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Results <br /> The respondents to the business survey were business owners (71%) and commercial <br /> property owners (45%). A majority of the responses came from service(39%) and retail <br /> (27%)related businesses. The respondents described their business as year-round(93%) <br /> business. Many of the respondents have a business location that is visible from MN 371 <br /> (66%).The respondents were generally property owners (83%) that did not lease space <br /> (74%) in Pequot Lakes. Those respondents that do lease space (26%) all renew their lease <br /> on an annual basis. On average the respondents (N=62)have been located at their current <br /> business location for 12.72 years. The average number of year-round fulltime employee's <br /> was 5.23 (N=53). The average number of year-round part-time employees was also 5 <br /> (N=24). The average number of seasonal fulltime was 10 (n=14). The average number of <br /> seasonal part-time employee's was 4 (n=19). <br /> A majority of the respondents chose the through town route as their preferred business <br /> option (55%) (Table 1). The through town option was also chosen as the best option for <br /> the community by a majority of respondents (57%) (Table 2). <br /> Table 1: Which option for the Highway 371 expansion would your business prefer? <br /> Answer Options Response Percent Response Count <br /> By-Pass Route 35.5% 22 <br /> Through Town Route 54.8% 34 <br /> Doesn't Matter 9.7% 6 <br /> answered question 62 <br /> skipped question 4 <br /> Table 2: Which option for the Highway 371 expansion do you think is best for the Pequot <br /> Lakes community? <br /> Answer Options Response Percent Response Count <br /> By-Pass Route 39.7% 25 <br /> Through Town Route 57.1% 36 <br /> Doesn't Matter 3.2% 2 <br /> answered question 63 <br /> skipped question 3 <br />