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<br /> <br />STUDY APPROACH, continued <br /> <br />Step 4.1 Community Development and Marketing Action Plan <br /> <br />The Strategic Plan will next contain recommendations aimed at moving the City forward through 2013. <br />Recommendations will be described in detail and given start dates along a S-year calendar. The Action <br />Plan will contain the following components: <br /> <br />Vision and Mission - Avalanche will review the City's current economic development vision and <br />mission statement, and recommend revisions based on the input we receive during the project. <br /> <br />. Goals - Together with the City and Steering Committee, Avalanche will recommend goals for <br />5-year campaign. The recommendations and action items contained in the Strategic Plan will tie <br />back to these goals. <br /> <br />. Community Development Action Items - "Community development" refers to activities that <br />improve the City of La Porte's "product:' They make La Porte a better city in which to live and do <br />business. In general, improvements are needed to bridge the gap between target audience needs <br />and the community's assets. This section of the Strategic Plan will enumerate the City's top local <br />development issues and specify the City's and other local organizations' roles in addressing those <br />needs. Action items may cover topics such as: <br /> <br />. Workforce and Education. Working with LPISD, San Jacinto College, and local employers, <br />we will identify issues in workforce development and offer recommendations for better aligning <br />programs with the needs of La Porte's target audiences. <br /> <br />· Infrastructure. Infrastructure recommendations address changes to transportation, <br />telecommunication, physical land / buildings, and utility infrastructure needed to support La <br />Porte's target audiences. This section will include tactics related to the general aviation airport. <br /> <br />· Business Climate. Business climate recommendations include adjustments to regulations, <br />development processes, business costs, taxes, incentives, and inducements for the purpose of <br />making La Porte a friendlier place for its target audiences to do business. <br /> <br />· Quality of Place. QIality of place recommendations relate to improvements in quality of life <br />assets (arts, culture, entertainment, recreation, urban design) that will make La Porte a better <br />environment for living and working. <br /> <br />Note: Three quality of place and business climate topics - the City's Master Plan, development <br />policies, and the Main Street Business District - will be pulled from this section of the Strategic Plan <br />and addressed in greater detail within their own separate sections (see Steps 4.2,4.3, and 4.4). <br /> <br />---.------"-"-.~--~~--------------------.-..-,-~.,------~__~____,______~___.,.".~_____'__n.'~__..,_____~ <br /> <br />PROPOSAL: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE. RFP #08510 <br /> <br />11 <br />