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2008 Mounds View Comprehensive Plan Table 28: Five Largest Employers in Mounds View — 1994 vs. 2008 1994 2008 Employer Employees Employer Employees SYSCO Minnesota 470 Medtronic (CRDM campus) 3,500 MultiTech Systems 300 SYSCO Minnesota 630 Garment Graphics 156 MultiTech Systems 240 The Mermaid 130 Mounds View Public Schools 220 Tyson Company 125 Vitran Express 140 Source: Unknown Source: Mounds View Economic Development Dept. Business Development Goal: Recruitment The City will actively market itself to target audiences as a prime location for specific types of commercial and industrial development. In order to continuously refine and review its objectives as economic conditions and realities change,the City,through the Economic Development Commission (EDC)and/or the Economic Development Authority(EDA),will annually update its list of targeted • business categories. Although the City will respond in a timely and business-like manner to all requests for information about Mounds View's suitability as a business location,City staff members will focus their attention on those requests that come from businesses of the type that appear on the City's target list. Recruitment Policies • Encourage the development of new office space,warehouse space and retail operations that will enable Mounds View to offer services,facilities and goods that are not now available in the City, or that are unavailable in sufficient quantity or quality. • Identify marketing and promotional tools and techniques to attract desired uses. • Continue efforts to maintain and strengthen the City's bond rating by seeking diversification in the local tax base and promoting economic development efforts of commercial and industrial uses consistent with the overall City goals. • Encourage the development of businesses that would compliment those already in the City. • Chapter 7: Economic Development 7-7