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AGENDA
Economic Development Commission
January 26, 2016 – 4:30 p.m.
City Hall, Marion Conference Room
1. Call to order
2. Approval of November 24, 2015 minutes
3. Presentation of 2015 Economic Development Annual Report (copies to be distributed
at meeting)
4. Review of Maxfield Research Presentation
5. Directors Report
6. Adjourn (Note: Because of the Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on
Monday, 1/25, the City Council moved its January Work Session to Tuesday, 1/26
at 6:00 p.m. As a result, we will need to end the EDC meeting by 5:45 p.m.)
Attachments:
• 2015 Year End Building Permit Report
• December 2015 Building Acitivity
• EDC 2016 meeting schedule
• Bus rapid transit expansion plans for Lakeville, SunThisweek 1-14-2016
• Homebuilding increased in the Twin Cities last year, but mostly for apartments,
Business, 1-5-2016
• In the Twin Cities, Local Leaders Wield Influence Behind the Scenes, The New York
Times, 12-28-2015
• Lakeville Building boomed in 2015, SunThisweek 12-23-2015
• Frandsen Financial agrees to buy Provincial Bank, StarTribune 12-10-2015
• Abdallah Candies expansion in Apple Valley to receive $170,000 in state aid,
StarTribune 12-3-2015
• State Gains 9,100 Jobs in December, DEED 1-21-2016