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