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City,{'f BUSINESS RETENTION AND <br />Louisville DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />SUBJECT: DISCUSSION- BUSINESS RETENTION VISITS UPDATE <br />DATE: OCTOBER 5, 2020 <br />PRESENTED BY: MEGAN E. PIERCE, ECONOMIC VITALITY DIRECTOR <br />SUMMARY: <br />In July, the BRaD Committee reviewed some of its 2020 planned initiatives that have <br />been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including regular business retention visits. <br />In August the Committee affirmed retention visits should be conducted virtually and that <br />the re -opening of City Hall would be used to guide a transition back to in -person visits in <br />the future. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Based on suggestions from the Committee and staff, outreach has continued to engage <br />businesses for retention visits. Unfortunately, it continues to be difficult for businesses to <br />commit to these meetings during such a period of uncertainty. The following contacts <br />have been made since the last BRaD Committee meeting: <br />• Omni Promotional (scheduled, October 7 @ 9:30 AM) <br />• Dova Center for Health and Healing (decided not to schedule at this time) <br />• Otak Inc (corresponding) <br />• Alem International (corresponding) <br />• Decadent Saint Winery (initial outreach) <br />• Organic Sandwich Company (corresponding) <br />• Creative Framing Art Gallery (corresponding) <br />Staff will continue pursuing businesses about scheduling retention visits. In the <br />meantime, staff has also requested that the Downtown Business Association include the <br />promotion of BRaD Business Retention Visits in the upcoming Downtown Dialogue <br />newsletter. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Review the information and provide direction on future retention visits. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />None. <br />Agenda Packet P. 15 <br />