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drainage, etc.) to coordinate with potential the County to discuss pursuit of priorities in a
expansions and investments of PCEDC, collaborative manner.
particularly for industrial parks. › As will be discussed in the Implementation
› Actively seek public/private partnerships to section, continue to document and record
pursue expansion of industrial parks and achievements based on specific indicators
infrastructure financing. and metrics.
• Utilize Comprehensive Plan to advance economic • Continue to recognize that the success of
development priorities at a regional level. Upon local communities is tied to the success of the
completion of the plan, set-up meeting with County. If the County’s cities are not thriving
Greater Manhattan Economic Partnership, Flint then the County itself will not be able to thrive
Hills Regional Council, and Flint Hills Economic either. Onaga, Westmoreland, and St. Mary’s
Development District (FHEDD) to discuss how to have all either recently completed or are in the
advance regional priorities and plug into existing process of completing comprehensive plans for
programs. Likewise, coordination meetings their communities. The County should actively
should be pursued with local jurisdictions within participate in these planning processes as they
occur, to coordinate recommendations such
Source: Dr. Nesse worked with the Flint Hills Regional as economic development, transportation, and
Council and an advisory committee of elected officials and land use that impact the County.
representative of the 7-county region to craft the federally-re-
quired Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. • Pursue adding a non-voting, ex officio member
of Staff Liaison to the Manhattan Urban Area
Planning Board (MUAPB) to discuss issues
such as development in the Green Valley
Area, transportation, and emergency response
coordination. Such a member would attend
Pottawatomie County Planning Commission
meetings as needed and report to the MUAPB
following such meetings.
• Continue to support business development
activities to retain, expand and recruit businesses.
PCEDC has a strong and vibrant business
retention program. Business retention programs
assist small businesses to prevent their relocation
and to help them survive in difficult times.
Retention programs typically involve partnerships
among public and private organizations that
assess the assets and opportunities of individual
companies through periodic surveys, interviews,
and visitations. The purpose is to establish
relationships between community businesses
and economic developers to strengthen existing
companies, establish early warning systems to
flag at-risk businesses that require assistance, and
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