I'd agree with this up to a point: the mayor has to do a wee
bit more than just come in to close the deal or there would be
no deal to close.
WMarks, Central
Barbara Lickness wrote:
> The best asset we have to offer any company is a work
> force. Talk to Denny Donaldson of NICO Plating and he
> will tell you why he decided to stay in Minneapolis
> and expand his business at 29th and 1st Av. So.
>
> His friends had gone to the Farmingtons of the world
> and built the new state of the art cement block
> building for their company. The problem is they were
> scrambling to find enough employees. They had to
> reduce the growth rate because they couldn't maintain
> the employee base required to expand the business.
>
> Again, this boils down to a really bad public
> transportation system. While you may be able to catch
> a bus to Eden Prairie, you will be dropped at the Eden
> Prairie center. If you work in Eden Prairie but a
> couple miles from the Eden Prairie center, that bus
> ride doesn't help you much. Communities like Eden
> Prairie don't have a circulation system to take people
> from the Eden Prairie Center to the local companies.
> The other side of the coin is people from the city are
> reluctant to take jobs with poor transportation like
> this because if they have an emergency and have to
> leave work, they can't get back into the city.
>
> I wager a bet that companies in these communities are
> scrambling for employees on a regular basis. However,
> NICO has doubled it's business in the city and has no
> problem finding employees.
>
> We have the work force and we have the work force
> right here in the city. I agree with R.T. that it's
> how we market the city. However, it's not just the
> job of the Mayor to shake the pom poms. After all in
> major corporations, it's not the CEO that brings in
> the business, it's the sales and marketing department.
> The CEO just comes in to help close the deal. There
> should be a department strictly dedicated to marketing
> to potential businesses. One that's not tied to
> handing out the public dollar. The other piece is
> taxes and regulation but that is a whole other e-mail.
>
> Barb Lickness
> Whittier
> Ward 6
>
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