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SUMMARY:Economic Development & Public Policy Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Amherst Chamber of Commerce\, although headquartered in the Town of Amherst\, serves as a Western New York champion with a Regional Vision. The Council is committed to creating smart growth by supporting a Community Development Plan that provides a blueprint for adaptive re-use of underutilized or outdated properties.\n\nThe Chamber also promotes issues that foster growth and prosperity in the business ecosystem and annually releases its Public Policy Agenda\, a strategy for a stronger\, more vibrant region.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGoals And Objectives\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n To review current status of the region's economy as it relates to employment\, building vacancies and job creation.\n To develop consensus for the need for in-fill projects that may increase parcel density.\n To work with regional economic development agencies to promote findings and instigate investment.\n To interface with the membership to solicit policy issues at all levels of government.\n To host Public Officials Briefings with elected officials\, on both sides of the aisle at all levels of government\, for the purpose of nurturing relationships and communicating the Council's positions.\n To develop an Annual Public Policy Agenda that identifies the issues that the council is actively supporting.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The \;Amherst Chamber of Commerce\, although headquartered in the Town of Amherst\, serves as a Western New York champion with a Regional Vision. The Council is committed to creating smart growth by supporting a Community Development Plan that provides a blueprint for adaptive re-use of underutilized or outdated properties.
\n\nThe Chamber also promotes issues that foster growth and prosperity in the business ecosystem and annually releases its \;Public Policy Agenda\, a strategy for a stronger\, more vibrant region.
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\n - To review current status of the region'\;s economy \;as it relates to employment\, building vacancies and job creation.
\n - To develop consensus for the need for in-fill projects that may increase parcel density.
\n - To work with regional economic development agencies to promote findings and instigate investment.
\n - To interface with the membership to solicit policy issues at all levels of government.
\n - To host Public Officials Briefings with elected officials\, on both sides of the aisle at all levels of government\, for the purpose of nurturing relationships and communicating the Council'\;s positions.
\n - To develop an Annual Public Policy Agenda that identifies the issues that the council is actively supporting.
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