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Appendix B: Priority Strategies from Each Summit Work Group <br />Each work group's priority strategies are shown below, along with their final votes (if they <br />voted), with the "no" votes shown in parentheses. Each strategy indicates the initial strategies it <br />incorporates from Table 1 or whether it is new. <br />RED <br />Initial Strategy 2: Welcome new and assist existing businesses that meet the county's <br />development criteria -with outreach, recognition, andlor expedited service. 5 <br />Initial Strategy 9: Create more entertainment, arts and theater destinations in the towns, <br />including galleries, studios, and pedestrian districts. 2 (2) <br />Initial Strategy 15: Increase density around transportation nodes (including infill <br />development), improve transit among high-density centers, and protect open space in rural areas. <br />12 (1) <br />New: Protect and enhance the fundamentals of a good place to live and work, including <br />envir.. quality, high-speed info networks, affordable housing for support service workers, <br />recreation & entertainment, transp. Systems, public schools 9 <br />New: Provide basic social services 6 (1) <br />Combination of Initial Strategies 4,5,7,8,18: Leverage existing and evolving educational <br />institutions to train employees for higher-wage jobs 1G(3) <br />4, Partner actively with UNC and the NC Biotech Center to start, grow and recmit science and <br />technology companies, especially related to life sciences and medical technology, to Carolina North and <br />elsewhere in the county. <br />5. Develop Carolina North as Orange County's centerpiece for innovation-based job creation, <br />attractive architecture, environmental conservation, and transportation, and link it to economic activity <br />countywide. <br />7.. Work with local farmers on agricultural biotechnology applications, through partnerships with <br />UNC, N C State University, and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.. <br />8 Establish apublic-private-university partnership for economic development, with governance <br />and funding from local government, business, and the university - to set, implement and be accountable for <br />economic development strategy countywide - to replace or complement the current public Economic <br />Development Commission. (Examples: Rockingham County, Burke County) <br />18 Use the upcoming location of a Durham Tech campus in the county as the focal point for creating <br />a model of effective strategic collaboration of workforce development and economic development <br />planning. <br />New: Collaboration within region 2 (6). <br />YELLOW <br />Modification of Initial Strategy 1: Elected officials should establish clear, criteria-based, <br />timely and efficient approval processes to use in considering development and renovation <br />projects. <br />Initial Strategy 2: Welcome new and assist existing businesses that meet the county's <br />development criteria -with outreach, recognition, and/or expedited service. <br />hiitial Strategy 18: Use the upcoming location of a Durham Tech campus in the county as <br />the focal point for creating a model of effective strategic collaboration ofworkforce development <br />and economic development planning. <br />Initial Strategy 8: Establish apublic-private-university partnership for economic <br />developrent, with governance and funding from local government, business, and the university <br />- to set, implement and be accountable for economic development strategy countywide - to <br />14 <br />