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36 <br /> Strategies & Initiatives: Economic <br /> Provide support for small businesses. <br /> • Provide direct financial support to local businesses when funding is available. <br /> • Create the ability to quickly convert existing local funding programs to support future disaster response and recovery <br /> efforts. <br /> • Establish communication channels between economic development practitioners as well as to and from businesses in <br /> Orange County. <br /> • Provide technical support and business mentorship to small business owners, including e-commerce and other emerging <br /> industries. <br /> Identify and address regulatory barriers to economic recovery. <br /> • Examine and address barriers to starting and expanding small business and provide resources or amend policy to help <br /> businesses overcome these barriers. <br /> • Identify and address policy and infrastructure barriers to remote work and operations,including broadband access. <br /> • Engage operators and regulators to determine which temporary policy changes should be made permanent. <br /> Drive local economic growth and encourage local spending. <br /> • Develop collaborative marketing strategies to bring new business and enhanced local spending to the county. <br /> • Increase the resilience of the county's key industries. <br /> • Provide support to the arts and entertainment industry of Orange County. <br /> • Build a shared understanding that a successful economy equals a successful community. <br /> Strengthen and expand the local workforce. <br /> • Identify and develop targeted training programs for residents to meet the needs of local employers. <br /> IRI- H A G E R T Y ORANGE • p_ u <br /> I NOR=CAROLINA <br />