2026-2028 Strategic Plan

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PLACE KEY INITIATIVES

1 2 Promote public-private partnerships by leveraging philanthropic and employer participation in housing solutions, such as employer-assisted housing or revolving loan funds. Collaborate with local partners to identify priority sites, streamline permitting, and pursue gap financing for mixed-income neighborhoods. Address housing supply and affordability 1 Oversee multiuse trails development by facilitating the Mason County Multi Use Trail (MCMUT) Task Force and supporting trail segment subcommittees. Facilitate multiuse trails development 2 Create and execute a community engagement strategy between MCMUT leadership and residents around trail design, pathways, amenities, and accessibility. 3 Determine funding, ownership and maintenance plans for trail segments by working with local and state experts to determine an actionable funding plan for each trail segment, as well as ownership and maintenance of each.

PROSPERITY KEY INITIATIVES

1 Create an entrepreneurial support network offering a variety of services, programming, and resources for those who want to start or scale a business. Enhance business development opportunities 2 Market Mason County as a great place to grow a business by highlighting talent development programs/processes, as well as recreation, cultural, arts, and education assets that can help source and retain talent. 3 Serve existing employers through a robust business/organization retention program that includes visits, education opportunities, and timely notifications about available resources. 1 Catalyze food production and processing sectors by providing programming to grow connections among food producers, processors, and buyers in the region. Support development of key economic sectors 2 Support development of industrial property by capitalizing on opportunities to develop property for expansion and attraction of companies with skilled jobs/positions, such as advanced manufacturing, energy, and technology companies.

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