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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Port Authority Meeting Date: June 2, 2015
AGENDA SECTION:
AGENDA ITEM: Minnesota Economic Development
NewBusiness
PREPARED BY: AGENDA NO.
Kim Lindquist, Deputy Director4.a.
ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY: ddj
Letter from DEED
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Earlier this year the City received a letter from Kevin McKinnon, Deputy Commissioner of DEED about
a new partnering opportunity. The State will be working with Journal Communications to develop a State
marketing magazine. There will be magazines in print and also digital. The magazine is selling advertising
space to communities and economic development agencies. Staff met with the magazine representative
and booked ad space for ½ page after the Livability section of the magazine. In order to reserve our page I
have entered into the contract. The State has committed to the magazine project for three years and we get
the first right of refusal for the same advertisement location during that time period. The Ad is $3525.
methods, and there is money in the budget to allow for this advertisement.
An example of the economic development magazine can be found at the following for the State of Maine:
http://businessclimate.com/maine-economic-development/magazine . The articles are created with the
magazine publisher and the State and you cannot pay for the ability to be featured in an article.
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