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City continues to show a dedication to business, our partners in the Chamber of Commerce and the Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation will help promote it. City officials need to be active in business networks reinforcing the idea that local economic advances will come largely through local cooperation. ACTIONS ITEMS TO SUF'PORT F'Ut.I�.lES ABOVE: SLJlIDTSCD�A�/'TI/'lA1C L\A/ITLJIAI.�VCAQL Y Change the City's budgeting process to include a five-year budget projection as part of the annual budgeting process. �L.1'� ..f. �r. �t� ❑ Perform an assessment of walkability in the Grow Zone and throughout the surrounding neighborhoods to determine areas of high and low pedestrian mobility and identify priority corridors for mobility improvements. ❑ Adopt a small business subsidy plan targeted to 1) regional destination and 2) neighborhood service businesses that desire to locate or expand within the Grow Zone. ❑ Adjust the zoning code to clearly reserve all space within the industrial park for uses that are not public,will pay property tax and will employ people. ❑ Ensure that improvements to Government Drive anc� Fai��A�e��uF provide a platform for growth. Y' Establish an outreach program to have city representatives personally meet with local business owners, realtors, bankers and others that may influence private-sector investing decisions to inform them of the City's unique, pro-growth vision. ❑ Change the land use code to waive unnecessary submittal requirements for subdivisions in the business park. ❑ Provide regular and ongoing enforcement of maintenance standards for properties located within the Business Park as well as the Grow Zone and the surrounding neighborhoods. ❑ Establish an availability charge for properties that have access to municipal infrastructure but have not yet connected. �i��TA,�� 'I_ C vrnnc�• �— --i- ❑ Create a Park Plan for the Grow Zone and surrounding neighborhoods that leverages park investments to promote livability and encourage private-sector investment. e Implement a local Economic Gardening strategy 1 7 rt I..t..r. I`ll ��whiCt7 fo�uses on KtowinK a wide a,�ay ut�ri��li luwlly ��v��cd Gusines�es d� _ u��u lo attra:tiri�; orie la��;e eriiuioyer or ir�ciustry froni outsidE_ tl�e .ir�� � �.-r-,L.If.-L. -. ..I-.�1, ..�.d ., ..rL..,...,�r.,. h�o�,.J .- �oti.,.,�1 � .,ir.,i.,rl,.,!_'..,..,7.,.,0�,.tL,o ...d'., ..L.L....L......lcf.. .,.d� ..+L.n ..tL.� ❑ Take steps to encourage the development of living units above businesses in the downtown area.