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X overall Economic Development Plan -Officially Adopted • City Comprehensive Plan 2017 (see question 7) • County Comprehensive Plan 2019 (see question 7) • CenterFuse Strategic Plan -adopted July 2019 • Kittitas/Yakima Region Economic Development Plan (County 2013) • TIPS Strategies (2009) • Herbert Research Economic Impact Analysis (2010) X Community Action Plan (or other community-based plan) -Officially Adopted • Arnett Muldrow Downtown Strategic Plan -February 2016 • CenterFuse Strategic Work Plan -adopted February 2019 All documents are utilized as guidance for the workplan strategies and goal implementation of CenterFuse. 7. How will this position meet the economic development goals of the County and region? According to a 2016 report by the Employment Security Department, 39% of Kittitas County jobs are with state and local government agencies. Nearly four out of every ten dollars of wage income generated in Kittitas County was earned by people working in state or local government organizations. Quarterly census of employment and Wage Data from 2016 states that service and retail trade jobs account for 30.2% of Kittitas County employment, the majority ofthese Jobs being minimum wage. According to the 2014 Kittitas County Population Projection Review and Analysis, 5696 of Kittitas County residents work outside of Kittitas County, with 16% of those commuting or telecommuting to King County. These statistics do not serves as a long-term sustainable path for the future. Utilizing information found in the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan (adopted June 2019), the City of Ellensburg Comprehensive Plan (adopted December 2017), as well as the 2013 Yakima/Kittitas Reglonal Comprehensive Economic Development Plan, CenterFuse will be focusing on the following elements in the next 18 months: • Continue to analyze existing businesses in order to support and retain and assist in their success and potentlal expansion. Offer workshops and gatherings for existing businesses to assess and assist with needs for expansion and success. • Complete development of marketing materials and strategies to directly recruit new businesses and industries to maintain a strong and diverse jobs and wage base o New website to include current business climate, quality of life, demographics, and searchable database of available land and buildings o Social media strategies o Professional print materials • Offer assistance and support of Initiatives related to housing, transportation, and education that affect our ability to recruit business and jobs 8