Laserfiche WebLink
al <br />memo <br />Hugo EDA BR&E Program <br />To: Rachel Juba, Bryan Bear <br />From: Chris Eng <br />Date: August 30, 2018 <br />Re: BR&E Options for Discussion and Consideration <br />There are a number of reasons for undertaking a BR&E program. Here are a few: <br />To demonstrate support for local businesses (an opportunity to connect the <br />community with the businesses) <br />2. To identify and potentially assist in addressing any immediate business concerns <br />(identify any red flag warnings) <br />3. To establish and implement future EDA work plan action steps (identify priority <br />projects), and <br />4. To build community capacity to promote business growth and economic <br />development (evaluate results, distribute results, build a marketing and <br />promotional program around the results). <br />It would be important to identify the priorities of the EDA Members and determine what <br />they are looking for in order to best meet their objectives in creating a BR&E Program. <br />Depending on the objectives of the EDA, here are some possible options (for preliminary <br />discussion purposes) to undertake Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) program in <br />Hugo: <br />1) University of MN Extension BR&E Program (recently renamed The Connecting <br />Businesses and Communities Program). Here is the link for this option: <br />https:Hdrive.google.com/file/d/lBfhBi235jOfAFavmQTSyl42fhZ7ieJ /rte <br />