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Economic Prosperity Element <br />December 4, 2018 <br />GOAL 2: Maintain and enhance the diversity and <br />regional significance of the City's economic base. <br />Policy 2.1 <br />High-growth Businesses. Promote economic development opportunities in high- <br />growth business clusters that match the changing skillset of the City's resident <br />population. I Eq, S <br />Policy 2.2 <br />Deliberate Investment. Pursue business attraction and retention prospects in sectors <br />which broaden and strengthen the local economy. I Eq, S <br />Policy 2.3 <br />Complementary Businesses. Encourage the development of mutually beneficial and <br />complementary business clusters within the community. I S <br />Policy 2.4 <br />Community -led Economic Development. Support community-based economic <br />development initiatives, such as buy -local campaign, marketing strategies, and worker <br />cooperatives. I Eq, S, Ed <br />Policy 2.5 <br />Sufficient Industrial Land. Ensure sufficient availability of industrial zoned properties <br />and businesses that provide employment opportunities for the City's resident <br />population. I Eq, S <br />Policy 2.6 <br />Small Business Assistance. Support and encourage small business development, <br />incubators, and microenterprises through start-up assistance and identification of fiscal <br />resources for entrepreneurship. I Eq, S, Ed <br />Policy 2.7 <br />Infrastructure as an Amenity. Provide state-of-the-art infrastructure systems with <br />sufficient capacity to attract emerging businesses, encourage efficient public service <br />delivery, and foster a sustainable community. I C, S <br />Policy 2.8 <br />Emerging Businesses. Pursue and grow emerging business and industry that further <br />fiscal and environmental sustainability of the community. I S <br />Policy 2.9 Energy Conservation. Collaborate with utility providers and regional partners to <br />encourage business and industry to improve performance in energy efficiency, water <br />conservation, and waste reduction. I S <br />Policy 2.10 Green Business. Support the growth of a diverse green business sector that facilitates <br />and promotes environmental sustainability and creates a competitive advantage for <br />business attraction activities. I H, S <br />Policy 2.11 Goods Producing Sector. Support economic development initiatives and land use <br />strategies that preserve and foster an environment that allows the goods producing <br />sector to thrive. I S <br />General Plan Policy Framework 65A-25 19 <br />