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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
• Target businesses and aggressively attempt to locate them inside Crossroads Business Park. 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.
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, Assistant for Economic Growth, 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
• 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.