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io <br />Worlcgroup on Business Climate <br />Overall Strategy: By June 2009, public-private partnerships will have formed to create a <br />stronger business climate and Orange County will have a clear set of guidelines, standards, <br />and procedures designed to sustain and nurture existing businesses, encourage <br />entrepreneurship, and attract targeted employers <br />Wlry the strategy is critical: Orange County is widely viewed as being unfriendly to business, <br />Regardless of whether the perception reflects reality, it creates a difficult environment for <br />business retention and expansion, for business recruitment, and for entrepreneurship.. By <br />improving the business climate, Orange County can demonstrate its support for the private sector <br />creation of'good jobs and increased commercial tax base. This investment will, in turn, result in <br />increased tax revenues to support quality education and enhanced government services, <br />Key Sub-Elements and Action Steps: <br />A. Develop clear criteria defining desirable businesses for the next five years, including <br />agricultural businesses <br />I) Utilize community values as expressed in previous planning efforts (and <br />Economic Summit) as basis for promulgating criteria for desirable businesses <br />Potential criteria includes: <br />- Builds upon or supports existing assets in the county <br />- Creates high quality jobs for Orange County residents (jobs pay well, <br />offer career advancement potential, offer good benefits) <br />- Increases commercial tax revenues (property and/or sales tax) <br />- Creates minimal impact on the environment <br />- Possesses viable business plan <br />- Preference for local ownership <br />- Commitment to remain in county <br />- Preference for headquarters <br />- Growth potential, particularly,jobs <br />- Preference for business in one often industry clusters identified in <br />Research Triangle Regional Partnership's competitiveness plan <br />(Stayinu on Ton)Z, <br />2) Engage in open discussion with elected boards, business groups, and other <br />community organizations to develop criteria <br />• Identify and justify RTRP clusters with potential in Orange County <br />• Inventory existing assets in county <br />3) Develop a consensus for these criteria <br />~ The following are potential businesses/sectors: life sciences/medical technology effort; capture and retain <br />commercialization of technology out of UNC; agricultural biotechnology focus; tourism, conferences and sports <br />tournament, including cross marketing opportunities behveen urban and rural attraction; agriculwral entrepreneurship <br />(with associated toms program?) <br />'' The areas are pharmaceuticals; biological agents and infectious diseases; agricultaral biotechnology; pervasive <br />computing; advanced medical cam; analytical instrumentation, nanoscale technologies; informatics; vehicle component <br />parts; logistics and distribution. <br />
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