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Page 2 of 2 <br /> Grand Forks news lately? <br /> Then, there is this insight, which Hill himself expressed at a 2002 Mayor's Summit on Economic Development in <br /> Duluth: <br /> "Fundamental to any economic development effort is a complete review of the way business is transacted within <br /> the city's bureaucracy." <br /> All regulations that influence a city's competitive role should be subjected to a four-part test, Hill said. The test <br /> should determine whether the rules are relevant(to the businesses' operation or the public's health), transparent <br /> (meaning clear and easily understood), predictable and efficient. <br /> "Fundamental change to encourage economic development is not closing deals," Hill said at the summit. "The <br /> core of change is building an economic environment where business wants to do deals."Those are words worth <br /> remembering as Grand Forks and Duluth leaders try to build great cities in a tough pine-and-prairie country. <br /> Tom Dennis for the Herald <br /> Lonnie J.Laffen, AIA <br /> Johnson Laffen Galloway Architects <br /> 124 North Third Street <br /> Grand Forks, ND 58203 <br /> Ph: 701.746.1727 <br /> Fax: 701.746.1702 <br /> Cell: 218.779.2012 <br /> Ilaffen @jlgarchitects.com <br /> www.jIgarchitects.com <br /> • <br /> • <br /> 11/18/2003 <br />