Strategic Plan to Facilitate the Economic Success of Fairfax County

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Fairfax County Strategic Plan to Facilitate theEconomic Success of Fairfax County

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1. Attracting and Retaining Business

2. Skilled and Competitive Workforce

3. Financial Decisions4. Infrastructure5. Regulatory Processes6. Land Use Policies7. Redevelopment8. Availability and

Affordability of Housing

9. Balance between Jobs and Housing Growth

10. Retail Sector11. Industrial Uses12. Dulles International

Airport13. Value of Arts14. Tourism15. Baby Boomers

EAC Economic Strategic Plan 2011

http://e-ffordable.org/documents/03-25-11/EAC%20Report%20-%202011.pdf

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Strategic Plan to Facilitate the Economic Success of Fairfax County

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• Revise 2011 Plan and create actionable steps• Refine and affirm County’s vision and goals for

economic success• Catalog current County initiatives intended to

further economic success goals• Develop near term action plan that builds on

initiatives and identifies “gaps” that require additional actions and clarifies leadership, roles and responsibilities to sustain economic success

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Review of Goals for the 2014 Update


Overview

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Overarching Vision• Board of Supervisors Priorities• County Vision• People, Places, Employment, Governance

Linking each goal area to Economic Success withCatalog of Current Initiatives and a 3-5 Year Action Plan

Measurable Actions

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Four Themes

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In order to further implement the Plan’s vision of an economically strong and sustainable Fairfax, we will focus on four fundamentals:

Each of the four areas contains goals and a vision of what we aspire to.

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Four Themes


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We will be a magnet for the best prepared and best educated workforce in the country. We will support and adopt policies that support residents and employees of a variety of ages, abilities, and experiences. Our system of education will be of the highest quality from pre-school and secondary through post-secondary and continuing learning programs in order to attract and serve all people and businesses and to provide for a skilled workforce and opportunities at all levels. We will have a variety of housing opportunities available to those seeking to live in the County and will encourage people to both live and work here. We will embrace the diversity of the County’s populations, neighborhoods and business communities. We will have a full spectrum of cultural, art and institutional opportunities that support a diverse community and foster social interaction.

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Four Themes


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We will focus on building sustainable, healthy places and creating destinations of choice. We will focus our growth in activity centers that facilitate efficient delivery of services and protect existing residential neighborhoods. We will implement land use policies that foster revitalization and redevelopment of key areas of the county and support the attraction and growth of businesses. We will protect the environment and enhance public health by preserving air and water quality, minimizing energy use, and having a broad range of open space and recreational amenities to support the needs of our residents and employees. We will have high quality, well maintained infrastructure and multi-modal transportation systems to support the demands of present and future growth and to provide a healthy living environment. We will provide a full spectrum of art, cultural, and institutional uses and a built environment that is a national model reflecting the highest quality of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design – creating places where people want to be.

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Four Themes


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We will maintain and continue to pursue a prosperous economic climate with increasingly varied and innovative employment opportunities. To achieve this, we will continuously develop and pursue a broad range of actions aimed at enhancing our long-term competitive position in the region, nationally and internationally. Our vision includes establishing an environment conducive to the retention and expansion of existing employers; attraction of new employers; support of new and emerging industries and technologies, including the incubation and growth of new businesses.

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Four Themes


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We will foster a vibrant, inclusive culture of civic engagement and collaboration. We will have policies and processes that anticipate and accommodate market conditions, future innovations, changing demographics, and new opportunities and technologies. We will provide a responsive and collaborative development review process, including a regulatory framework that encourages business development, retention and expansion and that accommodates economic development opportunities. We will have a safe environment which includes state-of-the-art public safety services including police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and health facilities. We will nurture strong inter-governmental relationships among local, regional, state, and federal governments as well as other local agencies, authorities and non-government/non-profit organizations.

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• Initial stakeholder outreach sessions held June 25 and 26 with more than 60 representatives from various sectors.

• Series of rankings and open ended questions…– What challenges or barriers do you face?– Feedback on goals of each thematic area

(People, Places, Employment, Governance)– What goals are we missing?– What emerging sectors and market trends should we be monitoring? – We will have achieved economic success in Fairfax County when...

• Comments categorized in order to determine community priorities.

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Outreach


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Gap Analysis and Stakeholder Priorities


Top Fifteen Priorities from the Stakeholder Sessions to Date

Placemaking/Redevelopment Transportation Affordable Housing Workforce Development Development Process Improvements Demographic Changes

(Respond to aging population, social equity, diversity, Millennials) Innovation Support and Small Business Support Healthy Communities

(Support policies to create a healthier population/community) Communication

(Encourage more community engagement and participation) Diversify the Economy Regulatory Reform

(Review current regulations, such as the Zoning Ordinance) Changing Workplace Environment Infrastructure Regional Focus

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Action Plan Identification


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• Conducted small group analysis of gaps and opportunities and then reported out to full group.

• Considerable synergy was created around several action items which will be included in the 3-5 year plan.

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EAC-IC Gaps/Opportunities Workshop


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• A series of evening outreach sessions have been scheduled throughout the County and are open to the public.– October 20th, Lorton Workhouse– October 28th, Luther Jackson Middle School– October 29th, Frying Pan Park

• Continuing dialogue with other key stakeholders– Planning Commission– Small Business Commission– Land Development Industry– Chambers of Commerce CEOs

• We will share proposed actions and identify what is missing.

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Upcoming Outreach


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Next Steps


• Using stakeholder comments, conduct gap analysis with Deputy County Executives’ Leadership Teams to create specific action items for 3-5 year plan.

• Work with EAC-IC to prioritize action items.• Prepare for fall stakeholder outreach sessions.• Revised Economic Success Plan will be delivered to the

Board for consideration in early 2015.• Provide updates on www.fairfaxcounty.gov/success.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/success

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