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Partner with local economic development agencies to support and enhance businesses.The City should <br /> assist in energizing the local business spirit.An entrepreneurial spirit in a city is a contagious thing. If the <br /> City continues to show a dedication to business, our partners in the Chamber of Commerce and the <br /> Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation will help promote it. City officials need to be <br /> active in business networks reinforcing the idea that local economic advances will come largely through <br /> local cooperation. <br /> ACTIONS ITEMS TC� SUPPORT PULICIES ABUVE: <br /> C �l1DT TCD�A n/"TI(l�l� \A/ITLIIAI�VCADL <br /> � i crmrTl'crrvrrT, Trr-i n�ri cr c�c-� <br /> Y' Change the City's budgeting process to include a five-year budget projection as part of <br /> the annual budgeting process. <br /> ❑ Perform an assessment of walkability in the Grow Zone and throughout the surrounding <br /> neighborhoods to determine areas of high and low pedestrian mobility and identify priority <br /> corridors for mobility improvements. <br /> ❑ Adopt a small business subsidy plan targeted to 1) regional destination and 2) <br /> neighborhood service businesses that desire to locate or expand within the Grow Zone. <br /> ❑ Adjust the zoning code to clearly reserve all space within the industrial park for uses that are <br /> not public, arid will pay property tax . <br /> ❑ Ensure that improvements to Government Drive an_d Fatriot Avenue provide a platform for growth. <br /> Y' Establish an outreach program to have city representatives personally meet with local <br /> business owners, reaitors, bankers and others that may influence private-sector investing <br /> decisions to inform them of the City's unique, pro-growth vision. <br /> fL,.,h����...,o� -,.L <br /> ❑ Provide regular and ongoing enforcement of maintenance standards for properties <br /> located within the Business Park as well as the Grow Zone and the surrounding <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> ❑ <br /> ti., „«.„*,. �,.«,,,� <br /> �Ai Tror�n ArTinnisl� � vrnoc�• <br /> r� n Tz.-.-- - ���••- �x�� terri ev'r. <br /> ❑ Create a Park Plan for the Grow Zone and surrounding neighborhoods that leverages park <br /> investments to promote livability and encourage private-sector investment. <br /> e Implement a local Economic Gardening strategy <br /> i�ttiot,,., rn <br /> �o-which_fo�uses ongrowin�a widE,ar�ay uf 5nial,l_locally�wr�e wi.i�es�cs ds <br /> apposed tc attracting one lar�e emplo_yer or_indu_st�y__f_rom outside the area. <br /> a .,.,, .,.ti� <br /> 18 <br />