cabarrus county board of commissioners regular meeting november ...

Visioning SuccessAfter reviewing the 2011 accomplishments, the team participated in a success visioning exercise. Thepurpose of this task is to understand the different pictures of success to determine the most commonlyagreed upon themes that compose the vision of the success of the CSLE.The following ideas were generated during this exercise.local investing in local banksreliability within the councilseriousness and real about intentions and actionsadequate employmentemployment readinesslocal companies expansion, hiringlocal resurces for small businessesgovernment alignment with local business successbusiness management help to local small businessessuccess in downtown Concordshop local, buy local is the normstrong local economymore purchasing of goods and services locallygreater awareness of services and products within the Countycommunity involvementmore business competetive County both internally and externallydiverse economysuccess of local businessstrengthen social capital and political capitalbenefits to the greater goodroad blocks removed for start up businessesincrease local tax base to increase funding for education and communityCounty is more self sufficient and less reliant upon external inputseconomic benefits are for everyoneload of what has to be financed within the County is spread over a wide base to ensure resiliencemeasures to keep Cabarrus dollars within the Countyidentify deterrences to business developmentimproved capitalsynergies between Cabarrus Regional Chamber and CSLEengagement of community in the causeeducated communityAttachment number 1I-3Page 428