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also provided available sites lists to those who inquired. The Expo was attended by over 600 people. Direct Mailings -~ Staff will be sending out a mass `seed' mailing to our newsletter mailing list mid-April discussing our social media sites. A second mailing will be sent out early fall to remind our key contacts that we'll be exhibiting at the 2010 MNCAR Expo. Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo -April 11.2010 Energy City will be exhibiting at the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Expo on Sunday, April 11th. Economic Development staff will be present to assist in the exhibit and hand out various ED materials (newsletter, housing rehab pamphlets) and interact with business owners/public. Retail Trade & Analysis (RTA) Presentation Staff is working closely with the University of MN Extension Service to obtain recent data and plan and prepare for a presentation of the 2008 retail trade analysis report. U of M staff anticipates receiving the data within the next month. Once the data is received, staff will partner with the Chamber to host an RTA workshop. Results of the report are shared with landowners, property managers and brokers of Elk River with sites for target marketing. Sherburne County Developer Tour -May 6, 2010 For the past two years, staff has participated in the county's development roundtable. The goal is to continue to build relationships between metro-area developers and Sherburne County economic development professionals, County and Ciry officials. This year, staff will participate in the County's 3rd roundtable, focusing on transit areas. Developers will board a coach bus near the Twins stadium and arrive at the Government Center. They will board a bus and tour Elk River and Big Lake respectively. There will be appetizers and a reception at The Friendly Buffalo in Big Lake. After the reception, the developers will ride the Northstar train back to the Twins stadium. Greening the Heartland 2010 Conference- May 19-21 Staff is partnering with Energy City to exhibit at the 7th Annual Greening the Heartland Conference. Consisting of over 15 chapters in 12 Midwest states, the Heartland Region is the largest region of the US Green Building Council (USGBC). The $375 table top exhibit includes a display booth at the event with an anticipated audience of over 1,000 attendees with close association with the USGBC, the premier green building association and MN Green Communities, the largest green building program in MN. This gives the City opportunity to network and gain high visibility and name recognition with those throughout the 12 state heartland region. 2010 EDAM Summer Conference Chris Carlson of Sportech, has also been asked to speak at the conference regarding corporate culture. The EDA and Sportech received the 2009 EDAM Business Retention and Expansion award. Environmental Administrator Rebecca Haug and Elk River Municipal Utilities Vance Zehringer have been asked to present at the 2010 EDAM Annual Summer Conference. They will be presenting information regarding Energy City, Project Conserve, the Business Recycling Program,