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Page 13 <br />Local Innovation and Business Development <br />(Megaforce) <br />Charge: Develop strategies to assist businesses fn growth and expansion, and to turn local <br />Innovation into new business. <br />CenterFuse Members (proposed) <br />• Bill Provaznlk• <br />• Jared Vallejo <br />• Linda Schactler <br />1, Complete local business needs assessment. <br />• Review business visits and needs assessments completed in 2018 and choose April 2019 <br />up to 5 areas address and create an action plan -some may be addressed In <br />other areas of this document or may be satisfied by other entitles. <br />• Finalize competitive position analysis: broadband, water, electricity, taxes, May2019 <br />property inventory <br />2. Create strate1les to support local business needs. <br />• Create a business «Institute" that teaches business operations strategies Oct2019 <br />• Support the EDA's Entrepreneur Training NxLeveL course as an Instructor Ongoing <br />(currently staff and one board member) and as a sponsor <br />• Engage in Chamber's Enterprise Challenge Grant as judge/panelist Mar2019 <br />3. Develop a plan to develop local Innovation, which may consider <br />• Partnering-In or creating a new business-idea event to generate new business Oct2019 <br />(partners: Chamber •Enterprise Challenge," 141E/CWU, Commerce, EDA) <br />• Create and Implement "guide" strategies to help local businesses know how to <br />expand, renew, or change. Provide to web contractor to incorporate in website May2019 <br />• Organize annual business exchange and training sessions <br />• "Innovator Incubation space" <br />7/15/201910:16 AM