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SUMMARY OF FOCAL POINT IMPACTS SINCE 2015 Business Retention & Expansion: 2015 5/6/2015 – Brad Sanford of Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce was present and discussed Grow Minnesota and his efforts on business retention. He gave ideas on how to help local businesses improving relationships between the City and the local business owner, the business was more apt to remain in the City. 8/05/2015 – Todd Kruse, President of the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce discussed the regional happenings of the Chamber with regard to housing. Todd was in favor of working with the EDC to engage and grow the business community. Business retention was discussed with an emphasis on how the EDC could be more involved. 10/07/2015 – Draft was created how EDC would address business retention and expansion. 11/04/2015 – Rob Small, provided the EDC with a presentation on the history of Open to Business, how he helps promote entrepreneurial development in new businesses and discussed how he could assist the City of New Brighton. EDC was in in favor of making a recommendation to the Council regarding Open to Business, while suggesting the EDC formulate a more formal business retention plan. 12/02/2015 – Further Discussion on the Open to Business proposal was heard. Return on Investment was a major concern. 2016 2/3/2016 – Update/ summarized previous year’s goals and achievements, discussed ongoing business retention efforts. 10/05/2016 – EDC was updated on the TIFF management plan and the New Brighton Exchange Dashboard 2017 2/01/2017 – EDC heard Reporting on Open to Business and discussed its pros and cons and expressed concerns in continuing the program. 2018 2/07/2018 – EDC Heard from and discussed the Open to Business Program and continued with its funding. 2019 02/06/2019 – EDC heard and discussed benefits of the Open to Business Program.