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C I Request for Action River To Item Number Economic Development Authority 6.1 Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by General Business October 19, 2015 Colleen Eddy,Economic Development Specialist Item Description Reviewed by Marketing Update Amanda Othoudt, EDD Reviewed by Cal Portner, City Administrator Action Requested Item presented for information. Background/Discussion Marketing: Economic development staff has contracted with Prime Advertising to create marketing materials including the Community Profile,Business Financial and Homeowners brochures along with an Energy- related publication. Prime is creating a cutting-edge portfolio which will hold the different brochures which will be distributed at trade shows,local activities,and will be included in inquiry packets. The marketing packet is projected to be completed in early 2016. Trade Shows/Conferences: The following trade shows are in partnership with Sherburne County and the Minnesota Marketing Partnership. The Real Estate Journal Data Center conference in January was held in Chicago and was attended by real estate developers around the country. Staff met with representatives from Jones Lang LaSalle and Parallel Technologies. The relationship with Jones Lang LaSalle turned into a site visit to the county's data center site which also included representatives from Involta, a co-location data center. The site visit was an opportunity to promote Elk River,walk the marketed data center site and answer questions. The visit also included representatives from Sherburne County, ERMU, and Economic Development. In March,we attended a data center event hosted by Parallel Technologies. The event was attended by over 30 people from all over the state. We met several people, one of them being a representative from Welsh Construction.A follow-up to Welsh led to a site visit which was attended again,by representatives from Sherburne County, ERMU, Economic Development, and a representative from Colliers International who specializes in data centers. In April, the annual Data Center World event was held in Las Vegas. Over 2,000 people from all over the world were in attendance.The city,again,partnered with the county and PMMP. This event also attracted several new organizations to the Minnesota delegation,including: Michaud Cooley,Xcel Energy, Iron Gate,ViaWest, and the cities of Morehead and Chaska.The event created an opportunity to reconnect with the representatives from Involta. The delegation attended networking events and toured the ViaWest facility. [ INESEI it Template Updated 4/14 NATURE