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9. Introduce agricultural priority population ventures to Orange County Cooperative <br />Extension for direct assistance. <br /> <br />10. Promote existing programming, and create new programming as needed, that <br />connects and convenes business owners and entrepreneurs with each other, <br />community partners, and resources. <br /> <br />11. Provide staff support to the Black Business Alliance and improve connections to the <br />business-creation and support efforts of community partners like El Centro Hispano <br />and local refugee-support organizations. <br /> <br />12. Work with economic development partners and priority population enterprises and <br />entrepreneurs to identify local policy changes and systems improvements that would <br />increase local business success and communicate them to policy leaders and decision <br />makers. <br /> <br />13. Regularly seek and incorporate feedback from Orange County Economic <br />Development, Chapel Hill Economic Development, and Carrboro Economic <br />Development offices. <br /> <br />14. Provide annual reports to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners and <br />more regular reports to County manager and economic development staff. <br /> <br /> <br />Key Measures and Outcomes <br />• Business growth and retention <br />• Determine current priority population business retention and persistence <br />rates and work with partners to set a 4-year growth goal and achieve it. <br /> <br />• Creation of new enterprises <br />• 400 new priority population-owned enterprises by FY2028 <br /> <br />• Economic mobility: <br />• Priority population per capita income grows faster than the county average <br />per capita income <br /> <br />• Strengthening business network and community <br />• Year over year increases in priority population event and program <br />participation, grant applications, business-support organization <br />engagement <br /> <br />• Improved reputation: <br />• Improvement in brand and reputation of Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro as a <br />great place for priority populations to start and grow an enterprise. <br /> <br />Docusign Envelope ID: E34C6BB7-F3C3-4DF8-85BC-7204AC88E6A6