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Labor Force Data EXHIBIT A
<br /> December 1993December 1992
<br /> Civilian Unemployment Civilian Unemployment
<br /> Labor Force Rate
<br /> Labo
<br /> III Force Rate
<br /> Sherburne County 25,411 6.7%
<br /> Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA 1,457,768 3.544, 27 4.1
<br /> Minnesota 1,444,8827 4 1
<br /> 2,482,182 4.4 2,455,258
<br /> 4.9
<br /> Source: Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training. 1993 data is preliminary.
<br /> Retail Sales and Effective Buying Income for Sherburne County
<br /> Total Effective Buvino Income for Sherburne County
<br /> Retail Sales Total Median
<br /> 5000 Median
<br /> ($000)
<br /> �Z Household' Ace
<br /> 1992 $225,204 $607,527
<br /> 1991 220,726 $37,467 28.9
<br /> 557,3769Q
<br /> 1990 205,564 488,115 2 ,119 28.8
<br /> 1989 199,444 422,579 29,2 29,201 28.6
<br /> 1988 120,149 395,711 28,0033 2 228.0
<br /> 8.8
<br /> The 1992 Median Household EB/for the State of Minnesota is$37,585.
<br /> Source: 'Survey of Buying Power,'Sales&Marketiro Management, 1989 through 1993 editions.
<br /> • Summary of Building Permits
<br /> Total Permits New Single-Family Homes
<br /> Number Value Number
<br /> Value
<br /> 1994 (3-31) 23 $ 2,170,426
<br /> 1993 528 25,300,852 18 $ 1,017,086
<br /> 1� 13,01
<br /> 1992 444 7,086
<br /> 1991 16,013,048 107 . 10,710,796
<br /> 429 19,704,961 107
<br /> 1990 459 24,563,956 1,081,650
<br /> 1989 259 22,814680 198 1 ,087,650
<br /> 297 29,520,782 19,189,770
<br /> 1988
<br /> 1987 261 38,350,394 236 19,189,770
<br /> 1986 187 17,385,463 213 �7,628,657
<br /> 1985 147 149 11,086,054
<br /> 1984 13,733,831
<br /> 191 7,600,220 118 , 20,378
<br /> 5
<br /> 1983 130 95 5,2210,378
<br /> 4,952,228 64 3,888,452
<br /> Recent Development
<br /> Elk River's largest taxpayer and non-public employer is United Power Association ("UPA"),
<br /> which has its corporate headquarters and a coal-fueled electrical
<br /> tinfaility in the City.
<br /> UPA is a generation and transmission cooperative which suppliesgenerelectricity to the 15 member
<br /> distribution cooperatives located in Minnesota and Wisconsin. These cooperatives serve
<br /> customers in a 28,000 square mile area. In 1988, the UPA completed construction of a 28,800
<br /> quare-foot receiving and storage building, which, along with a 110,000 0 square-foct NSF refuse
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