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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Objective 7.1.5 To expand tourism, medical services, high tech, biotech, composites <br />manufacturing, and electronics employment. <br />Objective 7.1.6 To provide timely, efficient processing of development permits and ensure <br />reasonable development regulations while protecting the environment and private property <br />interests. <br />Objective 7.1.7 To attract businesses that provide family wage jobs and support the economic <br />well-being of the city. <br />Objective 7.1.8 To leverage existing business and retain them as they grow. <br />Objective 7.1.9 To develop a more diverse economy, leveraging the aerospace industry's <br />competency in advanced composites to become a world -leader in the development of advanced <br />composites for a variety of industries including aerospace, clean energy and transportation <br />industries. <br />Objective 7.1.10 To improve exporting opportunities for the agricultural community, in <br />partnership with the Port and the County. <br />Objective 7.1.11 To leverage the City of Everett as a portal to tremendous recreational <br />opportunities and encourage the growth of high-end manufacturing of recreational products. <br />Objective 7.1.12 To encourage small businesses to start up in Everett and create a vibrant <br />expanding economy. <br />The City should: <br />Policy 7.1.1 Aggressively secure a greater place in global commerce and innovation by closing <br />the existing skills gap and attracting international investment. <br />Policy 7.1.2 Attract research and higher education institutions especially in sciences, <br />technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that will form the foundation for new job <br />opportunities and innovation. <br />Policy 7.1.3 Support and foster investment in technical and vocational programs that enhance <br />the local skilled workforce (e.g. maritime, manufacturing, trade, tourism, etc.) <br />Policy 7.1.4 Actively attract new business / manufacturing sectors that include technologies and <br />products that will be needed on a global basis to reduce greenhouse gases and the impacts of <br />climate change, including, but not limited to, clean fuel production and carbon sequestration. <br />Encourage training programs related to these technologies. <br />Policy 7.1.5 Treat industrial lands as a critical and limited resource and protect this resource <br />with land use policies. <br />Policy 7.1.6 Provide incentives for mixed uses in designated mixed-use corridors and activity <br />centers. <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT 13 <br />