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7. EDSR 10-08-2012 Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION River TO ITEM NUMBER Economic Development Authority 7. _ AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY October 10, 2012 Clay Wilfahrt,Assistant Director of Economic Development ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Marketing Update Annie Deckert,Director of Economic Development REVIEWED BY Cal Portner, City Administrator ACTION REQUESTED None BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the Economic Development Division's marketing initiatives. City Website Staff is working with Civic Plus to build a new city website. The site is intended to be more user- friendly,have enhanced capabilities including GIS property listings, and will better incorporate the brand message. Content is currently being developed and the site is planned to go live in early February of 2013. Marketing Materials All Economic Development marketing materials were redesigned,updated, and incorporated the Powered by Nature brand. Attached is a copy of the restaurant marketing piece. Fats Oils and Grease Awareness Economic Development,Waste Water, and Elk River Municipal Utilities (ERMU) worked together to develop a flyer raising awareness for the proper disposal of Fats Oils and Grease. ERMU included the flyer in 4,500 utility bills in September. A copy of the flyer is attached. A grease recycling educational event is planned for October 24, 2012. The event will inform business owners about proper disposal of grease to prevent obstruction of sanitary sewer lines. Attached is a copy of the invite for that meeting. Developing by Nature Newsletter Economic Development Staff developed an email newsletter in August of 2012 which was sent to over 800 people, the newsletter covered recent EDA initiatives and accomplishments including PRWIREO OT NATURE the BDPI grant, IEDC coverage of the Powered by Nature brand,and the Main Street Parking Plaza. Staff uses analytics to determine who views information from the newsletter. Over 200 people read the newsletter, and four sought more information about the Nature's Edge Business Center lots after reading the article. Staff follows up on this research by reaching out with more information. MNCAR The Minnesota Association of Commercial Realtors (MNCAR) Annual Conference and Expo is November 8,2012. Economic Development and Municipal Utility staff will exhibit and highlight Elk River's competitive advantages in data center recruitment to the over 500 anticipated realtors and developers attending. Last year over 100 realtors, developers and site selectors visited the booth and talked to staff about developing in Elk River. Economic Development staff attended a training session on seminar marketing in August and will utilize tactics learned in the conference. For instance, a mailer will be sent out inviting attendees to the booth,where they will have a chance to win drawings and learn about Elk River. Following the Expo, staff will follow up with everyone who attended with more information and thank them for stopping by the booth. The booth will highlight Elk River's experience in dealing with data centers, quality utilities, and ability to act quickly on data center projects. Staff will build anticipation for the event on social media sites and encourage people to attend. Staff will also call and email targeted individuals and personally invite them to stop by the booth. EDA Commissioners are invited to attend with staff to help promote Elk River. Interested Commissioners can contact staff to RSVP. Manufacturers' Connection Becker,Big Lake,Princeton, and Elk River collaborated to organize a Manufacturer's Connection event on September 18. Approximately 20 regional manufacturers and educators were in attendance including officials from Elk River High School, Salk Middle School and J&J Machine. Participants expressed a need for a closer relationship between schools, students, and manufacturers in order to maintain a sufficient workforce. The Star News wrote an article about the meeting that ran on the front page of the September 22nd issue. As a result of the event, Elk River High School has expressed interested in having manufacturers and city staff participate in developing industrial tech curriculum in the fall of 2012. Several manufacturers expressed an interest in opening up for students to tour their facilities, and a couple teachers stated that they would be interested in having their students tour those manufacturing facilities. Staff is working with both parties to ensure initiatives move forward. Manufacturers' Week In addition to working with manufacturers and schools for tours staff will recognize the contributions of manufacturers to the local economy and workforce through a half-page ad in the Star News, social media posts,blog articles,and the city's website. C [JsEZ;`dli t beer ,1 pI_)at2\Luca Micros nfit2x;indocvs I:m}_grag Int;.*)..)t 1+Ies\{:ontent.OurlookL5 OXOYST\Marketing Ilp_ciatc. 10 10-2012 F L).42 ? (?)_duf, ,13c ari:rrc.its\f arnmumLy Dry elolrrn,,nt\Ecru ornic 13� e nc41xrk.-zing Al ccrif 24 2= ti}rice!trg-E x l zt-}.94 201 2 ?=ek e Available Land The current marketing plan includes an aggressive campaign for marketing the Nature's Edge Business Center and Northstar Business Park. 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'/0 rq?Ai'/i?41. i.t;s C , >C`hti.0 " lit-?{'-Ct' r Businesses, schools hit it off By Jim Boyle on September 24, 2012 at 1:42 pm by Jim Boyle Editor If you had to describe this past week's introductory meeting between school officials and area manufacturers as a first date, you could say it ended with a passionate kiss and an agreement to meet again. Both groups and their matchmakers—the economic development departments at four cities in Sherburne County— left the 7 a.m.meeting feeling a sense of excitement and promise. Clay Wilfahrt, the city of Elk River's assistant director of economic development who got representatives of Elk River schools at the table, was still pumped later that day. "It was such a great tone setter to walk out and see so many people buzzing,"Wilfahrt said. There's a lot of work to be done to address a labor shortage in skilled positions working with automation, robotics and such. It's a problem both locally and nationally. One of the nation's largest manufacturers at a recent symposium estimated this country is 900 machine shops short of fulfilling its needs alone over the next 20 years. In Elk River there are 80 manufacturers, and all seem to feel the effects of the skilled labor shortage in a field that has largely fallen out of favor with Generations X and Y. Manufacturers, who say they battle an image problem created by the dungeons of old that etched a dark and dirty picture in people's minds, have welcomed the Sherburne County Manufacturers Connection being spearheaded by people like Wilfahrt. It has been the goal Annie Deckert, the city director of economic development, and Wilfahrt to get these groups together to address common concerns and increase interest in manufacturing careers. "This is a huge win under the economic development belt," Decked said of connecting manufacturers with our high schools and middle schools.The program should lead nicely into Minnesota's Manufacturing Week, slated for Oct.22-28. One goal will be to give high school kids a chance to tour Sherburne County manufacturers.The city of Elk River is also working with local manufacturers to partner and provide open houses to the public. Elk River has more than 60 manufacturers, who employ more than 900 people.They make things such as the Jack Link's wrappers on beef jerky (Quality Label)to plastic sailboats in Great Clips Salons across the nation (Classic Acrylics). Businesses such as Alliance Machine, M&M Machine and Faribault Foods have been participants in the Sherburne County Manufacturers Connection.So have Elk River, Princeton, Becker and Big Lake schools. Tuesday's meeting was held at Glenn Metalcraft in Princeton. It was the third in a series of meetings between manufacturers and community development and economic development departments in Elk River, Big Lake, Becker and Princeton. Up to this week it has been informational in nature.All things seemed to point to a meeting with schools and manufacturers. Manufacturers locally and across the nation are grappling with a workforce shortage.School administrators are trying to figure out the best possible plan of action for this brave new world they find themselves in, while at the same time make decisions about the costly nature of shop classes. "My dream is to influence some of these guys coming out of high school that don't have a career path chosen yet," said Brian Provo, the owner of Alliance Machine and an Elk River graduate himself."There's a good living to be made fora lot of people. "There's a lot of manufacturing in Sherburne County, and we're all in desperate need of help. I'd give my eyeteeth for a dozen more people right now." People are needed to be machinists and to work with robotics and other forms of automation. These jobs do not align very well with the stereotypical images people have a factory laborers. "Ninety percent of the job is monitoring robots and computers," said Provo, who also serves on the Elk River Economic Development Authority."They do less handwork than ... I do in a day.A lot of it's like the work of a brain surgeon. Measure twice.Cut once." These workers need to come in with some experience and baseline knowledge.That's why they are looking to high schools and two-year tech schools for help. "The manufacturers want to see how we can improve the skilled labor force, and prepare kids for good jobs that are and will be out there," Elk River High School Principal Terry Bizal said. "And we want see what they can do to help us make the most of our curriculum." Does that mean scaling back in one area that is fading to embrace another that is taking off? Does that mean apprenticeships or internships for high school students? Maybe it means schools borrow equipment a couple months at a time to train kids how to use real world technology that is state of the art. "We need to take a step back," Provo said."Whatever is being done now is not working.The unemployment rate shows that.I have jobs that can't be filled, and there's people all over town that can't find work." Wilfahrt said the ideas were pouring out around the table Sept. 18. "I was so pleasantly surprised to see the expressions on people's faces, as you could see the gears turning as ideas were coming out," he said. In addition to Bizal, the Sherburne County Manufacturers Connection was attended by Salk Middle School Principal Julie Athman as well as TA Flatland, a magnet school teacher there.There were also several teachers from the Elk River High School, including: Paul Nelson, Shane Netzinger, Jon Ostercamp and Tim Wick.The Superintendent of Princeton Schools Rick Lahn, Joe Glenn of Glenn Metalcraft and Cory Lenz of J&J Machine of Elk River were in attendance. Provo and Matt James of M & M Machine have also been part of the Sherburne County Manufacturers Connection. One thing manufacturers discovered, Wilfahrt said, is that tours of area businesses stopped as the economy soured. Funds used to bus kids to businesses dried up.An official at the meeting from the Central Minnesota Workforce Center suggested he might know of a group that could provide such funding. "We would love to give kids a chance to see what's produced locally and what career opportunities are out there,"Wilfahrt said. What else could come of this past week's meeting is yet to be determined. But the Elk River Economic Development Department sees a bright future. "Some cement laborers make more than my guys but they only work three months of the year," Provo said."This is a good, stable income with benefits in a climate-controlled environment.And you're just as worthy at 20 years old as you are at 60." Economic Development Division - 2013 Available Land Marketing Work Plan Month Event/Project Purpose or Target Cost Budget line *Available Land initiatives are in BOLD January Order expo promo items Inform residents and visitors about brand,city programs and 3,500 Promo Items land EDAM winter conference Market land,incentive programs to developers 300 Sponsorship Ehlers conference Market land,incentive programs to developers 300 Sponsorship Direct mail to realtors,developers, Inform realtors, developers, and site selectors of EDA 3,000 Direct Mail site selectors available property and incentives Manufacturers meet and greet Connect manufactures with information about the city,and 100 Special Event build relationships with manufacturers Explore Minnesota Travel Guide Market brand and community amenities to tourists 1,500 Marketing Brand Plan advertising Explore Minnesota Biking Guide Market brand and community amenities to tourists 1,500 Marketing Brand Plan Advertising February Shiver Elk River Promote brand to residents 500 Sponsorships Energy City Business of the Year Promote city programs to other businesses 500 Special Events Downtown business brochure design Market downtown businesses to residents and visitors 2,500 I-IRA Budget-Downtown and print Marketing Order window clings for brand Promote brand to residents,businesses and visitors 4,000 Promo Items mailing and Chamber newsletter Order giveaway for Business Expo Promote brand,and city programs to residents and visitors 100 Promo Items Chamber Directory Promote brand,and city programs to residents and visitors 200 Advertising POWERED B1 *All marketing items will reflect the brand and its guidelines I' huhjPEI March Elk River Business and Energy Expo Promote brand, and city programs to residents and visitors 750 Special Events LoopNet Featured Property Increase exposure for city property listings 900 EDA Owned Property McCoy's 5k Sponsorship Market brand to residents and visitors 250 Sponsorships Order brand apparel Increase city staff engagement with the brand 2,500 Promo Items Direct mail to Elk River residents Promote city's housing programs 3,000 HRA Housing Programs April Manufacturers'Meet and Greet Connect manufactures with information about the city,and 100 Special Events build relationships with manufacturers Business Education Series Educate businesses about city programs and incentives 300 Special Events Business Journal Ad Increase awareness of EDA owned property 2,500 EDA Owned Property Main Street Parking Plaza banners Increase brand awareness among residents and visitors 1,000 Marketing Brand Plan EDA incentives direct mail to Inform realtors,developers,and site selectors of EDA 3,000 Direct Mail realtors,developers,site selectors incentives May Site Selector Magazine Publicize Elk River's competitive advantages in data 1,500 EDA Owned Property Y Advertisement center recruitment EDAM Directory Market land,incentive programs to developers 450 Advertising June EDAM Summer Conference Market land and incentive programs to developers 1,500 Sponsorships sponsorship [POWERED f1 NATURE Print community profiles Promote Elk River city programs to residents,businesses,etc. 1,200 Community Profiles Order expo promo items Inform residents and visitors about brand and city programs 2,500 Promo Items July Independence Day Photo Contest Encourage residents to embrace brand.Also obtain photos for 300 Special Events future marketing materials. Manufacturers Meet and Greet Connect manufactures with information about the city, and 100 Special Events build relationships with manufacturers PbN mailer to residents Involve residents in championing the brand 3,000 Marketing Brand Plan Business Education Series Educate businesses about city programs and incentives 300 Special Events 4th of July Sponsorship Promote brand to community and visitors 6,000 Sponsorships Direct mail to Elk River residents Promote city's housing programs 3,000 HRA Housing Programs August Realtors'Day Guide relators through city processes and amenities 500 Special Events Keller Williams Party in the Park Engage residents in discussions about community brand 100 Special Events Business Journal Ad Publicize EDA owned property and city programs and 2,500 Advertising incentives Rotary Golf Tournament Promote community brand to residents and business people 200 Sponsorship September Banner stand for MNCAR Publicize Elk River's competitive advantages in data 600 Advertising center recruitment MNCAR mailer Publicize Elk River's competitive advantages in data 1,200 Advertising center recruitment FRiATUPEI WERED D1 Update industrial land signs Increase local awareness of EDA owned property 1,200 EDA Owned Property Print marketing materials Distribute information about city and its programs and 3,000 Advertising incentives Print Powered by Nature brochures Market the brand and community's amenities 500 Marketing Brand Plan October MNCAR Expo Publicize Elk River's competitive advantages in data 1,500 Sponsorship center recruitment MN Manufacturers Week with Engage community in discussions about manufacturing and its 500 Advertising Chamber impact on the community Halloween Downtown Promote brand and downtown Elk River 250 Special Events Business Education Series Educate businesses about city programs and incentives 300 Special Events Direct mail to realtors,developers, Inform realtors, developers, and site selectors of city 3,000 Direct Mail site selectors programs Manufacturers Meet and Greet Connect manufactures with information about the city,and 100 Special Events build relationships with manufacturers Direct mail to Elk River residents Promote city's housing programs 3,000 HRA Housing Programs November Medical Device Manufacturing Promote available property, incentives and programs 500 Special Events conference ERX sponsorship Raise awareness for the community brand to residents and 2,500 Sponsorship visitors Maintain network contacts and relationships with realtors, December Holiday cards developers,business people,etc. 1,000 Newsletter/Direct Mail w E R E O 0 1 INATUPEI Brand mailer to residents Involve residents in championing the brand 3,000 Marketing Brand Plan Monthly *All monthly events with the exception of BRE visits have no costs except staff time Facebook and Twitter—daily Promote amenities, programs, incentives, etc. updates Blog 2x-3x updates per week Promote amenities,programs,incentives,etc. Branding newsletter Engage city staff, residents and business in championing the brand Articles in Current, City Wide Promote amenities,programs,incentives,etc. BRE visits 2x per month Build and maintain relationships with local 800 Business Retention and manufactures. Promote incentives and programs. Expansion Lunches Networking groups Promote amenities,programs,incentives,etc. Build and maintain relationships with local businesses Branding steering meetings Guide the brand implementation Craigslist listings Increase exposure for EDA owned property Commercial listing updates (LoopNet, etc.) Increase exposure for EDA owned property Press releases Promote amenities,programs,incentives,etc. Special Events: EDAM,MREJ, Network with professionals and promote city incentives,land, IEDC,SLUC,Springsted,etc and other programs. 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Vil , \ 1 fir , 1 iparELOPING BY NATURE I viss• . . 4" t State Awards Elk River $250,000 to Assist in Opening up New Lots for Development The Elk River Economic Development Authority received a$250,000 grant from the MN ..— J., %' , `,r Department of Employment and Economic = ./' Development earlier this month through their .A-;,,' Business Development Public Infrastructure . ' grant program. The goal of the program is to ''Si! stimulate economic development activity by --,..) ; helping local units of government provide infrastructure to assist private sector developers, , ' ; \ — in hopes of creating and/or retaining high quality jobs. Recently renamed Nature's Edge Business Center to promote the community's brand,'Powered by Nature',this city-owned property is roughly 75 acres located on the fringe of the primary growth area of the Mpls/St.Paul Metropolitan area,just southeast of the Northstar Commuter Rail Station in Elk River. This site has great access to feeder routes through the area with excellent access to US HWY 10 and US HWY 169(less than 1/3 mile away). The property is zoned light industrial with retail,commercial,light industrial and warehouse use permitted. Phase one of the construction of the industrial park will begin early July,and will open three lots for development:10.36,4.01 and 0.86 acres. 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