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• City of Elk -�-1 River MEMORANDUM TO: Housing & Redevelopment Authority FROM: Heidi Steinmetz, Assistant Director of Economic Development DATE: January 5, 2004 SUBJECT: Downtown Project Communications Attachment August 2003 Downtown Revitalization Q &A Newsletter Background Beginning in February of 2002, communications for the Downtown Revitalization Project have included the following tools and distribution methods: Open Houses Open houses are scheduled with the HRA's consent at critical points in the process in which the HRA requests public comment. The City has held three public open houses on the project. Q &A Newsletter Project newsletters, "Q &As" are developed during critical points in the process when formal actions are made by the HRA or when the public feels the need for new information. Five issues of the Downtown Revitalization Q &A Newsletter,which responds to some of the recent questions about the project, have been distributed in the Elk River Star News, at City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce, Municipal Utilities and at each public open house. The most recent newsletter from August 2003 is attached. City of Elk River Newsletter The Current Periodic articles on the project have appeared in The Current. The Current is distributed in the Elk River Star News every other month and is available at City Hall. Due to a long delay between publication and distribution times, the articles are more general in nature. City Web Site Project updates are available on the Downtown Revitalization page of the City web site. The • page is updated as project activities occur, typically following the most recent HRA meeting.