Foster a dynamic local economy that provides and creates employment opportunities for all residents in the city.
- Policy EP-1.1
Protect Industrial
Protect industrial uses that provide quality job opportunities, including middle-income jobs; provide for secondary employment and supporting uses; and maintain areas where smaller emerging industrial uses can locate in a multitenant setting.
- Policy EP-1.2
Attract Business
Strengthen and expand citywide business attraction efforts in order to achieve the city’s full employment potential.
- Policy EP-1.3
Living-wage Employment
Promote new and retain existing job-producing businesses that provide living-wage employment opportunities.
- Policy EP-1.4
Job Skills
Pursue available financial and tax incentives to improve residents’ employment skills and workforce preparation.
- Policy EP-1.5
Access through Education
Support education and employment training on a citywide basis to improve access to higher-wage and emerging occupations.
- Policy EP-1.6
Comprehensive Approach
Collaborate with chambers of commerce, educational institutions, and other partners to prepare residents to seek and thrive in current and emerging employment environments.
- Policy EP-1.7
Targeted Resources
Target business attraction and retention resources to firms with high positive net revenue implications for local government, particularly those engaged in business-to-business taxable sales transactions.
- Policy EP-1.8
Growing Tax Base
Collaborate with the chambers of commerce to promote fiscal stability and growth of sales tax and employment generating businesses in the city.
- Policy EP-1.9
Avoid Conflict of Uses
Avoid potential land use conflicts by prohibiting the location of sensitive receptors and noxious land uses in close proximity.
- Policy EP-1.10
Creative Class
Target the attraction of arts and culture related industries to create jobs, attract investments, and stimulate the local economy through tourism.
