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services offices,surveyors,government services) Next Era Unknown Unknown 1 2 I The first way a neighborhood center like Pequot Lakes can create a prosperous local economy is to increase the 3 number of exporting businesses so as to bring new capital into the city. The second way is to create an 4 I environment where competitive, import-replacement businesses can flourish. s OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 6 During the planning process, business owners, property owners and interested parties were solicited to participate 7 in a public forum and express their opinion of Pequot's greatest economic development opportunities and 8 challenges. IOpportunities Challenges $ 'Stem constructive public comments • Baseball e Soccer Highwav decision—keen people inf • Camp Tourn a More business investment in cents!downtown : e Take the time to get input — don't rw e Improve general look and feel of downtown{streets scapes, professional and tasteful sign crossGvalks,sidewalk benches) process e Develop a better logo o Create a uni P� fv O Imaze of Peciuot Lakes (sell the place — caps, tee locals and viT shirts C Can we get an answer or at least ". • Broad resident tax base will happen on the highway, if not Wv C Not tied to one type of business e Continue to bring people together • Call center,tech investment ® Build a plan that maiorlty cen support • Utilize existing structures . Highway cement for and fa clops • The biggest asset we have is the ability to pull together, which is currently divided over the o Lengthy process for getting anythi highway issue approved for develooment changes c We could end should expand the concert series in e Finding the funding needed to sunoort summer, and encourage various vendors to sell the community without raising taxes 141 Page