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partnering with your utility company and other Energy City related information. This collaboration between the ED department and Energy City gives us the opportunity to use Energy City as an economic development tool. EDAM serves economic development professionals throughout MN and has more than 500 members who represent private enterprise, local and regional economic development agencies, chambers of commerce and utilities. We anticipate approximately 100 people to attend the Summer Conference. The conference will be held this year June 16th through 18th at Madden's on Gull Lake. MN Commercial Association of Realtors ~NINCAR) Expo -Land Development Conference - October 27, 2010 This year, the City will be an exhibitor at the 4`d annual MNCAR Expo. The sponsorship includes a display booth at the event with an anticipated audience of 600 commercial real estate professionals from across the state, City recognition in all event print and email promotion materials, including media advertising distributed to over 9,000 commercial real estate industry professionals, City recognition on the MNCAR website from August-October 2010 and exhibitor banner and expo program recognition. This gives the City an opportunity to network and build relationships with commercial brokers and realtors and market our available sites in the City. Commercial/Industrial Sites Inventory A site inventory has been made available on our City website through MetroMSP.com, a site selector website which allows users to search for available properties based on their own customized criteria. Users can locate property in Elk River to meet their needs as well as create compelling proposals which include demographic and business data to provide to potential prospects. MetroMSP has partnered with MNCAR to provide users with an up to date listing of all MNCAR properties. Staff also receives email blasts from MNCAR members who axe actively seeking sites fox clients. This tool enables us to determine market trends and help identify potential prospects for our available sites. Once the City Council finalizes the 171st Focused Area Study, staff will upload a transit area site onto the website for additional exposure. Restaurant Efforts Staff has been closely monitoring MNCAR's email blasts for potential restaurants; staff has found that most often they are only looking at vacant restaurant space rather than new construction. Staff intends to meet with restaurant developers about their site criteria later this year. Staff also intends on using the RTA data as a direct mailing, utilizing relevant data once the RTA workshop has been held. In the past months, staff has met with a few local individuals interested in restaurant start-ups as well as a developer who is working on identifying potential restaurants. Economic Development Social Media Staff has created an Economic Development Facebook page (Elk River ED) and Twitter page (E1kRiverED) to use in conjunction with our economic development portion of the City's website. Being a part of social media provides us with another avenue to convey information to residents, business owners and developers.