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Comprehensive Plan Economic Development Element <br /> OBJECTIVE 2: Diversified Economic Growth <br /> Between 2010 and 2015,Indian River County will increase the number of jobs in the county's new <br /> high wage target industries by 1,000. <br /> Policy 2.1:The County shall focus its industrial/business/technology/research expansion efforts on <br /> attracting and expanding clean, small-scale light manufacturing and assembly industries. <br /> Policy 2.2: The county shall encourage the expansion of existing industries and attraction of new <br /> industries that are within the target industries list (Policy 2.5) by offering the following county <br /> adopted economic development incentives and assistance: <br /> ➢ Local Jobs Grant Program; <br /> ➢ Traffic, Water, and Sewer Impact Fee Financing; <br /> ➢ Utility Deposit Waivers; <br /> ➢ Expedited permitting; <br /> ➢ Maintenance of sufficient infrastructure capacity(roads, water, sewer); <br /> ➢ Provision of Industrial Revenue Bonds; <br /> Provision of job training through Indian River State College; <br /> ➢ Provision of workforce training incentives from the Workforce Development Board of the <br /> Treasure Coast(DBA Workforce Solutions); <br /> ➢ Assistance with federal or state grant applications(such as Community Development Block <br /> Grants); <br /> ➢ State Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program; and <br /> ➢ Tax Refunds and Tax Credits within the Enterprise Zone. <br /> Policy 2.3: The county planning division shall track the number of jobs in target industries annually <br /> and provide a report to the EDC. The report shall include,but not be limited to,the total number of <br /> jobs by NAICS target industry category,the average wage by each NAICS target industry category, <br /> the percent and numeric change from the prior year for both the total jobs and their average annual <br /> wages. Annual data shall be provided for multiple years. <br /> Policy 2.4: The Indian River County Chamber of Commerce and other economic development <br /> groups designated by the Board of County Commissioners shall provide assistance, as needed,to <br /> companies during the relocation process and report any actions taken to the Economic Development <br /> Council at their regular meetings. <br /> Policy 2.5:The county,in coordination with the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce,shall <br /> establish a list of target industries and evaluate this list annually in order to reflect the current <br /> economic needs of the county as well as the actual marketing results. The following is the list of the <br /> county's target industry clusters: <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County 45 <br /> 114 <br />