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• Explore possible City actions to increase the median income of Tukwila's <br />residents, including support for entrepreneurship, small business startups, and <br />vocational training. <br />• Establish coordinated transit hubs in the Tukwila Urban Center that efficiently <br />mix modes of travel and stimulate development of real estate associated with <br />transportation facilities <br />• Study and understand the factors causing the inflation- adjusted reduction in the <br />City's overall taxable retail sales. <br />• Support further enhancement of commercial and residential areas in the <br />Tukwila International Boulevard neighborhood <br />• Foster environmental remediation, land conversion and redevelopment in the <br />Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC) and Interurban Avenue areas <br />• Increase development, intensity, and the diversity of uses in the Southcenter <br />area, including the development of housing and entertainment <br />• Develop policies, programs, projects and plans that include input from diverse <br />groups within the residential and business community <br />• Seek opportunities to join other organizational entities to accomplish effective <br />public - private partnerships to promote economic development in the City <br />• Enhance regional recognition of Tukwila as an economic hub, promoting its <br />businesses and focusing on its positive business climate. <br />• Explore strategies to maintain a favorable and diverse tax base to support the <br />needs of our daytime and nighttime populations <br />• Meet the needs of our residential neighborhoods while maintaining the <br />economic health of our business community <br />• Ensure that adequate public services are in place to support existing and <br />proposed commercial, mixed use and industrial developments <br />• Fund infrastructure and services by maintaining a solvent and diversified <br />revenue stream <br />GOALS AND POLICIES <br />Community Well -Being <br />Goal 2.1 Tukwila has a strong role as a regional business and employment icenter] which / <br />allows it to enhance and promote the community's well- being. <br />Policies <br />4 City of Tukwila Comprehensive Plan - Community Image Element PC Recommended Draft <br />Z: \DCD n Clerk's \PC Laserfiche Packet \2014 PC Packets \07 -22 -14 and 7- 24- 14 \B1_ECONOMIC DEV--- Element_ to_PC_w_ <br />COMMENTS.docx <br />32 <br />Comment [BM8]: Old language reflected <br />one transit hub; however, the Urban <br />Center will likely have two. <br />Comment [RF9]: Strategic Plan3.A.3 <br />Comment [RF10]: Combines existing goal <br />2.1 with Strategic Plan 3.A <br />