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Recommendation 3: Seek Federal, State and private funding to support <br />sustainable development initiatives. <br />For example, apply for an EPA Sustainable Development Grant to study feasibility of starting an <br />eco- industrial park (see glossary on page 93 for definition) in an appropriate location. <br />Recommendation 4: Improve farming viability by supporting farming - <br />traditional and new - through a public /private <br />partnership which: <br />• (in particular, UNC Hospitals, the University, the school systems, and other local <br />businesses and institutions); <br />• backs low- interest financing, particularly for persons wishing to start up a new <br />operation; <br />• ensures better protection against nuisance lawsuits; <br />• exchanges long -term or perpetual farmland preservation for tax and other financial <br />incentives; <br />■ establishes partnerships between urban and rural residents by developing <br />community supported agricultural programs; <br />■ establishes an Agriculture Center that offers demonstrations, marketing classes, and <br />facilities for freezing, storing and processing local agricultural products. <br />Recommendation 5: Consider the long range impacts to the county of <br />electronic commerce (6-commerce), both positive <br />and negative. <br />Action Strategies: <br />A. Examine the potential negative impacts of e- commerce on loss of local shopping and <br />business profitability. <br />B. Support local e- businesses. <br />65 <br />