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Economic development staff show merchant revenue trends, push dining guide and outreach tools
Summary
City planning staff presented merchant-reported revenue data tied to the EDC—s five-year plan and recommended renewed business outreach including a dining guide, themed newsletters and targeted apartment outreach; no policy action was taken.
City planning staff on Aug. 25 told the Economic Development Commission that merchant-reported revenue data gathered under the five-year economic development plan shows recovery after the pandemic and identified outreach steps to support local retailers. Dawn Doherty, senior planner, presented aggregated merchant sales figures the department collects with business license renewals and described outreach ideas including a dining guide and targeted communications to new apartment residents.
Dawn Doherty, senior planner, said the figures shown are merchants— self-reported annual revenue submitted with business-license renewals and that the chart columns are organized by license expiration date; she said the most recent column in the packet (labeled 2026) reflects 2024 sales because merchants report prior-year sales by May 15. "This captures the sales, January through December…
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