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Business Retention & Development Committee <br />Meeting Minutes <br />October 3, 2016 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />What do we want visitors to say about downtown Louisville? <br />Unique, fun, convenient, amazed at the variety, historic charm, and good food <br />Cars are incompatible to downtown in the summer. <br />Not sure retail can survive downtown. <br />The right tenant mix <br />Randy Caranci said property taxes are going to take a hit. He discussed his experience <br />of subsidizing rents for tenants. <br />What do we want businesses to say about downtown? <br />The City is invested <br />The City is open for business <br />The City is welcoming <br />The City is enabling, efficient, supportive, transparent, and predicable <br />My employees are happy and want to be here <br />Downtown increases our profits <br />Downtown is good for our business <br />My business can grow here <br />Our community supports us <br />There is availability <br />It is affordable <br />Plenty of parking <br />Customers are happy <br />Business supports each other <br />What are the critical elements in downtown Louisville? <br />Parking <br />Availability of buildings <br />Ease of access and good traffic flow <br />Visibility/gateway <br />Attractiveness: flowers, canopies, well maintained streetscape <br />A diverse but complimentary set of reasons to come downtown — choice of reasons: fun, <br />business, a meeting, a meal <br />What would make downtown more resilient? <br />Marketing <br />Proactive <br />Community buy -in and shared vision <br />Art house movie theater <br />Boutique hotel <br />Parking <br />Event Center <br />5 <br />