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Purpose <br />The Economic Vitality Committee (EVC) is interested in increasing business engagement and garnering <br />more feedback from the business community. There is a desire for the EVC to have a greater <br />understanding of businesses in Louisville and learning what is going well and what could use <br />improvement. The intent of these meetings will be to learn from the businesses as well as provide more <br />information on what city priorities are and what might be in the pipeline that will impact them. There <br />will be an intentional focus of sharing information with them, as this is sometimes the only instance for <br />the year that they engage with the business, as well as intently listening to what the business community <br />needs to be successful and vibrant. <br />• These outreach meetings should be in addition to the business forums, not replace them. <br />• A proposal would be to have them geographically based and start with the McCaslin area. After <br />the first year, can reevaluate the impact and success, and adapt if needed. <br />• Intent is to have engaging conversations with the business sector, to hear from them what is <br />going well and what is needed to be successful. The hope is that the events are well attended <br />but small enough to have engaging and meaningful conversations. <br />• Invitees should be both the business owners and the property owners. <br />• The meetings should be free -flowing, without the entire meeting being structured. This is an <br />opportunity to share council priorities and what might be in the City pipeline, while leaving a lot <br />of time to hear from the businesses directly. <br />• Overall, want to hear from the business community but would love some specific examples of <br />what may not be working well and what the City can do to make processes and the business <br />environment easier for businesses to navigate and more business friendly. <br />Proposal 1 <br />• Area/Businesses <br />o Geogrpphy Based <br />■ McCaslin Corridor/Centennial Valley <br />■ Downtown <br />■ South Boulder Road <br />■ Colorado Tech Center <br />o Event will be held in the respective geography <br />• Outreach <br />o Invite businesses, property owners and representatives (brokers) <br />■ Prioritize outreach electronically- email and social media <br />■ If needed, can do targeted mail outreach <br />• Timing <br />o Twice Quarterly <br />■ One event in the morning and one in the evening, per area <br />o Event for an hour and a half <br />• Agenda <br />o Council Priorities <br />o City Initiatives <br />o Open Forum <br />