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2 <br /> 1 • Complete Cedar Grove community center and explore service expansion for community <br /> 2 centers. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 <br /> 5 3) NON-PROFIT FUNDING (1 VOTE) <br /> 6 • Review process and adequacy of dollar amount. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 3) AGING/MENTAL HEALTH (1 VOTE) <br /> 9 • Convening including state legislators on serious gaps in quality and quantity of long term <br /> 10 senior care, especially low-income seniors. <br /> 11 • Thorough review of services from Cardinal. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 3) TRANSPORTATION (1 VOTE) <br /> 14 • Identify initiatives or ways to leverage current programs to help break cycle of poverty <br /> 15 • Employment as articulated by staff (crossed with transportation as relevant). <br /> 16 • Survey of unmet transportation needs for education and employment needs of low <br /> 17 income residents, used to prioritize additional services. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Goal 2: Promote an interactive and transparent engaging system of governance that <br /> 20 reflects community values. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1) OUTREACH/INTERNET ACCESS (3 VOTES) <br /> 23 • Continue upgrades to IT and explore new outreach methods, including old school <br /> 24 methods, use of multiple language efforts. <br /> 25 • Expand internet access through County hotspots or incentives to private parties. <br /> 26 2) RESIDENTS ACCESS TO COUNTY (2 VOTES) <br /> 27 • Human answering phone <br /> 28 • Rumor page —stop bad information flow <br /> 29 • Make the website functional <br /> 30 • Communicate the role of a County Commission <br /> 31 2) INTERGOVERNMENTAL FUNDING FORMULA(2 VOTES) <br /> 32 3) INCREASE DIVERSITY ON BOARDS & COMMISSIONS (0 VOTES) <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Goal 3: Implement planning and economic development policies which create a <br /> 35 balanced, dynamic local economy, and which promote diversity, sustainable growth, and <br /> 36 enhanced revenue while embracing community values. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 1) PARTNERSHIPS (2 VOTES) <br /> 39 • Reinvigorate joint planning with neighbors <br /> 40 • Partnerships with other governments, staff, and residents <br /> 41 1) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (2 VOTES) <br /> 42 • Clarify what types of development are wanted and what infrastructure is needed <br /> 43 • Increase in the number of living wage jobs or opportunities for gainful employment <br /> 44 (salaried positions) and options. <br /> 45 1) SUB-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (2 VOTES) <br /> 46 • Continue good work to fund priorities in other goals. <br /> 47 • Target small business loan/grant fund to identified needs (i.e., childcare). <br /> 48 2) REVISIT COUNTY FAIR (0 VOTES) <br /> 49 <br />