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Figure 5: Overall Opinion of Hugo As A Place to <br /> Conduct Business <br /> 1 =Poor 2=Fair <br /> 5=Excellent 0% 11 % <br /> 21 % <br /> 3=Good <br /> o <br /> 4=Very Good <br /> 47% <br /> Businesses were asked to rate Hugo as group was presented with the <br /> a place to conduct business on a scale Memorandum of Understanding for <br /> where 1 equaled "poor" and 5 equaled Highway 61 between the City, <br /> "excellent". The average score for the Washington County and the State of <br /> businesses' responses was 3.79. This Minnesota on the access to the <br /> translates into a rating between "very highway. This was something the <br /> good" and "good", which is slightly lower members did not previously know about <br /> than the score typically seen in other and will learn more about as the project <br /> communities. Responses to the team meets. <br /> question are shown in Figure 5. <br /> Within the survey there were three retail <br /> However, businesses are also being factors that were chosen as the most <br /> attracted into Hugo. One of every three important to be improved. These three <br /> responding businesses started in were variety of businesses, exterior <br /> another community and moved into atmosphere, and variety of places to <br /> Hugo. eat. This project team will also be <br /> working on tasks to improve the <br /> Project Plans from the Committee: downtown by eliminating blight and <br /> attracting new businesses with an <br /> This project started because access to emphasis on quality. As the project <br /> Highway 61 was identified as a concern team meets there will be an outline <br /> of businesses located in the downtown created on how to implement the goal of <br /> area of Hugo. They wanted to make improving the downtown area. <br /> sure that there was adequate access to <br /> their businesses as the highway is This committee will be led by Bryan <br /> improved. At the implementation Bear, Jan Arcand, Steve Marier, and <br /> meeting on February 16, 2010, the Richard Fischer. <br /> ©2010 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. <br /> 11 <br />