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Goal 4. A Supportive Environment for Small Business and Entrepreneurs <br />Maintain a strong, supportive environment for local, independent, small, and micro -businesses and the <br />entrepreneurial ecosystem to ensure they continue to flourish in Tukwila while attracting new business <br />activities to the City. <br />Strategy 4A. Where possible, ease regulations that challenge small businesses. <br />Example actions: <br />• Explore ways to adjust Tukwila's signage code in order to highlight Tukwila's small <br />business offerings. <br />• Consider relaxing strict signage restrictions to allow greater flexibility of expression, <br />branding, and identity in business signage. <br />• Examine internal processes for burdens on small businesses and remove whenever <br />possible. <br />• Encourage the founding and development of home-based, virtual, mobile, and / or pop- <br />up businesses that don't require brick -and -mortar locations with incentives and / or <br />relaxing business licensing, permitting, fees, or other requirements. <br />Strategy 48. Ensure that business and entrepreneurial resources are accessible to all. <br />Example actions: <br />• Continue and expand support for technical assistance consulting services to guide small <br />businesses on matters ranging from taxes, business loans, permitting, lease negotiation, <br />and hiring. <br />• Seek out and promote resources that of no -interest funding models for small businesses. <br />• Translate key small business materials into languages present in the Tukwila community <br />and stress -test translations with community partners. <br />• Identify partners, sites, and financing avenues to develop community small-business and <br />entrepreneur facilities such as commissary kitchens, maker spaces, community tool <br />sheds, and others. <br />Strategy 4C. Ensure that Tukwila projects an 'open for business' mentality. <br />Example actions: <br />• Develop a communication strategy to emphasize the city's accessibility to its business <br />community. <br />• Identify and track metrics related to permitting and entitlements timelines and work <br />toward continuous improvement. <br />7 <br />