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February 25, 2008 <br />Intercity Visit Sustainability Workgroup <br />Orange County Public Hearing <br />3. That the county establish and provide incentives for lacal entrepreneurs to C <br />encourage the rise of locally-owned businesses, for example in the form of a <br />revolving loan fund. <br />4. That the county seek, to the extent feasible, to have the development adhere <br />to Orange County's new Comprehensive Plan or, failing that, to adhere to <br />specific principles of sustainability as agreed on in the near term by the <br />county's boards and commissions. <br />A project that does nothing but add to our environmental burden, increase traffic, <br />and create low-wage jobs, all in the name of sales tax revenues that evaporate in <br />additional public service costs, is not worth having in Orange County. If this project <br />is just to be Orange County's version of our neighbors' shopping malls, then we <br />urge you to reject this proposal and to join the growing number of citizens who <br />understand that a sustainable economy is one moored in the local community and <br />one that starts from the perspective of "think local first." <br />Remarks prepared by Mike Collins, 967-4119, mmcc.collins@mindspring.com <br /> <br /> <br />