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Marketing
& Public Relations
MISSION
STATEMENT
To
promote economic growth of the greater Kandiyohi County area.
MEETING
SCHEDULE
Alternates
meeting at 8:00 a.m. on the fourth Wednesday or Friday of
each month at the EDC's board room.
MEETING
MINUTES (PDF format)
January
24, 2007
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April
25, 2007 |
August
22, 2007 |
November
30, 2007 |
| February
28, 2007 |
May
23, 2007 |
September
26, 2007 |
December
28, 2007 |
| March
28, 2007 |
June
27, 2007 |
October
24, 2007 |
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| January
25, 2006 |
April
26, 2006 |
August
23, 2006 |
December
27, 2006 |
| February
22, 2006 |
May
24, 2006 |
August
14, 2006 special meeting |
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| February
23, 2006 special meeting |
June
28, 2006 |
September
27, 2006 |
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| March
22, 2006 |
July
26, 2006 |
November
22, 2006 |
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2008
GOALS
1.
Continue to support marketing efforts of the EDC
• Phone book advertising reviewed annually
• Volunteer Appreciation and Awards Banquet
a. Provide creative, marketing and coordination assistance
for the annual event
b. Run a local advertising campaign around the Volunteer
Appreciation and Awards banquet to capitalize on energy
of the event.
• Website
a. Update/maintenance
b. Add virtual tour of company sites to web site
2.
Continue to support marketing activities of the EDC committees
•
Agribusiness/Renewable Energy Development
• Business Retention & Expansion/Recruitment (BRE/R)
• Finance
• Tourism
• Willmar Area Multicultural Market (WAMM)
• BRE/R Technology Task Force
• Bring Them Back Home Task Force
3.
Continue to promote the MinnWest Technology Campus
• Evaluate, refine
and continue direct mail/company recruitment per campus
planning session
• Renewed membership to James J. Hill for access to
marketing database information
• Collaborate on creating portion of campus promotions
with Life-Science Innovations responsible for printed media
4.
Promote Bring them Back Home (BTBH)
• Continue to
publish the quarterly BTBH newsletter
• Have a both/presence at county-wide class reunions
• Open Mic appearances with Homers sharing new stories
5. Continue to provide creative support for WAMM marketing
activities
6. Community marketing support
• Build off of the May 2007 Marketing Your Community
workshop
• Facilitate strategic marketing sessions for individual
communities
• Support communities with creative design with communities
responsible for printed media
• Additional presentations to communities not attending
the May 2007 workshop
7. Host additional entrepreneurial seminars
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