3.3. EDSR 10-11-2004 *Item 3.3.*
City of
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
CC: Economic Development Authority
FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development 5
DATE: October 4, 2004
SUBJECT: Consider Proclaiming MN Manufacturing & Technology Week
Attachments
• MN Manufacturing&Technology Week Event Flyer
• Proclamation Certificate
• Issue
The Economic Development staff and the Chamber of Commerce are coordinating Elk
River's 2004 MN Manufacturing&Technology Week event.
The attached flyer highlights this year's event scheduled for Tuesday, October 19, 2004.
The event will include tours of Solors Options Axis and Metal Craft Machine & Engineering
and a luncheon/keynote speaker at Lions Park Center. The event is being promoted in the
following ways:
• October Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
• News & Events page of the City's Website
• ERtV Channel 12
• Department of Employment& Economic Development (DEED) Website on the
MN Manufacturing&Technology Week Event Calendar
• 100 flyers sent to Elk River manufacturers,local bankers, DEED representatives,
and other key individuals
In addition to the event, staff has coordinated the following items:
• Full page ad thanking Elk River manufacturers (will appear in the October 13th issue
of the Star News)
MN Manufacturing&Technology Week
October 4,2004,City Council Meeting
Page 2 of 2
• • Economic Development booth rotated weekly among local banks the first, second,
and fourth week in October (booth reserved for City/Chamber event the third week)
Recommendation
In recognition of the above activities, staff recommends that the City Council consider
proclaiming October 18-22, 2004 as MN Manufacturing&Technology Week in Elk River.
City Council and EDA members are strongly encouraged to attend the October 19th event.
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I HNESOTA MANUFACTURING
AND - ECHNO OGY WEEK
PLEASE JOIN US The City of Elk River and the Elk River Area Chamber
TUESDAYOCTOBER 19, 2004 of Commerce would like to thank Elk River
• manufacturers for contributing to the Minnesota and
I 0:00am — I 0:45am Elk River economies with high-skill, high-wage jobs,
Tour of Solors Optional Axis. tax base, business and community development.
18921 York St. NW,Suite D
11:00am — I I;45am
Tour of Metal Craft Machine&Engineering, ,
, 12797 Meadowyale Rd. *47:'
12:00pm — 1:15pm
Luncheon&Keynote Speaker at Lions Park Center,
1104 Lions Park Drive NW
,40
Metal Craft Machine&Engineering
Precision Contract Manufacturing for tbe Medical Device Industry
RSVP
Contact the
Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce /
at(763) 441-3110 by October 15, 2004, 4
Attend one or all events as your schedule allows. --
Solors Optional Axis
Specialized CNC„Ilacbining of ITOod and Plastics
*TODAY'S BEST PRACTICES IN
MANUFACTURING
Join keynote speaker Art Sneen, Founder and President of the
Manufacturers Alliance. For the past 15 years,Mr.Sneen has •
developed the Manufacturers Alliance as an educational
association for hundreds of local manufacturers in Minnesota,
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Mr.Sneen will outline the trends that are occurring in the
manufacturing sector, the changes and improvements that have
Art Sneen
been implemented by manufacturers and the challenges that Founder and President of the Manufacturers Alliance
manufacturers will face in the near future. Mr. Sneen brings
• hands-on experience that includes positions in management,
operations and engineering in the manufacturing industry and
has used this experience to establish the Manufacturers Alliance
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as a resource for continued education in the manufacturing thdustr El ElkRiverArea
River-- Chamber of Commerce
"Extremely helpful, extremely efficient." That's how Bob Michalek of Display Solutions describes the Elk
River Economic Development Department. When Bob and his partners,Tom Buchta and Jim Studee, launched their firm,
the city provided everything from advice on potential business locations to help in securing a$50,000 Micro Loan.
"It was important to us." The low-interest loan helps Display Solutions to minimize overhead. As Bob
notes, "A start-up business can use all the help it can get."
Elk River has also teamed with the Initiative Foundation to provide qualifying firms with free technical training
to boost their productivity and profitability, and offers an array of other resources to grow new and existing
businesses.
Grow Your Business. Whether your company is a start-up like Display Solutions or an established firm
that needs to expand or relocate, you can count on Elk River for many resources and one leading edge location.
To learn more about Micro Loans, free Technical Assistance
and other programs for your business, please call (763) 635-1040,
or visit us on the Web at www.ci.elk-river.mn.us and click on "Grow Your Business."
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13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River,MN 55330 Minnesota Manufacturing and Technology Week
October 18 — October 22, 2004
WHEREAS, Manufacturing and technology intensive industries are a dynamic part of Minnesota's
prosperous economy, and promotion of this sector's strength, success, and high
quality of life is an integral part of economic development in Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing technology provides skill, high wage jobs which significantly
contribute to Minnesota's high standard of living and economic vitality; and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing technology has the second largest total payroll of any business sector
in Minnesota,providing$23 billion in 2000 wages;and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing and technology intensive industries employ nearly one sixth of the
state's non-farm workforce. Since 1990 Minnesota's technology intensive
IIIemployment grew 18%;and
WHEREAS, Manufacturing and technology employees in Minnesota earn an average of 31
percent more than other Minnesota private sector employees;and
WHEREAS, The manufacturing and technology sector employment grew 2.9 percent nationally
between 1990 and 2000,while in Minnesota it actually increased 17.7 percent (an
estimated total of nearly 510,000 jobs)
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Stephanie Klinzing,Mayor of the City of Elk
River, do hereby proclaim that the week of October 18—October 22, 2004 shall be observed as:
MINNESOTA MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK
Passed and adopted this 4th day of October, 2004.
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
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Phone:763.635.1000
Fax:763.635.1090
www.ci.elk-river.mn.us