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Economic Development Retail Sales Tax Board 6801 Delmar Boulevard*University City, Missouri 63130*314-505-8500*Fax: 314-862-3168 QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT Project Number:Training6040Quarter:3 rd QuarterFY17 Applicant/Sponsor:UCity Chamber of Submittal Date:April 27, 2017Name of Person Completing Report: CommerceMary Adams Project Title:U City Chamber of Commerce Activity Progress Narrative. Please describe milestones achieved during this reporting period: Confirmed, publicized and conducted six of our 18 scheduled workshops for FY17 in Q3 and gathered promotional materials and published print schedules for remaining seven Q4 workshops. More than 80% of our presenters for the “Learn Over Lunch” series represent University City businesses; the remaining are seasoned, recommended business speakers from the region. As a result, the workshop series is maximizing value by promoting both the existence and expertise of our business community, and by reaffirming U City’s reputation for its enduring commitment to education, while alerting other business leaders, owners and entrepreneursfrom the region about the workshops. Workshop topics includethose identified by SCORE as the most critical for business success: legal, insurance, operations, advertising/marketing, accounting and finance, as well as free business resources available to support small business retention and success. Attendees come largely from U City, but also the City of St. Louis and nearby suburbs. New attendees appear weekly. We’re continually increasing awareness and attendance due to consistent scheduling, and advertising through a variety of print and digital media, verbal promotions at all area Chamber events, and referrals from past attendees. In Q3 we expanded advertising that included a digital media campaign targeting small business owners within a 10-mile range of U City and regular announcements in four additional regional online calendars. Invitations have been extended to neighboring Chambers, and we plan to send printed schedules for Q4 to area libraries and neighboring Chambers. Engagement from our digital media campaign will be analyzed in Q4 and activities and targets will be adapted if necessary based on the data gathered. We continue the process of uploading adaptable workshop presentations to the Chamber website on our Business Resources page so those unavailable to attend the workshops can still benefit from the material presented. Surveys are collected at each workshop session measuring participant satisfaction with topics and presenters, as well as the impact of our advertising. Attendees report learning from the workshops through every advertising channel we have used to date: direct emails, digital and print media, online event calendars, digital signage, and referrals from past attendees. Participants consistently report high satisfaction with the relevance and quality of our workshops and speakers. Surveys show average satisfaction ratings of 4.6 out of 5 for Q3. % Complete:100%complete Budget Performance: EDRST Approved Requested this Previous Funds Cash/Non-Cash MatchRemaining Activity FundsQuarterRequestedExpended this QuarterEDRST Funds Trainings$10,000$2,500$5000$2,500 6040