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9 <br /> Challenge 8. Promote Low and Moderate Income Housing. Increase the <br /> availability of low and moderate housing in order to ensure balance and <br /> diversity within the community. Provide a good local labor pool for <br /> business. <br /> Challenge 9. Tourism _ Program to Attract and Serve Visitors. <br /> Develop and implement comprehensive county-wide programs that attract <br /> visitors and, at the same time, encourage the preservation and <br /> appreciation of our historical, cultural and natural resources. <br /> Challenge 10. Train Everybody to be Productive in the Job Market. <br /> Orange County needs to increase the competencies of its entry level <br /> labor force, with academic and job skill preparedness training (and re- <br /> training as necessary) that prepare* youth and adults for a productive <br /> place in our economy. We need to provide school and community college <br /> facilities for training everybody. <br /> Challenge 11. Provide Jabs for the Highly Skilled. Orange County <br /> needs to recruit and spawn new business and industry which will tap the <br /> human potential of the educated, experienced, and often under-employed, <br /> work force of available professional and managerial applicants. <br /> Challenge 12. Fund the Economic Development Program. Obtain <br /> significant funding from county government, municipalities, and the <br /> private sector for the purpose of conducting a professional and <br /> effective economic development program. <br />