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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Economic Development Authority 6.4 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />General BusinessDecember 21, 2015Colleen Eddy, Economic Development Specialist <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Year-end Marketing Update Amanda Othoudt, EDD <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Item presented for information. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />Marketing: <br />After several revisions, the community profile was sent to Prime Advertising to create the remaining <br />marketing materials and the marketing/promotional portfolio. Completion is expected in March. <br /> <br />Trade Shows/Conferences: <br />The following trade shows are in partnership with Sherburne County and the Minnesota Marketing <br />Partnership. <br /> <br />In November, staff attended the Information Management Network Data Center Conference in <br />California, which was attended by people from all over the world. Staff reconnected with representatives <br />from Colliers International, DC Group and Xcel Energy and built relationships with Stream Data Center, <br />SiteSpan, DCI Technologies, and Lee’s Summit. The event was an opportunity to learn first-hand about <br />new trends impacting site selector decisions and to promote the city to various organizations around the <br />country. Over 350 people attended the event which brought major exposure to city of Elk River. <br /> <br />In December, staff attended the annual Mid-America Economic Development Council Conference, an <br />annual site selector forum with over 300 economic development professionals from around the Midwest. <br />The council hosted a tour of the UI Labs and the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. <br />DMDII is a 94,000 sf facility housing advancements in digital manufacturing, education, and workforce <br />development. The flexible infrastructure provides a national digital manufacturing demonstration site. <br />The development was created to solve large-scale industrial challenges through a consortia of university, <br />industry, and civic partners who innovate and commercialize new technology solutions. The conference <br />also included presentations on the state of manufacturing, attracting foreign direct investments, and a site <br />selector panel along with small informal roundtable discussions. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />Funding for trade shows and advertising are included in the 2015 budget. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />List of attendees at IMN <br /> <br />