Good Morning

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Good Morning Welcome!St. Cloud Area
EconomicDevelopment Partnership

• Annual Meeting
• Good News Breakfast
• December 16, 2009

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Partnership Board ChairLen Wohlman
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Partnership Members

• Benton County
• Bremer
• City of St. Augusta
• City of St. Cloud
• City of St. Joseph
• City of Sartell
• City of Sauk Rapids/
• Sauk Rapids HRA
• City of Waite Park
• College of Saint Benedict

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Partnership Members

• CentraCare Health System/
• St. Cloud Hospital
• HealthPartners
• Central Minnesota Clinics
• Initiative Foundation
• St. Cloud Area Assn. of Realtors
• St. Cloud Area Chamber
• of Commerce
• St. Cloud Builders Exchange

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Partnership Members

• St. Cloud HRA
• St. Cloud Opportunities, Inc.
• St. Cloud State University
• St. Cloud Technical College
• Sherburne County
• Stearns County
• Stearns Electric Association
• Minnesota Workforce Center
• St. Cloud
• Xcel Energy

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Associate Members

• AgStar Financial Services
• Amcon Block Precast, Inc.
• American Heritage National Bank
• The Bernick Companies
• Coldwell Banker Commercial - Orion Real Estate
• Donlar Construction
• Gray, Plant, Mooty
• ING DIRECT

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Associate Members

• KDV
• Leonard Street and Deinard
• Miller Properties, Inc.
• Minnwest Bank, M.V.
• Northern Lines Railway
• Rice Building Systems
• Wells Fargo
• Winkelman Building Corporation

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Welcome, New Members Associate Members!

• St. Cloud Area Association
• of Realtors
• CB Commercial Orion
• Northern Lines Railway
• Rice Building Systems

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Election of Officers for 2010

• Board Chair Felix Schmiesing
• Sherburne County
• Vice Chair Dale Wick
• City of St. Joseph
• Secretary/Treasurer Ron Skaja
• St. Cloud Builders Exchange
• Thank You, Pat Lynch
• Bruce Thielman!

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Election to Executive Committee

• David DeGroote
• St. Cloud State University
• Felix Schmiesing
• Sherburne County
• Mike Schoenecker
• Winkelman Building Corp.
• Thank You, Bruce Gohman
• Kathy Zavala!

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Two Associate Memberson Partnership Board

• Mike Schoenecker
• Winkelman Building Corporation
• Len Wohlman
• American Heritage
• National Bank

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Thank You, Committee Chairs!

• Access to Capital
• Tom Rickers, Bremer
• Business Retention Expansion
• Nancy Hoffman, Benton County
• Governance
• Dale Wick, City of St. Joseph
• Marketing
• Mike Schoenecker, Winkelman Building Corporation
• Membership
• Bruce Gohman, St. Cloud Opportunities
• Workforce
• Kathy Zavala, Minnesota
• WorkForce Center-St. Cloud

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Partnership Board ChairLen Wohlman
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Felix SchmiesingBoard Chair in 2010
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Partnership PresidentTom Moore
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The Partnerships Mission

• Generate high quality jobs
• and increase the tax base
• by promoting and facilitating
• the growth of existing businesses and the
  development of new businesses.

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Advancing a New Regional Strategy
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Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

• Resource Profile
• Demographic Data
• Socio-Economic
• Labor Force Characteristics
• Factors that Constrain/Spur Development
• Educational Attainment
• Economic Considerations
• Infrastructure Inventory
• Environmental concerns
• Potential for Innovation

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CEDS Timeline

• Phase One Data Gathering Analysis
• Phase Two Strategy Committee
• Phase Two Community Meetings
• begin in early Spring
• Kitchen Cabinet Review
• CEDS Report Complete in June
• Final Report Filed in August, 2010

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New Regional Economic Development Task Force

• Dave Ivan presentation next steps
• Partnership Strategic Review
• Input from business leaders, public officials,
  community organizations
• Utilize new CEDS data for the region
• Mayors task force recommendations
• Visits to successful regional centers
• Partners for Strategic Growth
• August 2010 completion

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Collaborative Examples

• St. Cloud HRA
• JOBZ, CM Bioscience Zone
• St. Cloud Opportunities
• Market Industrial Park Sites
• St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
• Grow Minnesota Visits
• Downtown Council
• Promote high-tech corridor
• Central MN Community Foundation
• Cultural Plan/Community Engagement
• SCORE, Anderson Center, SBDC
• Entrepreneurship, Referrals

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Collaborative Examples

• Initiative Foundation
• SICM, Business Financing/Gap Lending
• Benton County/Stearns County
• Marketing, BRE
• Minnesota DEED
• Marketing, Referrals, Shovel-Ready
• St. Cloud WorkForce Center
• Job Fair, BRE, WIB
• Central MN Transportation Alliance/APO
• Regional Transportation Concerns
• Area Colleges Universities
• Internships, CEDS, SICM

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Development DirectorHenry Fischer
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Business Retention Expansion

• The Partnership is committed to helping
  businesses grow and expand in the region
• Collaborate with our members to schedule business
  retention expansion visits
• Thank You for Being Here
• Identify issues of regional significance
• Try to head off downsizing, layoffs
• Identify opportunities for business growth
• Network with Partnership members
• and development resources
• 175 visits and contacts in 2009

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Hot Button Issues

• How long will the recession last?
• Impact of health care reform
• Energy cap trade climate change
• Availability of capital/credit
• Lack of financial incentives
• Building inspections
• Job creation bringing people back
• Workers need basic skills training
• Technology is moving faster
• Large employers dont buy local

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Prospect Report

• 17 active prospects monitoring 23
• Data Centers/Call Centers
• Precision Machining
• Distribution Centers Prefer Rail
• Pharmaceutical/Bioscience
• Waste-to-Energy
• Potentially up to 400,000 square feet
• Up to 125 acres of new development
• Up to 1,350 new jobs

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What are we hearing?

• Thanks for the follow up.  The requirement went
  away with the economy.
• The group we had moved in with a customer and
  no longer has the need.
• The project has been pushed back due to a
  disposition of part of the company.
• Unfortunately, the area would be a geographic
  stretch.
• Check with me in 12 months.
• Discussions have resumed and were working with
  our client to re-define the scope. Once that is
  determined Ill be able to let you know if
  Central Minnesota would still be an area of
  interest. I should know by early/mid January.

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Welcome, Carlson Engineered Composites!
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A broad-based community effort to attract
science-based companies to Central Minnesota.
www.cmbioscience.com
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Brown Hall Renovation
www.cmbioscience.com
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Next Phase ISELF
Design Underway for 44 Million Project
www.cmbioscience.com
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LifeScience AlleyAnnual Conference
Chuck Leonard, DCI, Tom Moore, The Partnership,
visit with Rep. Tim Mahoney, House Bioscience
Committee Chair
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Build on These Strengths
New Degree Programs Master of Science in
Regulatory Affairs Services Master of Science
in Applied Clinical Research
www.cmbioscience.com
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Relationship Marketing

• Positively Minnesota
• MNCAR
• Real Estate Seminar, Site Tour
• Broker, Site Selector Relationships
• Windpower 09
• CoreNet
• BIO09
• MDM/LifeScience Alley
• Begin to utilize social media
• Visit our enhanced website
• http//www.scapartnership.com/

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Air Service Outlook
Bye, Bye Delta Hello Chicago
with Community-Backed Air Service
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Northstar Takes Off!
Northstar Takes Off, too!
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How You Can Help

• Join us!
• Encourage others to join us!
• Collaborate with us on CEDS!
• Let us know about properties!
• Attend our events!
• Be an ambassador for the region!

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Thank You, Members!
Contact The Partnership Call [phone] or
3816 E-mail info_at_scapartnership.com Website
www.scapartnership.com
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And nowOur Good News Panel

• Jeff Gau, Marco
• Tom Grones, GeoComm
• Loren Eggert, Fingerhut Fulfillment

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Thank You, Members!
Contact The Partnership Call [phone] or
3816 E-mail info_at_scapartnership.com Website
www.scapartnership.com