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,-. CITY OF <br />5 <br />EST. 196 <br />Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 <br />3. What are the greatest opportunities in the community? What things do we do well <br />already, but could do better? What areas do we fall short in that we could be better at? <br />Where are the greatest opportunities for the community? <br />Large Group Discussion <br />• Water conservation <br />• Trail connections <br />• Redevelopment <br />• Transportation connections <br />• Developing an identity for the fractured school districts, growing schools* <br />• Economic Development <br />• Community gathering spaces* <br />• Embrace proximity to Twin Cities <br />• Connect with nearby communities to take advantage mutual amenities such as <br />equestrian & snowmobile trails <br />• Connect urban and rural residents <br />• Availability of land <br />• Weaknesses are opportunities <br />o Hwy 61 development <br />o Schools <br />o Services <br />• Take advantage of business association <br />• Diversity of housing types <br />• Changing work styles may allow more people to work from home / remotely. <br />Opportunity to develop as a tech center <br />• Create brand for Hugo <br />• Make Hugo a destination <br />*Multiple groups said the same thing. <br />Individual Responses <br />a. Indirectly Create an image/brand (using those words loosely) for Hugo from the <br />relatively blank slate it has to make it a destination for certain businesses or <br />residents; (Compare one's image, good or bad, of Lake Elmo, WB, North Oaks and <br />the lack thereof for Hugo); Embrace geographic proximity to the Twin Cities and <br />add amenities that make Hugo a destination (e.g. Free to build Tesla charging <br />station off Victor Hugo since there are none between Minneapolis and Hinckley); <br />Further streamline city administration and zoning to minimize property taxes for <br />Council/Commission Kickoff Meeting r CITY OF <br />February 27, 2017 I HUGO <br />6 <br />