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Puget Sound Regional Council <br />Vision 2040 <br />Goals and Policies <br />As a prelude to this section it should be noted that southwest Everett is the only area in <br />Snohomish County currently designated as a Manufacturing /Industrial Center by the <br />Puget Sound Regional Council. <br />From PSRC's 2040 Plan, adopted April 24, 2008: <br />Manufacturing / Industrial Centers. <br />Designated Manufacturing/Industrial Centers are existing employment areas with . <br />intensive, concentrated manufacturing and industrial land uses. that cannot be easily <br />mixed with, other activities. These industrial centers are intended to continue to <br />accommodate a significant amount of regional employment. Protecting these centers <br />from incompatible uses, as well as providing there with adequate public facilities and <br />services, requires deliberate and careful planning. Good access to the region's <br />transportation system, in particular, will contribute to their continued success. <br />Goal: The region will direct (industrial) -growth and development to a limited number of <br />designated regional growth centers <br />policy MPP-Ec-19: Maximize the -use of existing: designated manufacturing and <br />industrial centers by focusing appropriate types and amounts of employment growth in <br />these areas and by protecting them from incompatible adjacent uses. <br />Goal: The region will continue to maintain and support viable regional manufacturing / <br />industrial centers to accommodate manufacturing, industrial, or advanced technology <br />uses. <br />Policy MPP -DP -B: Focus a significant share of employment growth in designated <br />regional manufacturing/industrial centers. <br />According to PSRC: <br />The region is the major center in the Pacific Northwest for information, technology, <br />aerospace, finance, etc. It is also one of the most technologically advanced regions in the <br />United States for turning cutting-edge research into products and services. These sectors <br />are forecast to play an increasingly important role in the region's job growth. Within the <br />region's urban lands, cities have designated regional growth centers and manufacturing/ <br />industrial centers as part of the process begun with the 1995 VISION 2020 document. <br />11 <br />135 <br />