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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 them 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 existingdesignated 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-8: 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 />