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Over 230 community partnerships responded to Amazon 1s request for proposals. Each <br />proposal weighed jn at over 500 pages of creative ideas, data, and information about <br />partner communities -much of It now available for public consumption. The short list of <br />20 has economic development professionals speculating on what It is that businesses of <br />the 21 st century are looking for. The connections to 'placemaking' and site selection are <br />unfolding as more and more communities are shifting their approach from attracting <br />business sectors to one that seeks out those people who are good for their community. <br />What-is the EBDA ~ competitive business position ? <br />The Ellensburg Business Development Authority (EBDA) has as its geographic boundary <br />the 6.97 square mile area of the City of Ellensburg (see Figure 1). The EBDA has a <br />seven-member governing board, a city employee who serves as a part-time Economic <br />Development Manager, and a city employee serving as the Interim Executive Director. <br />As of this report, there are about 1,400 registered businesses in Ellensburg (source: <br />Washington State Department of Revenue, November 2017). <br />Rgure 1: City of Ellensburg zoning map with commercial and industrial zones only <br />\ <br />ii-;._. --=· ------~~ ... ~