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G.JOBS <br />f I 1 hrough employment that pays at least a living wage, persons arc able to find an avenue to <br />I a standard of living above poverty, as have so many before them. To depend solely on <br />JL government support will result in r. standard of living below the poverty level. There arc, <br />however, a range of impediments that stand in the way for many in obtaining such employment. <br />Training and transportation address some of these access issues, as does the location of expanding <br />job opportunities. <br />GOAL <br />Employment that pays a living wage in proximity to affordable housing <br />should be generated through local and regional economic development efforts. <br />Also, the societal barriers to persons without the ability to make basic life <br />choices to access those jobs should be reduced. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />uppon regional efforts such as the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and <br />Metropoliuin Council to spur development of living wage jobs and make the region <br />competitive internationally. <br />ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT <br />Make state resources available to foster economic development, job preservation and <br />clean-up of polluted sites. (See Appendix IIIforAMAf Policy discussion) <br />ROLE OF REGIONAL AGENCIES • COUNTIES, .METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />Develop and coordinate efforts to make commercial and industrial sites in the central and <br />uiner ring suburbs more competitive with those offered as “greenfield ” sites in the <br />developing communities. <br />Implement AMM’s economic development policies III-B. (See Appendix TV) <br />Use Tax Increment Financing and other methods to clean up polluted sites (with possible <br />Superfund reimbursement) and eliminate redevelopment authority liability in acquired sites <br />and qualify projects on job development criteria. <br />Urban Strategies Task Force Report