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12/04/2012 <br /> I. Industrial Development <br /> Attract new businesses and support existing <br /> businesses to increase the city's industrial <br /> tax base and employment base. <br /> STRATEGIES <br /> • Build on existing light industrial base by promoting available sites, <br /> business retention and expansion initiatives and business <br /> recruitment/attraction techniques <br /> • Diversify economic base to include professional services, corporate <br /> campuses, energy-related companies, and technology businesses <br /> • Review existing programs, resources, and services and recommend <br /> improvements to increase our competitive advantage and support goals <br /> • Explore creative economic development collaborations <br /> • Utilize Energy City and its tools to recruit new and <br /> assist existing businesses <br /> II. Rehabilitation and <br /> Redevelopment <br /> Undertake strategies that facilitate rehabilitation and <br /> redevelopment of aging commercial, <br /> industrial and residential areas to ensure private <br /> reinvestment and sustainability. <br /> COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGIES <br /> • Maintain listing of available commercial /industrial sites <br /> • Promote available sites through various marketing initiatives <br /> • Identify and examine potential areas for revitalization <br /> • Review existing programs, resources, and services and recommend <br /> improvements to increase competitive advantage and support goals <br /> • Enhance downtown commercial district through business <br /> recruitment and people generating activities <br /> 4 <br />