a powerful site selection

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a powerful site selection economic
development tool for the 11-county region
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MetroMSP.org

• MetroMSP.org presents information for the
  11-county Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area
• Free to users funding provided by public
  private sector partners
• Real estate data provided by the Minnesota
  Commercial Association of Realtors

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Two Major Areas in Website

• Regional economic highlights
• Geographic Information System (GIS) based site
  selection tool including
• Real estate listings
• Demographic, workforce, economic business
  information

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Home page
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Sidebar accesses city and county profiles -- with
links to map and demographics.
Links to MetroMSP private sector partners
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Forty-plus alternating headlines. Click the
more link for additional detail a summary of
recent National Rankings
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Sidebar that makes the business case for Why
Metro MSP
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Resource Center sidebar with links to research,
reports and business development resources
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Drop-down About Metro MSP menu with descriptive
info on 11-county Metro MSP region
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Drop-down Data Center menu with detailed charts
and graphs
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Search properties - Your door to a robust,
user-defined process for selecting the best
business location
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Search Properties

• 11 County - Minneapolis/Saint Paul Region

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Site Selection Example - home
User-defined search for sites and property based
on location, use size
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Site Selection Example found sites
Matching properties are shown in a comparison
list on the map
User defined map layers can be switched on or
off
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Site Selection Example selected site
Property reports provide detailed information
quickly
Report provides real estate info with related
broker economic development contact information
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Site Selection Example selected site
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Analyze Sites In Seconds

• Define a time or distance from the site in order
  to
• Analyze workforce characteristics
• Determine if there are enough clients or shoppers
• Identify age, income other factors
• Identify businesses located in the area

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Example Demographic Report
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Example Demographic Report
Create Demographic Reports
Demographic Analysis by Radius
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Example Consumer Report
Business Workforce Analysis
by Drive Time
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Example Competition/synergy Web Site Demonstration
Click on a business type to identify specific
businesses located in the area
Identify business competition synergies
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Example Competition/synergy Web Site Demonstration
Specific businesses in a business type are
listed identified on the map
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Community Demographics
On Search Properties main screen, click on the
county profiles/demographics link Then select
11-County Region, or a county, or one of three
anchor cities (Minneapolis, Saint Paul
Bloomington)
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Consumer expenditures, demographics, workforce
business information available by 11-county
region, counties 3 cities
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Redevelopment Areas Publicly Owned Properties
Participating cities and counties can upload
information on publicly owned properties and
redevelopment areas
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Redevelopment site info includes access to the
communitys redevelopment vision including maps,
documents, plans. Provides city contact info
specific to an area or site
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• For technical assistance with the website or
  questions regarding MetroMSP.org contact
• Todd Klingel, President, Minneapolis Regional
  Chamber tklingel_at_minneapolischamber.org
• Diana Johnson, MetroMSP website coordinator
  djohnson_at_minneapolischamber.org
• Linda Anderson, Executive Assistant
  landerson_at_minneapolischamber.org
• Janna King, CEcD MetroMSP Project Consultant,
• Economic Development Services
  jking_at_econdevelop.com

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Oversight Management
Steering Committee (7 members)
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development
Foundation
Convening Administration
Elect
Stakeholders (all funders over 5,000)
Public Sector
Private Sector