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BRaD <br />Meeting Summary <br />January 11, 2011 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />RETENTION VISITS OVERVIEW: <br />Shelley Angell and Bonnie Star made the following visits: <br />Trek <br />Five to 12 employees; happy with the City and felt the construction along Hwy. 42 did not <br />adversely affect their business; business attracts customers from out-of-area; attracts customers <br />because of the high level of service; would like to lease more building space. <br />Omni Promotional <br />Located at CTC; 30 employees; promotes sporting events all over the world with quality visual <br />prints (banners, etc.)The company is planning to submit plans to construct a 30,000 sq. foot <br />building. <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRIEFING – <br />Bonnie handed out related materials to economic <br />development. <br />Louisville Recreation Center <br /> fees are being reviewed with regard to our business rate. <br />th <br />Art Walk <br /> held on Friday, January 10, in downtown Louisville – great event – video running <br />on Channel 22. <br />Impact on Education <br /> is looking at office space in downtown. <br />Grain Elevator <br /> – Consulting team selected – 4 month timeframe to complete the study. <br />Boulder County Main Street building <br /> – held meeting with Boulder County to discuss their <br />plans for their building on Main Street. They are willing to sell if the right space came <br />available in downtown. 3,000 sq. feet of office space is needed to house Clerk and <br />Recorder and part-time offices for Treasurer and Assessor. <br />Safeway <br /> – interest in the property for a multi-family, multi-level development. <br />Members comments: <br />- <br />- Hate to see some of the businesses have to leave if a development like this was <br />approved. Some businesses in the center are doing very well. <br />- Doesn’t support always having to balance out residential with commercial for each new <br />development. Felt there is enough commercial within a small radius that it shouldn’t be a <br />requirement for this location. <br />- Where is the best place to locate retail in Louisville and how much retail can the City <br />support? <br />- Support of extra residential. <br />CAMT Space Act Agreement <br />– future technology park – Bonnie has talked with <br />representatives for the project. A developer has been hired and has 30 days to pick a site <br />where they can start small and grow.NASA is donating equipment and personnel. <br />Fiber mapping <br /> done by Andrew Freeman of CTC. Qwest is unable to provide a map. <br />Suggestion was made to invite Qwest to a future BRAD meeting. <br />CTC Corporate Challenge – <br />Changed hands to Without Limits and the challenge will run <br />on a profit basis with fees. <br />Fresca Foods – <br />Pulled building permit last week for 50,000 warehouse at 1775 Cherry. <br />Sam’s – <br />Walmart continuing to work with a serious purchaser – trying to come to terms on <br />price and working on site requirements. <br />REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS <br />th <br />Michael Menaker announced the event, “Savor the Favor” scheduled for Friday, February 11. <br />th <br />Seven restaurants in Louisville are participating and 10% of gross for the 11 will benefit Heat <br />Relief. The restaurants participating are: Huckleberry, Zucca, The Empire Lounge, Cactus Wheel, <br /> <br />