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PRIORITY 6 • • <br /> • Objectives <br /> 1. Provide family-oriented and inclusive programming or other <br /> cultural events for residents and visitors. <br /> 2. Review and revise County policies and regulations to support <br /> • - business investment in Orange County. <br /> 3. Streamline and digitize business processes to facilitate efficient <br /> interactions between employers and County departments. <br /> • - • • 4. Provide resources to new and expanding, small, creative, and <br /> agri-businesses that add character and quality of life to our <br /> • • • • •• community to attract employers, employees, and visitors. <br /> • • • • , - 5. Increase access to and awareness of resources and assistance <br /> available to residents and businesses. <br /> 6. Provide workforce and business development resources to <br /> enhance the skills of residents of the County. <br /> 7. Expand the non-residential tax base. <br /> . Performance Measures <br /> r _ 4 <br /> 1. Establish a baseline of tourism resources invested in <br /> a community partners producing cultural events by June 30, <br /> 2025, and evaluate the economic impact annually. <br /> 2. Establish baseline and increase by 1 percentage point each <br /> year the percentage of Small Business Investment Grant <br /> recipients that are still in business one year after receiving a <br /> grant. <br /> 3. Establish baseline and increase by 1 percentage point each <br /> f year the percentage of Agricultural Economic Development <br /> Grant Program recipients' farms that are still in operation one <br /> year after receiving the grant. <br /> _ 4. Establish baseline and increase by 3 percentage points <br /> annually the percentage of residents enrolled in Employment <br /> Services who complete an employment or training related <br /> program and/or gain employment. <br /> 5. Establish baseline and increase by 1 percentage point <br /> annually the percentage of residents enrolled in Durham Tech <br /> +' apprenticeship and workforce development programs who <br /> complete an employment or training related program and/or <br /> gain employment. <br /> 12 <br />