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