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TO: Economic Development Authority
Jennifer Levitt, EDA Executive Director
FROM: Gretchen Larson, Economic Development Director
Jaime Mann, Assistant to the City Administrator
DATE: November 4, 2022
RE: MNCAR Expo
Mayor Bailey, Councilmember Dennis, City Administrator Levitt, and staff had a city booth at the
MNCAR Expo on Oct. 26. MNCAR is the pre-eminent commercial real estate organization in the
state.
Having a booth at the event allows the city to network with prominent dealmakers and showcase
our city as an ideal location to conduct business. There were over 700 people in attendance, and
we were able to connect with new brokers and learn more about their clients and projects and
catch up with brokers we know well.
Staff is following up with attendees who visited our booth on the various leads that were discussed.
To date we had a discussion with George Janssen with MarketPointe and they are interested in
obtaining a copy of the hotel feasibility study when it is completed. We also had an informative
conversation with the team at JLL who are representing several restaurants who would like to
locate in the city.