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207 <br />T11e ~~iIlage Project Comments on the OratYge C~ot~nt}' Comprehensive Plan Update Draft 2 <br />to establish avalue-added food processing <br />center, where farmers and others could make <br />value-added products, such as j ams, pickles, <br />or tamales. <br />1.3.2. HOUSING <br />Page 4 <br />producers can make value-added products, <br />such as j ams, pickles, or tamales. <br />Other significant initiatives include farmer <br />incubation projects; land-trust and land- <br />care development projects; farmer training <br />and networking events, community <br />awareness and education events; a <br />"sustainable living" educational center; <br />and developing local farmer cooperatives <br />capable of purchasing vital pracessirzg <br />facilities (of their owrz choice) such as those <br />needed for chicken arzd meat pracessirzg <br />and produce cleaning and packaging. <br />1.3.2 HUM,4N DE yELOPMENT <br />No plan for the future can be complete <br />without provisions for long-term social and <br />economic vitality. High-value local <br />enterprise and committed, critical-thinking <br />citizens are best developed in educational <br />settings that emphasize meaningful, liands- <br />on, problem-solving experiences and <br />creative, cooperative learrzirzg. The best <br />schools also implement model communities <br />and economies, which help students build <br />confidence and know-liow while learning <br />about all the practical aspects of life, from <br />balancing a checkboal~ arzd working with <br />others to starting a business arzd <br />negotiating contracts. Empoweri~zg, <br />cooperative education builds community <br />ties along with lcrzow-liow. <br />1.3.3. HOUSING <br />Housing that is affordable across the full <br />price spectrum is indispensable to a diverse <br />society and a healthy economy: The County <br />rnust provide both incentives and <br />r•egulatiorzs to ensure that people who work <br />irz Orange County carz fzrzd truly affordable <br />housing located within walking or biking <br />July 11, 2008 <br />