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o Continue to analyze existing businesses to support and retain and assist in their success and potential 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 baseo New website to include current business climate, quality of life, demographics, and searchable database of available land and buildingso Social media strategies. Professional print materials. Help and support of initiatives related to housing, transportation, and education that affect our ability to recruit business and jobs o Collaborate with the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, Ellensburg Downtown Association, City of Ellensburg Departments and Commissions, and Kittitas County on strategy development and implementation along with offering our assistance on projects that forward economic development in Kittitas County.o Work with the City and County offices of Community Development Office to address future zoning needs. Create a dynamic roadmap for businesses to demystify the startup processr Highlight and preserve the unique historic and natural attributes of Ellensburg and Kittitas County CenterFuse helps to achieve the following goals found within the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan, specifically Chapter 10 on Economic Development: 10.3. Economic Goals and Policies. All of the Goals and Policies resonate with CenterFuse, the following identify most closely with current strategies: o E-G2: Support the retention and expansion of existing local businesses and industries - CenterFuse is creating programs to connect businesses to the resources they need and address existing barriers for expansion.o E-G3: Recruit new business and industries to foster a strong and diverse base of jobs and wages - CenterFuse will focus on tech industries and support of innovations specifically focused on jobs that will increase the median household incomeo E-G4: Encourage economic growth while protecting the rural character of the County - CenterFuse will focus on jobs with low impact to county resources and land impact. E-G6: Encourage the full economic use of commercial and industrial lands, buildings, and infrastructure - CenterFuse is engaged in land use planning, evaluation of existing properties and a potential resource for redevelopment and pulling together an inventory of availabb buildings and properties to promote to potential developers and businesses.o E-G8: Protect the viability of the airport as a significant economic resource to the community by encouraging compatible land uses, densities, and reducing hazards that my hinder economic viability of the airport. - CenterFuse owns one of the few light industrial buildings at the airport and frequently attends Airport