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Strategic Action Priorities opportunities and provide career paths to
local students.
PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES SAP6. Work with Plymouth Township and the
Northville Chamber of Commerce to actively
SAP1. Host an annual meeting with Township recruit businesses, and supporting services,
businesses to provide an opportunity for to the MITC corridor.
discussion on what would be helpful for SAP7. In coordination with the Northville Chamber
business owners and to provide an update of Commerce, highlight local businesses
on Township infrastructure projects, any through a monthly spotlight program to
pertinent code or regulatory changes, and attract more business and emphasize the
other programs of interest to the business importance of these businesses to the local
community. community.
SAP2. Develop a public property clean-up program SAP8. Work with the Northville Chamber of
utilizing businesses and volunteers to Commerce and the Wayne County Small
maintain an inviting atmosphere for residents Business Hub to foster small business
and visitors. development and offer tools, such as a Small
Business Guide, to make it easier for small
REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS businesses to navigate the process of opening
SAP3. As part of development regulation updates in Northville Township.
based on this new plan, explore the SAP9. Work with Northville Public Schools,
applicability to Northville Township of recent Schoolcraft College, Eastern Michigan
community planning trends elsewhere in University, University of Michigan and
Michigan and across the nation, including Wayne State University to expand on and
a move toward reduced or eliminated develop entrepreneurial classes and new
minimum parking requirements in favor of training programs related to identified target
more market-driven outcomes (and maximum industries or niche retail and service needs in
caps on off-street surface parking where Northville Township.
appropriate).
SAP4. Enhance on-site buffering and screening MORE TARGETED PLANNING/STUDY
requirements for parking and utilities on SAP10. Create a branding strategy that can be
commercial sites to improve site appearance applied throughout the Township, but
and compatibility with nearby residential especially along Township edges and at key
development. Also, as part of addressing entry points using signage, lighting, etc.
community image and aesthetics to support SAP11. Conduct further study to determine what
economic development, consider ways to market gaps are not filled by existing
incentivize upgrades to older retail centers businesses in Northville Township and work
and commercial properties involving building with the Northville Chamber of Commerce to
condition (e.g., façade improvement grants) recruit those business types and services to
and general site appearance (condition of the Township.
parking areas, landscaping, signage, etc.). SAP12. Coordinate future interim and major
updates of this Master Plan to coincide with
PARTNERSHIPS AND COORDINATION periodic updates of the area’s key economic
SAP5. Work with Northville Public Schools, development strategy documents to ensure
Schoolcraft College, Eastern Michigan effective integration of land use with market
University, University of Michigan and Wayne analysis and other factors that drive business
State University, as well as other regional development and tax base enhancement
schools, to ensure training is available that efforts.
matches local workforce needs. Visible and
effective partnerships can provide internships
with local industries, job shadowing

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