A brief economic overview of Parker Colorado, hightligths of challenges and an outline of solutions.

1. Relationships How partnerships and people drive economic development

3. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

4. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

5. FRIENDSHIPS?

9. Business Expansion - attracting new business

11. Change requires new ways of thinking and honest self-evaluation. All communities have strengths, but also weaknesses they must address to become more competitive.

12. Successful communities implement change where needed while respecting and building on historical strengths and traditions. – Janus Economics

13. Some of the Challenges We Cannot Affect

15. In 2010 (Q2) a total of 212,570 jobs ($13.9 billion wages) were located on the I-25 corridor alone.

17. Challenges We Cannot Affect Growth and Commercial Land Purchases Happened When Land Values Where High What this means is that commercial property owners in some cases owe more on their property than it is worth. The rents they require to maintain their debt are high and based on old land values.

18. Challenges We Cannot Affect This is not about being negative; it’s about being honest The first thing to understand about the bad news is this: Until we realize our weaknesses and challenges, in essence our reality, we will be unable to develop a strategy to overcome them. Economics is called the dismal science because it recognizes truths – the truth, no matter how unappealing, is always the place to start implementing change.

19. A Juggernaut is Coming On the National Level Between 2010 and 2014, about $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans will reach the end of their terms. Nearly half are at present “underwater” – that is, the borrower owes more than the underlying property is currently worth. Commercial property values have fallen more than 40 percent since the beginning of 2007. Increased vacancy rates, which now range from eight percent for multifamily housing to 18 percent for office buildings, and falling rents, which have declined 40 percent for office space and 33 percent for retail space, have exerted a powerful downward pressure on the value of commercial properties.

20. A Juggernaut is Coming Regional Impact Smaller Regional Banks The Congressional Oversight Panel on the financial system bailouts said in a Feb. 10 report that “the ultimate impact of the commercial real estate whole loan problem will fall disproportionately on smaller regional and community banks” that have higher concentrations of such loans. This will directly affect local enonomies.

21. Some of the Challenges We Cannot Affect

23. Government: Redistributors of wealth

24. Residents: ConsumersRetail sales tax supports government, government then provides goods and services to the residents and the residents ____________________.

25. What We CAN Affect Community Education 1) It is our hope that when educated, residents consider first when to oppose “pro-business” policy changes and take a moment to understand how, in the long run it might affect them and the overall health of the Town. It is also a hope that they might support initiatives that they might otherwise have opposed when they understand the elements 2) They consider more seriously making all the purchases they can locally. By spending their hard earned money locally they invest it locally and make public benefits and services possible

26. What We CAN Affect Develop Aggressive Business Retention Program We will look at Novi Michigan: In Michigan, Novi's advantages are obvious — location, schools and city services — but that alone does not attract business. In fact, ED Director AraTopouzian said, businesses attract each other.

27. What We CAN Affect “The major part for us is the retention work,” he said. “We get between 70-to-80 percent of new businesses coming from retention. People think we should be pounding the pavement to find new businesses but that is not the case.” Now that doesn't mean the city is not reaching out to businesses out of state or out of country, but often times the best spokesperson for the city is a business owner already there.

29. Until though we have a clear goal and a clear vision of what we want for Parker – it is difficult to identify and affect public policy.

31. The value of anything is truly one’s perception of it.

34. Omaha, Nebraska

35. Denver Metro

37. It Works for Them Flagstaff Arizona "The downturn has changed the mindset of what economic development looks like," Bowen told the Daily Sun. "It used to be that we in Arizona grew in spite of what we might have done or not done in terms of economic development."

38. If It Works for Them Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership: The Partnership includes the Greater Omaha Chamber, Sarpy County Economic Development Corporation (SCEDC), Gateway Development Corporation and Cass County Nebraska Economic Development Council, as well as the City of Omaha and public-private organizations throughout the region. These four organizations not only work together, but are also co-located. This seamless integration of resources promotes significant economic progress in the Greater Omaha area.

39. It Works for Them Denver Metro The Denver Metro EDC partners include 70 cities, counties, and economic development organizations in the seven-county Metro Denver and two-county Northern Colorado region. DMEDC’s primary funding coming from private-sector investors, as well as participating cities and counties.

40. If It Works for Them Castle Rock The Castle Rock Economic Partnership was created by the Town of Castle Rock, The Castle Rock EDC and the Castle Rock Chamber and Downtown Development Authority (Downtown Alliance), with the founding entities working together on significant projects and initiatives that will move Castle Rock forward. Success requires collaboration and a streamlining of resources. BECAUSE OF OUR SIMILARITIES – LET’S FOCUS ON CASTLE ROCK

41. If It Works for Them BECAUSE OF OUR SIMILARITIES – LET’S FOCUS ON CASTLE ROCK What Makes Castle Rock Different? Folks, Castle Rock is outpacing every other community in Douglas County – they MUST be doing something right. We can learn from them. It costs time and money trying to reinvent the wheel.

42. If It Works for Them Building Permits Issued: 2010

43. If It Works for Them Average Retail Lease Rates: 2010

44. If It Works for Them Vacancy Rates: 2010

45. If It Works for Them Structure of Castle Rock’s Alliance Broad Areas of Responsibility Town of Castle Rock: Quality development & quality development systems and processes The Maintenance of an overall positive business climate Castle Rock EDC: Attraction, retention and expansion primary employment, retail, entertainment and recreation Database management Castle Rock Chamber: Community branding and marketing Business support services (education, networking, etc.) Hospitality and Tourism

47. There is not a collective “Greater Good” concept.

49. The development of a unified vision and goal

50. A clear outline of what needs to be done to get there.

52. Relationships How partnerships and people drive economic development