11-14-2007 •
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
WORKSHOP
AGENDA
November 14, 2007
Community Center 104 N. Riverside Drive
1. CALL TO ORDER: 8:00 a.m.
2. ROLL CALL:
3. PROGRAM OF WORK -UPDATE OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
4. ADJOURNMENT:
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any of these proceedings should contact City Clerk Susan Wadsworth, 104 N. Riverside Drive,
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Program of Work Workshop Agenda 11/14/2007
Start 8:00 End 9:15
1) Review and restate the existing Vision Statement and Mission Statement
a. Current Restrictions
b. Business Expansion Incentives
d. Partnership Linkages
3) Brainstorming Session
a. ideas and suggestions for new expansion options, businesses, categories,
Edgewater economically
4) Revisit Task Number 2 within the Program of Work and determine if there are
applicable items
5) Identify which topics are worthy of tasks being taken on (most likely the high
priorities)
a. Identify the criteria for determining importance (important to Council, to
tax base, to constituents)
b. Review the brainstorming ideas
i. categorize them according to the strategy (i.e. group them
according to number 2)
ii. identify new categories if needed
c. Prioritize the brainstorm topics within each of the categories
6) Develop the written task for the topics
a. Use the same format used previously to project, scope, and quantify
7) Develop a calendar for the next 14 months (through 12/31/2008):
a. Identifies the dates of the Board meetings
b. Invites partner agencies to participate and plans for those meetings
c. Invites Council and Mayor to meetings
d. Sets targets for the Tasks that are developed in item number 6
e. Sets accountability measures for the tasks in item number 6
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1 How can we help businesses succeed
2 EDB could become ambassadors for the city, help guide prospects around town
3 Develop or seek a centralized downtown area within edgewater
4 Is there a communication piece about Edgewater? Opportunities and resources available
5 What contacts do we have with educational institutes
6 Application process for a new business-train and show prospects how to complete
7 Mentor- how to complete paperwork
8 Formulate relationships with local universities
9 Omnibudsman program for helping a business ensure they get to the right people
10 Have citizens volunteer to learn the permitting and business startup process
11 Review the process and permitting application procedures to try to streamline
12 Could we come up with something like FastTrack at the industrial park?
13 Targeted industries for new business .
14 Items for existing businesses -what is important, what do we need to add?
15 Is chamber going to be the group that takes care of existing businesses?
16 Composite Manufacturing as a target industry
17 Identify the suppliers to the existing and targeted industries to recruit them
18 Housing -city plan for housing, middle, upper, blue collar, white collar
19 What can be afforded at current market rates
20 Competitive markets are Jupiter, Ft Meyers
21 What are competitive wage rates, compensation packages?
22 Promoting edgewater-amenities& history. Have a questionnaire that a prospect fills out
23 Communicate to the residents/tax payers why economic development is a good thing
24 Aviation, Medical, software
25 Benchmark other successful ED boards and towns of similar size
26 Determine affordable housing and extrapolate back to businesses that would fit
27 Very attractive downtow area, new town hall, structure around town make city more desirable
28 Budget needed -city marketer, economic development coordinator