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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19 February ICG DataICG Frame and Focus Task 1: What's in the frame? Idea: Primary tag Secondary tag Build regional inclusive identity for arts and culture Arts and Culture Identify and remove barriers for business formation in existing urban growth areas and with existing infrastructure Business Dev & Support Infrastructure Develop a shared understanding of majority of the business types in this community Business Dev & Support Support the needs of the businesses we have here Business Dev & Support Communicate shared governmental commitment to economic development to new potential investors and businesses Business Dev & Support Funding Support entrepreneurs and provide resources Business Dev & Support Why would you start and grow and succession plan a business here? Business Dev & Support Ability to realize shared resources for processing, distribution in the collective Business Dev & Support Incentivize and support business development and retention within the county Business Dev & Support Build and grow TOGETHER our primary and significant industries Business Dev & Support What kinds of businesses are successful here Business Dev & Support Learning Establish that governments of Jefferson County want local businesses and areas to GROW and thrive Business Dev & Support Development Incorporate shared climate goals in ALL development and infrastructure decisions Climate/Clean Energy Infrastructure Facilitate local energy production solar/wind Climate/Clean Energy Consider that the economy functions within the natural environment, not vice-versa when decisions are being made Climate/Clean Energy Climate resilience businesses focus and support Climate/Clean Energy Build community connections across boundaries Community Resi and comm development are privately funded so collaborating with developers is essential Development Housing Incentivize density in development Development Establish group to collaborate on agriculture and food security support/policy Food & Ag Policy Given that 'growing food is like printing money,' entities collaborate to support all aspects of farms and food production, including farm workers, energy, housing, and sanitation Food & Ag Housing Ag biz theme/coordinate and support businesses related to local food resilience and organic growing practices Food & Ag Promote local food supply and distribution Food & Ag Develop econ development projects on a 5 year rolling list via PIF rather than score projects Funding Infrastructure PIF funds should be low-interest loans to business/industry Funding Business Dev & Support Through shared commitment to economic growth create possibility for large new investments that significantly improve our quality of life Funding Quality of Life Coordinate efforts on grant applications, timing, locations Funding We can make a stronger request for state and federal help if we join together for a common goal Funding Raise the funds to do big things together Funding Find projects that are appropriate for seeking joint funding Funding We are more successful in obtaining grants together Funding Identify funding options for needed infrastructure Funding Infrastructure Focus and expand opportunities to build housing of all types in existing urban growth areas and with existing infrastructure Housing Infrastructure Focus housing along transit lines Housing Transit Simplify local building regulations to promote housing Housing Zoning and Land Use Housing is a regional issue - evaluate and plan holistically Housing Zoning and Land Use L.I.O.N. for young home buyers Housing Funding Track new construction of affordable housing (rent and owned). Are we gaining or losing ground? Housing Identify affordable housing tools or incentives we have not yet deployed Housing Funding Identify existing rules that are preventing desirable development (max bldg sizes) Housing Development We have tremendous capacity with local control of utilities Infrastructure Local Control Invest in INFRASTRUCTURE that makes housing and business development more affordable Infrastructure Housing The ICG can complete larger infrastructure projects together Infrastructure Identify infrastructure needed that indiv businesses cannot afford to pay for on their own in land areas we want developed Infrastructure Coordinate construction timing for sharing resources, lowering impacts Infrastructure Job growth requires support not taxation Job Creation/Workforce Business Dev & Support Workforce development: All 14-18 year olds have opportunity to go into most Jeff County work places for a day of observation (and possible inspiration) Job Creation/Workforce Youth Focus on creating trade schools to trades employment pathways Job Creation/Workforce Youth Build local housing construction industry and workforce Job Creation/Workforce Housing Identify multigenerational jobs to keep families here Job Creation/Workforce Together, we can take steps today to create JOBS in the future Job Creation/Workforce Work force/youth: Public school focus on home maintenance skills and "Victory" garden and landscaping skills Job Creation/Workforce Youth We all serve the city limits Roles We can combine forces on a project using our respective strengths (e.g. PUD provides power and water) Roles Make all permits easier, faster, and less expensive to get Permits and Regulation We need a clear process and timeline for permits Permits and Regulation We need simple straightforward process for permits Permits and Regulation Review permit processes between agencies - are agencies siloed in terms of hoops developers must go through? Permits and Regulation Could EDC act as an ambassador for developers having trouble navigating multiple agencies processes Permits and Regulation Communicate fully and timely with everyone involved at all times Process Within each public agency, make cross-agency economic development a priority by assigning resources and supporting top-down Process Collaboration Set realistic goals with specific results and timelines Process Shared Vision Maintain communication and coordination Process Share resources and ideas - don't reinvent the wheel (e.g. chip seal!) Process Infrastructure Generate collaborative ideas from a diverse set of strengths and resources Process Engagement Transparency Process ICG is a place to talk about differences and disagree Process We can learn from each other's previous mistakes Process Learning ICG can bring external and bigger ideas for inspiration Process Shared Vision Avoid duplicated efforts - share workplans and planning Process Shared Vision ICG brings us together to report back and course correct on shared goals and projects Process Build/strengthen TRUSTING AND TRANSPARENT RELATIONSHIPS between local leaders to enhance collab opportunities Process Create a big picture vision of a future state of our economy/community Shared Vision Build trust to build a shared vision Shared Vision ICG can provide an umbrella under which efforts are safely understood to be for shared goals Shared Vision Articulate shared vision Shared Vision Our interests overlap throughout E. Jeff County Shared Vision Collaboration demonstrates community support. Makes any project more successful Shared Vision Infrastructure planning across jurisdictions in anticipation of future development Shared Vision Infrastructure Think regionally - impact of city decisions on county, port, PUD, [indecipherable] and vice versa Shared Vision We are one market, not separate entities Shared Vision Together, we can amplify an agenda/issue/need and source effective solutions that we cannot access independently Shared Vision We need less bureaucracy and more thinking how to get "there" Shared Vision Permits and Regulation The ICG can help answer: What sort of economic development do we want? Shared Vision First task is 50 year shared vision for ICG Shared Vision Prioritize range of COMMUNITY SERVICES required to ATTRACT AND RETAIN WORKFORCE Social Supports Job Creation/Workforce Have more financial relief in programs for utilities Social Supports Promote services for vulnerable populations Social Supports Collaborate to spread tourism around the county and around the year Tourism Embrace and invest in a BALANCED TOURISM INDUSTRY that still prioritizes resident needs Tourism Coordinate public transit solutions Transit Encourage matching transit schedules to real workdays Transit Zoning, roads, utilities require planning in that sequence Zoning and Land Use Adequate land for zoning industry Zoning and Land Use Allow light off-grid energy and sanitation in areas not targeted for infill/high density Zoning and Land Use Climate/Clean Energy Identify lands where desireable development is NOT happening, Ex. Glen Cove, airport, etc. Zoning and Land Use Development Find ways together to create more commercially available land Zoning and Land Use Business Dev & Support Work w/ EDC on aligning opportunity zones w/ geographical goals for ec dev Zoning and Land Use Development Focus economic and housing development within existing areas (to limit sprawl, among other things) Zoning and Land Use We need to support jobs through easing zoning for industrial land Zoning and Land Use East Jefferson County / Whole Jefferson County (overlap) ICG Frame and Focus Task 1: What's in the frame? Idea: Primary tag Secondary tag Timeline Learn from existing businesses - ask for input on real needs (don't guess) Business Dev and Support 1 to 3 years Target and complete influx of 2-3 new mid-large businesses Business Dev and Support 5 years Marketing of community for business opportunity/incubation Business Dev and Support 3 to 5 years Complete resource-based synergy loop > county forested lands > Jeff Timber Cooperative > mills > port, etc. Business Dev and Support Specific Industries 12 to 18 months Pivot away from a prescriptive model of economic development and focus on eliminating barriers to broad-based entrepreneurship Business Dev and Support We need to agree on the types of businesses that we want to attract to Jefferson County and develop a strategy to accomplish within the next 5 years Business Dev and Support First Steps Succession planning and build/maintain legacy business/brand Business Dev and Support Build retail-sustaining infrastructure for capturing tourism dollars along SR 104 corridor Business Dev and Support Infrastructure Promote, source, facilitate, install solar/wind units around the area Climate/Clean Energy 10 years Engage our youth and business and non-profits in renewable energy, climate resilience, disaster prep, and sustainability Climate/Clean Energy Youth Sea level rise Climate/Clean Energy Articulate shared priorities and vision as first step to larger plans First Steps 1 to 3 years Shared vision of future economy state First Steps 2 years Identify a fully-supported cross-agency champion First Steps 1 year Get the gripes on the table First Steps Identify our strengths and weaknesses First Steps Prioritize structured communication within ICG and with community First Steps 1 to 2 years Group cold plunge! First Steps Full inventory of current businesses (type, 'product', size, etc.) First Steps 1 year Focus on 3 projects (keep it simple) First Steps Priorities: Attainable housing | Infrastructure investment | Collaborative planning First Steps 5 to 10 years We need a shared vision and a shared view of problem First Steps 6 months Develop a shared vision 50 years w/ 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 yr benchmarks First Steps Now! Complete a joint and comprehensive survey of county resident vision for future (yes - county includes city) First Steps Learning Task 1: Identify and play to our strengths First Steps Learning 1st: Agree that development isn't a dirty word First Steps Develop a shared a shared rubric for evaluating triple bottom line returns weighted by electeds yearly First Steps Identify joint econ dev projects to COLLECTIVELY SEEK FUNDING Funding 1 to 2 years No government incentives are going to 'save' us or businesses, ie Recompete or Opportunity Zones Funding Leverage local alignment and funds to larger funding opportunities Funding 1 year First task: encourage establishment of Qualified Opportunity Funds to invest in Opportunity Zones 2.0 starting 1/2027 Funding Keep profits LOCAL rather than outside investors or business Funding Reorganize/recalibrate the funding sources we have Funding Determine what funding mechanisms are the best to meet 2 yr, 5 yr, and 20 yr goals Funding Bring outside money in. ID projects NOW for 5-10 year funding Funding Prioritize projects/ideas/investments that encourage housing Housing 5-10 years Focus/coordinate all electeds on affordable and workforce housing - energy efficient Housing Housing for workforce Housing We need to determine how much additional housing for working people can be built that will be supported by infrastructure that can be provided over 20 yrs Housing Infrastructure Address aging infrastructure and support networks WHILE planning for new Infrastructure Prioritize becoming the most 'connected' county in WA state Infrastructure Plan for maintenance costs Infrastructure 20 years Identify local ENERGY GENERATION PROJECTS that could sustainably meet long-term need Infrastructure Climate/Clean Energy 5 years Lack of power! Lack of water! Use infrastructure to increase property values Infrastructure Expand Hadlock UGA sewer to next phase (incl. SR 19) Infrastructure 6 to 10 years Plan for and develop stormwater and transportation infrastructure to coincide with Hadlock UGA sewer dev Infrastructure 3 to 5 years Identify areas needing infrastructure investment Infrastructure Learning 5 years Build a path to public/private development of infrastructure Infrastructure 5 year rolling Plan for maintainability/long haul/sustainable 20 year+ horizong - how do we keep what we create? Infrastructure (?) We need a shared vision for job creation Job Creation Learning 6 months Learn from past mistakes Learning Figure out what is missing from current complement of businesses then recruit! Learning Business Dev and Support Identify what our community really needs (in a smart way) Learning Assess demand from local businesses to bring back the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Learning Explore REVENUE GENERATING MODELS to achieve (fund) shared goals Learning Funding 1 year What kinds of businesses already have a successful track record here that we can support? Learning Business Dev and Support Equitably assess triple bottom line return together Learning Where is available land for industrial development? Learning Zoning and Land Use Now! Do we have adequate industrial zoned land to meet our goals? Learning Zoning and Land Use Now! What businesses do we want? Learning Business Dev and Support 6 months Where should new industrially-zoned land be located? Learning Zoning and Land Use 6 months How many jobs do we want to see created? Learning Job Creation 3 months Review rules holding back econ dev Learning 2 years Identify lands prioritized for econ dev Learning 1 year Identify constraints to growth: electrical supply/availability; water availability; skilled labor and training Learning First Steps Now and always Look at how PIF could be used to help with these (infrastructure) problems Learning Funding 1 year Finish county and city comp plan updates; compare econ dev elements Learning 6 months Learn how to address equity in investment and development decisions Learning Business Dev and Support 1 to 2 years Determine as a group the top 3 needs for the county within the next 6-12 months Learning We need to learn what impedes local, family-wage jobs Learning We need to learn more about needs of existing employers and training and education needs of workforce Learning 2 years Barriers to OBTAIN commercial/industrial utilized land Learning 3 to 5 years Learn more about what has been successful for other (somewhat) similar counties Learning On-going Understand state, federal, and private funding opportunities and how they're shifting Learning Funding 1 to 2 years Clear process and defined timeline for permitting Permits and Regulation Reduce barriers - make it easy to start, run, build, and keep a business here Permits and Regulation Less government taxation and fees and permits for BUSINESSES Permits and Regulation What permit processes are optional? Do we still want the extra process? Permits and Regulation 3 months Reduce the burden of government Permits and Regulation Now to 50 years Allow for alternatives for housing, shared business resources, utilities… Permits and Regulation Business Dev and Support What permits are optional? Do we still need them? Permits and Regulation 3 months Introduce AI into permitting process Permits and Regulation 3 to 5 years What are legislative opportunities the ICG can get behind Permits and Regulation To move forward we need alignment on objectives Process Roles Engage the community in the work/communicate clearly Process Learning Recognize existing potential and build on it Process Prioritize self-sufficiency where possible Process Business Dev and Support Embrace change Process Support the Port as lead in economic development Roles Stop competing with each other Roles Understand and leverage unique econ dev role of PORT OF PT Roles Learning 6 months Prioritize needs of working families and youth, while honoring needs and contributions of older residents Social supports Facilitate food bank distribution efficiency Social supports 5 years Promote more tourism Specific Industries 0 to 20 years Develop a county-wide FOOD RESILIENCE PLAN for both emergency and daily resilience Specific Industries Learning 18 months Industrial symbiosis eco/county/community development Specific Industries Zoning and Land Use Support existing jobs that keep J.C. resilient, ie practical skills, farms-agriculture Specific Industries Job Creation Support trade schools; bring more here Workforce Build and recruit local housing construction industry and workforce with capacity for multifamily development Workforce Housing 2 to 5 years Trade school campus at Fort Worden Workforce Retention of youth with meaningful work or biz opportunities and affordable houses Youth Job Creation Facilitate skill development for younger people in the community Youth Concern over demographics transition in the county (prioritize young people) Youth Identify areas for shared investment and development Zoning and Land Use Leave Glen Cove alone! Zoning and Land Use No housing in commercial/industrial areas Zoning and Land Use Quit trying to colonize areas outside UGAs Zoning and Land Use Create collective goals to support realized growth of new PHUGA (housing, infrastructure, biz dev, transportation) Zoning and Land Use Learning Plan/design infrastructure in Glen Cove in coordination/collaboration Zoning and Land Use Infrastructure 12 to 18 months Identify key physical locations for economic development and the basket of tools and incentives to encourage investments Zoning and Land Use Infrastructure Bring all parties together to look at commercial land and how to achieve more accessible land Zoning and Land Use Develop a clear and prioritized list of land opportunities to a) create infra for and b) to attract biz growth Zoning and Land Use First Steps 1 year