Business Retention and Development Committee Minutes 2007 05 07

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City Council Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes May 7, 2007 Page 2 of 2 Brown noted that a video would also be a good investment. It could be shown on the local government access channel and used in meetings with local groups to education people about the Dalton and Lathrop volunteered to work with staff and a local graphics company on the logo to be decided before the June BRaD Meeting. The hope would be to have a least the logo and some of the collateral materials for the June 9th Taste of Louisville or July 4th at the latest. The Committee agreed to take a formal budget request of $10,000 - $12, Louisville Campaign to City Council at the May 15 meeting. 2008 BUDGETIWORK PLAN Hogan shared some ideas for programs for 2008. Members discusse which items were of interest for doing in 2008. Staff will put numbers with thpse program. or discussion at the June meeting. Once the list is prioritized and costs att ed, BRaD will forward its 2008 budget request to the City Council as a part of its 200 udget planning. WHAT BUSINESSES DO WE WANT TO SEE IN OUISVILLE Hogan asked that this item be tabled to a lat date. LE UPDATE en made and that that staff will RETENTION VISIT Muth noted that the assignments for the visit begin to schedule the visits as soon as possib EVALUATION OF IL 5 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Committee members thought th table was informative and appreciated the frankness of the panel members. oted that there were some similar themes and ideas expressed at the first panel. Hogan noted that another roundtable for a later date would be one of develo currently doing business in town. WEBSITE UPDATE Muth noted that there is a technical problem on one of the files, but once that is fixed the turn around for the site should be relatively soon. APRIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRIEFING Hog quick overview of her April activities. ADJOURN