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• When considering what natural habitat to maintain, consider connectivity on a big picture scale with other habitat areas. Just saving a "block" of habitat surrounded by development to say you're saving nature is disingenuous. The quality of the habitat and connecting it to other habitat is important. • Birds and animals need contiguous habitat areas. We should keep as much as we can. • We need to keep development from taking away our green space. Our environment is important. • Keep our area as green and wild as possible. • Protect and utilize natural resources that are available. • Keep what we have. • Keep the forest areas! (2) • We need to preserve natural habitat and the forests! (2) • We need to preserve what we have. • We must protect what have. (2) • Maintain existing green space—add water gardens etc.for stomwater runoff. (2) • People travel and/or mover away from blacktop to enjoy green forests and blue lakes! (2) • We must maintain what we have and limit development in those areas. (6) • Keep these forest areas—that's why people come here—for green. (3) • We need to strike back a balance between development and conservation. Why buy land if you cannot use it. (3) • Protect natural stuff as much as possible. Economic Development The City of Pequot Lakes has an approach to economic development that deals with job creation and growing the tax base. job creation means bringing new jobs to the community. Growing the tax base involves increasing the overall property value in the City so that the taxes paid can support the City and keep overall taxes low. Ideally a City would both grow jobs and tax base, but sometimes the approach to creating jobs conflicts with growing the tax base, or vice versa. In improving the city's economic development strategy, should the City of Pequot Lakes place emphasis on job creation or on growing the tax base? Emphasize Job Growth: (33) Emphasize Growing the Tax Base: (15)