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ave Incentivize people to remain and invest in the urban core. with <br /> modeFnized city codes <br /> 4. Leverage private deve%per investments in the urban core to expand new land use <br /> opportunities <br /> S. Integrate crime prevention strategies into community business and housing <br /> revitalization m^r^ Aectively to advance safety and diversity initiatives <br /> PRIORITY GOAL #2 <br /> Grow, Enhance, and Better Prepare the Local <br /> Workforce to Meet Current & Future Demands <br /> OVERVIEW: There is an urgent need to develop a more effective approach for preparing and <br /> enlarging the local workforce to meet regional workforce requirements and ensure that the <br /> employers in all sectors eneFgy, FneinufactWing, a PEACItion healtheare and ether`eCtOFS <br /> secure the workers they need. <br /> There are numerous agencies in Decatur and Macon County currently providing workforce <br /> development services. But despite a multi-agency commitment to advancing workforce <br /> development, good paying jobs in , healthEaFe and <br /> other key sedOr. .+:II go unfilled due to lacks of sufficiently prepared applicants. <br /> The city and its partners should help employers find the labor and the skulls they need to be <br /> successful because and other large employers often make expansion and new <br /> development decisions principally based on the availability of a reliable labor force.The city is <br /> committed to providing its citizens with diverse work opportunities to fit its diverse population. <br /> will assist other agencies actively engaged in building and StFengthening local workferces by., <br /> Key Implementation Strategies: <br /> 1. Move forward with the recommendations from a county-wide study identifying gaps in <br /> the current workforce ecosystem. <br /> 2. Secure grants and formal commitments to fund and participate in more extensive <br /> workforce development training, andenlarging recruiting with trades. <br /> 3. Incorporate changing generational work ethic issues, provide wrap-around services, <br /> remove barriers to employment, help employers with varying works expectations,and <br /> strengthen equity and equality of access into the workforce development,and <br /> planning d programs so that the city and its partners can better help and motivate <br /> people into appropriately and effectively to embFace a weFk ethic that results in I <br /> sustainable employment situations(i.e, resulting higher employee retention rates). <br /> 4. PleEe more emphasis on helping local young people (high scheel and PFe-high school� <br /> to develop necessary job skills to prepare them f()F WOFk PFieF tO gFeduation.This could <br /> 4 nelude supper-ting efforts by etheF organizations te remove bar-Fiers to employment <br /> f missing life hill coaching, childCOFe availability,tmnsp <br /> Page 4 <br />