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OUR LONG TERM PURPOSE (cont.) We have attracted and secured high employment industries that are diverse in size, output and market sectors. We attract a good mix of jobs that decreases the housing affordability gap (or eliminates it.). We do this by developing jobs and industries that are consistent with our shared values and that ensure a high quality of life. They take an active role in the community and provide career advancement to their employees. We develop and attract a strong base of clean, green industry employers to raise our economic profile resulting in better paying jobs with good benefits for more people. Clean and green industries come to Eugene. This in turn helps to support and fuel other parts of economy. Clean industry flourishes and is strategically located. The city identifies and cleans up infill brown fields, then markets them to relatively clean industry. They are then developed by a mix of clean industry commercial. The community focuses on and attracts and keeps market driven family wage jobs, resulting in average median income that exceeds state averages. We encourage living wage jobs. New high wage jobs are created by industries. The community sees significant new jobs. Employment comes from mostly local businesses. We create family wage jobs that provide living wages and benefits and which can allow our children to stay and raise a family and service economically. More people have living wage jobs and are able to house and feed their families. Living wage jobs improve and we have the capacity to live, work and play here in our home town. People in Eugene will have jobs and be able to care for their families…with support infrastructure. We have a happy and healthy populace doing interesting and rewarding work, while serving the common good. They are provided ample opportunities to see their families thrive and leaning to an ever increasing improvement in everyone’s standard of living and providing for the less fortunate or able. Eugene becomes known as one of the best places to live and work. We keep and foster new talent and help everyone in our community prosper. We become an inclusive thriving community with ample well paying jobs for all demographics (age, race, etc.) that provides desirable housing and services for all. We will be proud. We keep what we care about. We are sustainable and equitable. Business, government and schools are supported and job growth is sustained over many years. Not only do we have opportunity for existing business to grow and new business to arrive, but we have everyone actually working towards the success of the economy and all the benefits that come from that. Eugene crafts ingenious strategies to be both internationally renowned (in a good attractive way) and yet still affordable for all classes. Residents rate quality of life here in the top 10% of the country. The outcome will provide for the common good. Everyone will get their needs met. The gap between have’s and have not’s will close. Energies will be focused into new areas rather than channeled into conflict. We have reduced poverty. Community Resource Group October 12, 2010