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Weaknesses <br /> <br /> Aging Schools Competing for Community Resources <br /> Aging Business Center <br /> Fully Developed City (No room for tax base growth) <br /> Manufactured Home Park <br /> Technology I-Net Coverage (no fiber) <br /> Cell Phone Coverage <br /> Aging Community <br /> Water Quality of Silver Lake <br /> Blight <br /> City does not own Golf Course <br /> Size drives up per-capita costs <br /> Proximity to Minneapolis <br /> Trails are hard to access <br /> Tax Exempt Property <br /> Concrete Streets <br /> Tax Rate is High and perception is High <br /> Not enough side walks <br /> <br />Opportunities (action items) <br /> <br /> St. Anthony Shopping Center Redevelopment <br /> Redevelopment of Mobile Home Park <br /> 39th Avenue Redevelopment <br /> Silver Lake Village Completion <br /> Industrial Park on the East Side <br /> Rehab WWII Housing <br /> Add and improve on Sidewalks <br /> Technology Advances <br /> Development of Broadband : replaced by “Fiber to home” <br /> Environmental Best Practices <br /> Silver Lake Clean-up <br /> Single Garbage Hauler <br /> Emerald Park <br /> Engage and Tap Knowledge & Experience of Seniors <br /> Expanded Services for Seniors <br /> Sell Services to other Cities (Police, Fire, etc) <br /> Twin City Army Ammunition Plant <br /> Gas Prices making City Location More Attractive <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Weakness Added to <br />Original List <br />Water quality of Mirror <br />Lake <br /> <br />Weaknesses Removed <br />From Original List <br />Big Box Stores (attracting <br />problems) <br />No IT Staff <br />City success taken for <br />granted <br />Housing stock (no <br />maintenance) <br /> <br /> <br />New Opportunities Added <br /> Mirror Lake <br /> NE diagonal trail <br /> Leverage benefits of <br />proximity to Mpls., live <br />near downtown, … market <br />the city <br /> Joint ventures with other <br />-municipalities <br /> Economy (good bid <br />prices/vendors) tool <br /> Increase employee –hire <br />/retain opportunity <br /> Fiber to the home <br /> Increasing Volunteering <br /> Repo Homes (encourage <br />sale) <br /> <br />Opportunities Removed <br />From List Due to <br />Completion or Ongoing <br />Concern (Standard) <br /> Housing Maintenance <br />Code <br /> Complete Silver Lake Rd <br /> GIS <br /> Johnson Controls <br /> Retired TIF District (tool) <br /> Cooperate with Schools <br /> <br />After the group came up with new opportunities, they identified <br />the three opportunities to be set as priorities this year: <br /> Fiber to Homes <br /> Emerald Park <br /> Silver Lake Village Completion