New General Plan focuses on promoting economic development, while establishing high standards for development and environmental stewardship, is the hallmark of this new plan. For too long, land-use plans have sought to regulate poor development practices, rather than affirmatively encouraging businesses and uses that are important to our economic success.
This plan rethinks the historical planning model, putting job growth and business development at its core. Unlike the plan in place since 1993, this plan devotes an entire section to specific economic development policies. The economic development element sets the stage for work the county will be doing in the coming years to free industry of burdensome regulations so that they can focus on delivering products to market and jobs to our region.
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