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o In supporting Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) -managed prospective clients, the GREATERMSP's goal is to get the Minneapolis -Saint Paul region into contention. o As a general practice, it is the GREATERMSP's intent to be an impartial observer in intra-regional relocations. In these instances, the GREATERMSP staff will always communicate early, openly and often with the regional partner(s) impacted by any potential loss. • Recognize, respect and support efforts of all partners o Work in partnership with the state and community partners to jointly announce all successes, taking special-care to recognize all who played a part. o Treat all project-specific information gathered from various communities, counties or other partners as confidential and never share it with anyone other than the company o After a project has ended, GREATERMSP staff will provide feedback to partners to promote continuous improvement for competitiveness regionally and globally. • Be a resource (e.g. data, project management technical assistance) to regional partners as they purse their own respective partner generated leads as GREATERMSP capacity allows. Regional Partners' Commitment to GREATERMSP Staff: Regional partners are comprised of the region's economic development organizations and units of government throughout. the region who are investors and members in the GREATERMSP. In order for the GREATERMSP to function as a successful private-public partnership, regional partners must commit to work closely and collaboratively with the professional economic development staff of the GREATERMSP, led by the GREATERMSP CEO. The GREATERMSP staff should be considered a tremendous value-added resource to each regional partner, bringing resources and expertise to every economic development project where coordination and assistance is needed or warranted. The following paragraphs outline the concepts and principles that the regional partners are committed to in executing their responsibilities: • Embrace a "One Region" philosophy o Support the GREATERMSP staff to always position the Minneapolis -Saint Paul region as amulti-county region. Regional partners will be committed to locating and/or keeping prospects in the Minneapolis -Saint Paul region. • Operate in a manner which is in line with partnership protocol C~~'~1-~T~Fa " M~ Regional Economic Development Partnership 4 I :~ r~ ~ f;