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REHABILITATION AND REDEVELOPMENT <br />Undertake strategies that facilitate rehabilitation and redeveloaging commercial, industrial <br />and residential areas to ensure private reinvestment and sustainabil <br />COMMERICAL/INDUSTRIAL STRATEGIES <br />Maintain a listing of available commercial /industrial sites <br />Promote available sites through various marketing initiatives <br />Identify and examine potential areas for revitalization <br />Review existing programs, resources, and services and recommend <br />increase our competitive advantage and support goals <br />Enhance downtown commercial district through business recruitmen- <br />generating activities <br />Develop and implement a blighted properties program for both com <br />residential properties <br />ACTION STEPS <br />Identify target areas for the blighted properties program <br />Partner with downtown business association and civic groups to p <br />new downtown activities (i.e. BNI, Chamber Connections, etc.). <br />Partner with Elk River Area Arts Alliance to explore funding conarts center within <br />the downtown study area <br />Create and distribute a survey to businesses to identify recommended improvements to existing <br />programs, resources and services, in addition to identifying pre <br />communication to improve Elk River business climate <br />Identify current property owners and businesses interest in redevelopment efforts both north <br />st <br />and south of HWY 10 and in 171 <br /> Focused Area Study area <br />Create a redevelopment policy regarding capitalizing the HRA dev <br />parameters for purchasing parcels <br />Create and distribute comprehensive business directory to promot <br />Update short videos promoting available sites and applicable initiatives to distribute through <br />social media outlets, constant contact and website <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />