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Adding headings for the Industrial Park/Business Park and Grow Zone may make it easier to follow. Mr. Marohn agreed that the history in the first paragraph could use some clarity and he will rewrite. What is our goal as a community economically? This section has been written to provide goods to our citizens,being inward focused. Being outward focused is an opportunity for our community to make a living at a reasonable wage. There needs to be expansion of the Industrial Park. There is no spot left in Pequot Lakes to build a new manufacturing facility. We need to support entrepreneurship. The commercial zones need to be identified and the old(existi -4,corridor should be set up as a zone. � Hsu Expansion of the Business Park would be a money in e or the �;. Bonding long term could be good for the community. Chairman ,, stated the C eceived a federal grant and Rural Development money to create the current Park.�,Marohn explained there are several questions that need,16be answered: What areg term costs for maintaining infrastructure and how does'i relate to tax base? Is these away to get more from that investment? What has to be in p�ac for expansion? What comes first? The path to getting these questions answered could"be included in the Action items. Larger parcels for future development are rd aUS Page 11: 0", Business Inventory." 5 It was suggested that gage levels be included din the business inventory. Current Trends: Service onen � sinesses hiuy be t 6' "able and not affected by trends and recessio such as �� usme es The aging population requires services. Mr. Marohn stated, written d`� on on import vs. export strategies. He will put that section z back in c uture discussi � We ceuI consider having both export and import strategies Id a stable tuatlo'. �p fg �ia p 1 _ National data is' wed tore Line 20. Closer data may be more relevant. After much discussion,it see a live outside Pequot Lakes that work here. i Aging infrastructure will be looked at in the Infrastructure Section. ! Aging population—new data will be available after the census. More connected world—Pequot Lakes does have an advantage for internet service which i allows competition. Line 40 could be more specific with technology. t 13 Minutes 2 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission January 21,2010 r i i;