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4 <br /> ► Home-based businesses should be encouraged and supported by the EDC. <br /> (DELETE THE ABOVE) • <br /> ► The EDC should encourage sustainable business, including those that serve local needs <br /> and complement and relate to existing business. <br /> ► The EDC should encourage small business/technology incubation. <br /> ► The County should protect existing small-scale agriculture and agricultural product <br /> operations county-wide through appropriate zoning rules and regulations. <br /> (CHANGE THE ABOVE TO: The County should protect and promote existing small and <br /> medium scale agriculture and agricultural product operations county-wide through <br /> appropriate zoning rules and regulations.) <br /> (ADD: The EDC should encourage businesses that make a positive fiscal impact on local <br /> governments in Orange County.) <br /> Planning <br /> ► The Chapel Hill Northwest Area Plan, the Chapel Hill Downtown Small Area Plan, the <br /> Carrboro Plan, and the UNC Horace Williams Plan should be encouraged to reflect the <br /> goals of this Strategic Plan. <br /> Statement of Corporate Citizenship <br /> The EDC should encourage businesses to be good "corporate citizens". <br /> Good corporate citizens enhance our community through employment practices: <br /> • Hiring local workers <br /> • Providing training and promotion opportunities for all workers <br /> • Providing wages and benefits adequate to the well-being and dignity of all <br /> workers <br /> • Providing a safe, clean, and healthy work environment <br /> • Provide family friendly benefits that support employees such as maternity and <br /> paternity leave, childcare, and daycare <br /> Good corporate citizens enhance our community through environmental responsibility: <br /> • Using local or nearby sources for goods <br /> • Minimizing use of resources <br /> (CHANGE THE ABOVE TO: Minimizing use of natural resources, including water <br /> resources.) <br /> • Using recycled content products wherever possible <br /> • Using energy efficiently with an emphasis on renewable energy and passive solar <br /> • Supporting opportunities for access for employees and customers by foot, bicycle, <br /> and public transit <br /> • Avoiding the production and use of hazardous waste or other forms of pollution <br /> ► Recognizing adaptive re-use and preservation of existing structures <br /> Good corporate citizens enhance our community through land use practices: <br />