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<br />. G. JOBS <br /> ThroUgh employment that pays at least a living wage, persons are able to fmd an avenue to <br /> a standard of living above poverty, as have so many before them. To depend solely on <br /> government support will result in a standard of living below the poverty level. There are, <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 ejfons. <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 /> support regional efforts such as the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and <br />. Metropolitan Council to spur development of living wage jobs and make the region <br /> competitive intemationally. <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 III for AMM 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 /> inner ring suburbs more competitive with those offered as "greenfield" sites in the <br /> developing communities. <br /> . Implement AMM's economic development policies ID-B. (See Appendix IV) <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 />. [IIi] Urban Strategies Task Force Report 23 <br />