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28 <br /> <br /> GOAL 7: Provide increased access to job opportunities <br />and skill development for low income residents which <br />will increase household income, and help promote fair <br />housing choice. <br /> <br />Strategies Action/Recommendation <br />7.1: Strengthen partnerships and program delivery that <br />provides increased employment, self-sufficiency, education, <br />job training, and technical assistance and economic <br />empowerment of low and moderate income residents in the <br />County. <br /> <br />7.2: Enhance the County’s businesses and industries, <br />expand its tax base, and create a more sustainable economy <br />for residents and businesses. <br /> <br />7.2: Support and enhance workforce development and skills <br />training that result in a “livable” wage and increases job <br />opportunities, especially for low and moderate-income <br />individuals. <br /> <br />7.3: Support programming that enhances entrepreneurship <br />and small business development, expansion, and retention <br />within low- and moderate income areas and minority <br />neighborhoods. <br /> <br />7.4: Promote and encourage economic development to <br />increase employment opportunities. <br /> <br />7.5: Increase access to areas of education and employment <br />through housing choice and viable transportation options. <br /> <br />AR24: Study, plan, and develop additional <br />bus routes to provide more public <br />transportation to business “nodes” for low- <br />income workers and to have better access to <br />jobs, services, community amenities and <br />work force development opportunities <br /> <br /> 143