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Underutilizing sewer and Water <br /> • Underutilizing wide variety.9f igcal l vinessei <br /> • Underutilize park system-in dink.gogter of town <br /> • Underutillzing ext5tln.4 buiidingsLinfrastructure <br /> • Underutllizing comer town <br /> • Promotion of being on bpth,the Paul Bunyan Trail <br /> and the Scenic Byway <br /> • The existing business basin <br /> • Our possibility to .ttract new business in the next <br /> •1O v rs <br /> • Our position in the Brainerd takes area <br /> • Downtown business <br /> • We must look stiort term to fill building vacancies <br /> oth$rwise we d9 opt have or, possibly will not ever <br /> .IZO a community cempetitivg a€fvantage <br /> • Potential of yen/ Walkable park-centric downtown <br /> to become more of a destination in the future flocal <br /> Pod Yisit4rs :. <br /> • <br /> • Potential of "in MI'to better utilize infrastructure— <br /> both commercial&id resident.i�l <br /> Cetitai of town iatk t atheritti <br /> • Vacancies downtown <br /> 4tila llt3l .e d + veJootn n;t Qse,ential, <br /> ,support existing b4i ineses <br /> • No park or play.structure <br /> • Maximize or fill uolnd sstri3l park <br /> 1 <br /> 2 PUBLIC OPINION <br /> 3 At a July 2009 open house, members of the public were presented with three different visions of how Pequot <br /> 4 Lakes could grow in the future.After the vision statement,they were given options for responding.The responses <br /> 5 (the number of which is shown in parenthesis after each option in the following) reflect a general emphasis on <br /> 6 growth in the downtown area and a de-emphasis on growth through horizontal expansion. <br /> 16I Page <br />