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City Manager's 2008-2012 Seven Goals, Economic Growth & Development for the City of Texarkana, Arkansas

1. Foster a mutual relationship with developers, specifically targeting retail sales Businesses to promote economic growth in Texarkana, Arkansas
• Develop mapping tools for on-line viewing to reflect the growth corridor of Texarkana, Arkansas, which identifies all available tracks of land, property owners, and zoning.
• Target four or five businesses and aggressively attempt to locate them inside Crossroads Business Park in the short-term. This means team visits to their Corporate Headquarters.
• Leverage Advertising and Promotion resources, so that the return on investment pays a yearly dividend to the Citizens of Texarkana, Arkansas.
2. Develop and sustain economic growth and development capabilities in Texarkana, Arkansas
• Always be proactive about economic growth and development, seeking business that adds value to the community.
• The City Manager’s office will ensure that one employee devotes his or her time around the clock to economic growth and development issues.
• Ensure that the retail developer’s have a full understanding of the tax advantages of relocating a business to Texarkana, Arkansas.
• Promote an Economic Marketing Strategy using all forms of media, especially magazines and articles, that helps to recruit new businesses.
• Promote building and code enforcement standards that enhances growth, public safety, and protection of investment.
3. Provide persistent situation awareness of economic development opportunities
• Conduct a SWOT Analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) on doing business in Texarkana, Arkansas.
• Develop recruitment tools to promote the advantages of doing business in Texarkana, Arkansas.
• Seek legislative amendment to the Act 9 Bond law for Business growth involving retail sales, similar to 4B sales tax law in Texas.
• Conduct a Citizen survey regarding types of businesses preferred in Texarkana, Arkansas.
• Expand and develop our WEB Site to include appropriate economic and demographic data for those who desire to locate businesses to our City.
4. Develop, organize, and train the organization to anticipate economic growth and development opportunities
• An Economic Growth and Development Team will be formed to include the City Manager, Public Works Director, Water & Sewer Executive Director and Mayor.
• Develop policies related to funding Streets, Roads, and Utilities for economic growth.
• Policy considerations will be explored in order to make the new business location experience friendly and efficient.
• If one Public/Private business opportunity does not materialize, then seize the moment to cultivate five other opportunities.
• Consider development of a partnership arrangement with the Four States Fair on a public/private venture.
5. Promote economic growth opportunities that improves the quality of life for our citizens
• Promote retail excellence through surrounding leisure activities involving trails, parks, water theme park, I-Max Theater, and other diverse event activities.
6. Implement open and transparent economic business practices that keeps the Board of Directors fully informed
• Transparency in our processes and practices is a linchpin to producing sound economic growth and development decisions.
• Board Members should be kept fully informed on all economic growth activities.
• Board Members should advised of the required economic development financing tools required to succeed.
7. Foster and develop smart operations across the city to reflect a visible commitment of staff in sustaining future economic growth for Texarkana, Arkansas
• Efficient processes are critical for us to capitalize on economic growth and development.
• Smart operations for the City will streamline administrative processes that make the entire building, development, and permitting more flexible and responsive to the developer and builder without harming the public.
• Smart operations means business competitiveness through the avoidance of red tape.