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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT
MEETING DATE: August 1, 2013
AGENDA #: 3.b.
PREPARED BY: Casey McCabe, Community Development Specialist
AGENDA ITEM: BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION SURVEY STATUS
DISCUSSION: Introduction
As part of its mission, the EDAC conducts face-to-face business retention and expansion
(BR&E) visits with local company officials. Through these visits the EDAC is able to identify
challenges and opportunities for businesses in our community. The results of the BR&E
surveys should not only collect important information but provide opportunities for EDAC and
city staff members to follow-up with expansion and development assistance.
History
sage, and Welcome Avenue Industrial Park as the primary target area for BR&E surveys.
As of July 26, 2013, twenty surveys have been completed in the target area and fourteen
business surveys have not been completed.
Current Circumstances
During the June 27 meeting, the EDAC reviewed a list of businesses in the BR&E survey
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target area who have not been contacted to complete a BR&E survey. EDAC members
reviewed the list and removed two businesses where a survey has been completed and two
businesses which are no longer operating in the target area.
EDAC members agreed that a face-to-face interview is important and decided to contact the
remaining businesses and give them an opportunity to complete a survey. Committee mem-
bers in attendance volunteered to contact individual businesses and an EDAC member was
assigned to each of the remaining businesses.
Conclusion
EDAC members suggested a status update of this agenda item be placed on the next agenda
for discussion and update.
ISSUES: The BR&E surveys are designed to gather important information which is used by the EDAC
to provide suggestions and policy recommendations to the EDA and City staff.
FINANCIAL None.
IMPACT:
ALTERNATIVES: Update Only.
RECOMMENDED Update Only.
MOTION:
Economic Development Advisory Committee
Business Retention & Expansion Survey Status
Remaining Target Area Businesses ;ĂƐŽĨϳͲϮϲͲϭϯͿ
EDAC Contact
StatusBusiness AddressSubdivision
MemberTelephone
Sandi OnSite Engineering 5714 Graystone Ct. SEDeerfield Ind. Park 952-440-4321
BillCal-Tex Electric, Inc. 17001 Fish Pt. Rd. SEWaterfront Passage 952-447-1125
Sandi EM Products Inc. Phillips & Temro 5380 Cottonwood Ln. SEWaterfront Passage 952-440-9200
Bernie Landscape Light Werks 5448 Cottonwood Ln. SEWaterfront Passage 952-451-9440
Sandi Top Gun Technology 5500 Cottonwood Ln. SEWaterfront Passage 952-226-9700
Sandi Ambiance at Home 5500 Cottonwood Ln. SEWaterfront Passage 952-440-6757
Sandi Ametek Technical & Industrial Products5500 Cottonwood Ln. SEWaterfront Passage 952-226-8350
Bill Saunders Classics16860 Welcome Ave. SEWelcome Ind. Park 952-226-1957
BillBenson Welding 16860 Welcome Ave. SEWelcome Ind. Park 952-447-2345
Above All Distribution
952-440-9663
Mark16861 Welcome Ave. SE Welcome Ind. Park
Above All Hardwood Floors
Performance Construction 952-440-1663
LloydPro Service Auto Repair16861 Welcome Ave. SE Welcome Ind. Park 952-447-7773
LloydSpringer Exteriors16859 Welcome Ave. SEWelcome Ind. Park 952-440-1997
BillCompletedJ. Hage Construction Co. Inc. PO Box 321Welcome Ind. Park 952-226-3779
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