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ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT WORKGROUP

SURVEY RESULTSBrady Smith

Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council8.27.2010

OVERVIEW

• Survey conducted August 19th – August 26th, 2010

• Survey conducted online– Request for participants sent via e-mail

• 17 total survey respondents

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

• Participants asked to RANK the order of importance of 3 to 12 issues/actions related to each of 4 different economic redevelopment subject areas– Forced ranking – can only use each number once

• Participants also asked open-ended information-gathering questions related to each subject area

SURVEY RESULTS

Issue #1:

Business Resumption and Retention / Small Business Assistance

RANK THE IMPORTANCELower Score = More Important

Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business Assistance


MoreImportant

LessImportant

MoreImportant

LessImportant

MoreImportant

LessImportant

LessImportant

MoreImportant

LessImportant

MoreImportant

LessImportant

RANK THE IMPORTANCELower = More Important


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business Assistance: #1-3

1. Establish Business Recovery Centers to include physical and

virtual business assistance centers.

Include a data recovery and computer lab, so that companies

can apply for assistance online

2. Develop incentives to keep companies local

after a disaster

3. Determine and publish the permits a business will need to reestablish

operations

MoreImportant

LessImportant

3.62

4.69

5.43



4. (Subsidized) Temporary business

space

5. (Additional) Bridge Loan Programs beyond current

provisions

6. Expanded provision of childcare with a

coordinated distribution of

information regarding temporary child care

sites and available transportation options

MoreImportant

LessImportant

5.50

5.64

6.00



Promote and facilitate business resource

sharing, including staff.

Expanded provision of childcare with a coordinated distribution of information…

7. Prioritize use of local businesses and

workers…

8. On-site temporary workforce housing

9. Conduct business survey to determine

needs

10. Establish with U.S. Postal Service large

secure postal delivery sites …

11. Promote and facilitate business resource

sharing …

12. Temporarily waive sign permitting

requirements

MoreImportant

LessImportant

6.23

6.27

6.71

6.88

6.93

9.00

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONSuggest Additional Issues

“Coordinate the local lenders and the SBA to provide quick, responsive loan applications for operating capital and recovery needs. Inform busineses to keep emergency documents available for loan applications, ie tax returns, corp. docs.,etc.”



“Schools - Schools - Schools. Must get all schools back up an running as soon as possible to begin the recovery.”



“Access to affordable business/office inventory will be important as well - i.e. computer, desks, chairs, phones, scanners - the basics for a business to run their daily needs.


OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONGeneral Comments

“Work with PCBD to pre-qualify and bond specific contractors to perform dry-in and temporary repairs to existing business buildings. Determine fast track permit process and inspection procedures for these contractors to re-establish business operations and reduce the loss of jobs quickly. There is a comfort level of being able to (return to) work when everything else in your life is in shambles.”



“Need to ensure that there is take out funding available for bridge loans, or the businesses will face increasing interest rates. Figure ways to ensure that insurance adjustors are on the job immediately following an event.”



“I placed the survey near the bottom because it would be unrealistic to conduct a survey prior to a disaster and expect abusiness to know what they would need for assistance. Conducting one after a disaster would be okay if it was one that gathered the information as they came into a business recovery center or reached out to those in charge.”


SURVEY RESULTS

Issue #2:

Address Changes in Market and Workforce Composition


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business AssistanceAddress Changes in Market and Workforce Composition

MoreImportant

LessImportant



Address Changes in Market and Workforce Composition: #1-4

1. Use National Emergency Grants to create temporary employment opportunities

and train employees

2. Develop strategies to further diversify the

economy

3. Centrally located employment

announcements and resumes of available

candidates

4. Reassess list of target industries

MoreImportant

LessImportant

3.19

3.94

4.20

4.20



Address Changes in Market and Workforce Composition: #5-8

5. Expanded business indicators

6. Additional marketing to promote target

industries

7. Expanded workforce training programs

8. Expanded employment counseling services

MoreImportant

LessImportant

4.25

4.44

4.60

5.87


“Need to bring in construction workers qualified to repair facilities. Need to consider how to keep scammers out of the area. Need to assess what industries would be needed in a post disaster economy.”



“Of course this all changes based upon the severity of the disaster. If we experience a Cat 5, then obviously there is a greater need to focus on job creation and retention. If however, we have a disaster that is not as bad as the "outside world" believes then the marketing to promote target industries is a bigger need.”


SURVEY RESULTS

Issue #3:

Tourism Renewal


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business AssistanceTourism Renewal

MoreImportant

LessImportant


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business AssistanceTourism Renewal: #1-3

1. Prioritize the reconstruction of

tourist attractions and accommodations

2. Develop a timeline for accommodation to start

housing tourists

3. Reestablish a marketing campaign to promote

tourism

MoreImportant

LessImportant

2.44

2.71

3.18


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business AssistanceTourism Renewal: #4-6

4. Resumption of local annual events and

festivals

5. Outreach to the national and

international tourist industry

6. Outreach to the national and international

organizations that hold large annual meetings to promote the Tampa

Bay area

MoreImportant

LessImportant

3.40

4.24

4.59


“Subsidize hotel rates and do coupon campaign to promote restaurants and retail to attract tourists?”

Tourism Renewal


“I am not well positioned for ranking this section, this is strictly based on a business perspective.”

Tourism Renewal

SURVEY RESULTS

Issue #4:

Further Economic Redevelopment Goals


Business Resumption and Retention /Small Business AssistanceFurther Economic Redevelopment Goals

1. Focus post-disaster redevelopment projects in

Community Redevelopment Areas

(CRAs), Enterprise Zones and other business

districts

2. Focus on transit oriented development and density

corridors

3. Expand the Brownfield Designations

MoreImportant

LessImportant

1.50

1.69

2.81


“Promote programs to assist in building renovations and purchases.”

Further Economic Redevelopment Goals

CONTACTBrady SmithSenior Planner

Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

[email protected] x42

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