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City of Mounds View Page 8 Business Image Survey Report February 2, 2009 When respondents were asked what they thought Mounds View should be known for, the following written responses were given: • Nice city • A good place to do business • Sense of community plus a good place to live • A friendly community • The Mermaid • Something other than the Mermaid • A city of volunteer citizens who help neighbors; a city where you know your neighborhoods and can walk or bike trails, a city where all the basic needs are available within walking or biking distance for citizens of all ages. • A nice, safe place to live • Being a progressive city where people want to live and shop • A nice affordable place to live • Prosperity • Work and helping small business grow and flourish • A great place to live work • Clean safe and progressive • Great city to locate a business • The jewel of the northern suburbs • A very good place to own and operate a business • Good quality city to live and work • Innovation • A city that works hard for the citizens and businesses of the city. • Clean quiet little “inner suburb” without crime • Development • Hi tech, high involvement, “show me a better way” leaders County Road 10 When businesses were asked if County Road 10 is critical to the image of Mounds View, an overwhelming 83.9% responded yes and only 19.4% responded no. This further supports the concept that the road is central to the image of the city and can be leveraged to raise the perception of the city with visitors, businesses and residents alike. Asking which… improvements to County Road 10 would be the greatest benefit resulted in the following order of ideas, along with the rating each idea received when asked which ONE item….would be most important. It is clear that improving the appearances of businesses was the top winner. This was followed by renaming County Road 10. RANK OF IDEAS MOST IMPORTANT 1. Improved appearance of businesses (54.8%) #1 (25.8%) 2. Renaming County Road 10 (41.9%) #2 (19.4%) 2. Lighting (41.9%) #3 (12.9%) 2. Improved appearance of residential areas (41.9%) #6 (6.5%) 5. Street Signage (38.7%) #7 (3.2%) 6. Landscaping (32.3%) #5 (6.5%) 7. Trailways connected to County Road 10 (29.0%) #4 (9.7%) 8. Monument sign at city’s borders (12.9%) #8 (3.2%)