General Plan Policy Document (Adopted 7-11 ... - City of Wheatland

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Chapter 3BUSINESSATTRACTION ANDFORMATIONPerception of a community as a competitive site location is built onseveral factors, including the cost of land, fees and tax rates, ease ofdoing business, availability of suitable sites, transportation access,and available financing. The attraction program works best and ismost successful as part of a total economic development effort andnot as the sole focus.GOAL 3.ATo recruit new industry and business that will benefit the localcommunity.New businesses in LincolnPOLICIES3.A.1. The City shall promote Wheatland as an emerging place forbusiness in the Sacramento Valley of California.3.A.2. The City shall ensure the development of up-to-dateinformation useful to private business and pertinent to theWheatland economy, such as demographics, localemployment and market statistics, future plans, andpopulation growth, to help evaluate business opportunitiesin the city and surrounding region.3.A.3. The City shall market Wheatland as a business locationthrough the preparation and distribution of informationalpackets and attendance at marketing seminars andconferences.3.A.4. The City shall seek the development of new businesses,especially those that provide primary-wage-earner jobs, bydesignating adequate land and providing infrastructure inareas where resources and public facilities and services canaccommodate employment generators.3.A.5. The City shall support the development of primary-wageearnerjob opportunities to provide Wheatland residents analternative to commuting outside Wheatland.3.A.6. The City shall coordinate City Departments and create a“one-stop-shop” for information on economic developmentand for development review services.3.A.7. The City shall focus economic development efforts onprojects that will maximize long-term net revenues to theCity and diversify the city’s economic base.Wheatland General Plan Policy Document, Part II 3-2July 11, 2006