid deterioration. <br />• What's next? What's the vision? How does the community evolve? <br />• A proactive city that cooperates with the private sector is important to maintaining a healthy <br />economy. The city helped with inter -governmental coordination on a parcel owned by MNDOT. <br />Very helpful. <br />• It's hard for businesses to stay on top of everything that goes on in city government. It would be <br />helpful if there was a process for pushing out emails to affected businesses, or forming some sort of <br />Advisory Council that connected into the community when something that would affect a specific <br />business is being considered by the council. <br />9 <br />Page 134 of 140 <br />