strategic plan to facilitate the economic success of fairfax county

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Fairfax County Strategic Plan to Facilitate the Economic Success of Fairfax County

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Introduction

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• Process to update the 2011 EAC Economic Strategic Plan

• Review Initial Direction of 2014 EAC Strategic Plan

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Strategic Plan to Facilitate the Economic Success of Fairfax County

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EAC developed the 2011 Economic Strategic Plan with guiding principles and 15 strategies; endorsed by BOS in 2011.

The 2011 Plan identified vision and goals to guide economic development, strategies to achieve goals, and actions to be refined as implementation occurred over time. A number of efforts have been implemented and are on-going.

Staff and the EAC-IC are reviewing that work, expanding on the vision, organizing goals under overarching thematic areas, and developing an Action Plan and metrics to guide our efforts.

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Background


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1. Attracting and Retaining Business

2. Skilled and Competitive Workforce

3. Financial Decisions4. Infrastructure5. Regulatory Processes6. Land Use Policies7. Redevelopment8. Availability and

Affordability of Housing

9. Balance between Jobs and Housing Growth

10. Retail Sector11. Industrial Uses12. Dulles International

Airport13. Value of Arts14. Tourism15. Baby Boomers

EAC Economic Strategic Plan 2011

http://e-ffordable.org/documents/03-25-11/EAC%20Report%20-%202011.pdf

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Why the renewed focus?

• Office vacancy rates up– Trend toward smaller office footprint

(less square footage per employee)– Government contractors have consolidated operations

• Fewer federal jobs due to recession and sequestration– Federal payroll is down

• Job losses have been recovered, but in new, more diverse sectors of the economy, such as health care, retail, and hospitality

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Why the renewed focus?

• Need for flexibility to respond to changing dynamics and to take advantage of opportunities– Capitalize on developing business trends– Leverage our successes and answer the needs of the

market– Create places where the people want to be

• Maintain high-quality public services, a vibrant community, and support our changing and growing population

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• Revise 2011 Plan and create actionable steps• Catalog current initiatives• Refine County’s vision for economic vitality• Integrate County initiatives with vision• Develop near term action plan

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Goals for the 2014 Update


Overview

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1. Overarching Vision• Board of Supervisors Priorities• County Vision• People, Places, Employment, Governance

2. Catalog of Current Cross Agency Initiatives

3. 3-5 Year Action Plan

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Board of Supervisors Priorities

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The Board of Supervisors has adopted a set of Priorities, as set forth below:

By engaging our residents and businesses in the process of addressing these challenging times, protecting investment in our most critical priorities, and by maintaining strong responsible fiscal stewardship, we must ensure:

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A Quality Educational System Safe Streets and NeighborhoodsA Clean, Sustainable Environment Livable, Caring, and Affordable

CommunitiesA Vibrant Economy Efficient Transportation NetworkRecreational and Cultural Opportunities Taxes that are Affordable


Fairfax County Vision

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Reflecting the Board’s Priorities, the Fairfax County Vision is:

To protect and enrich the quality of life for the people, neighborhoods and diverse communities of Fairfax County by:

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Maintaining Safe and Caring Communities Building Livable Spaces

Connecting People and Places Maintaining Healthy Economies Practicing Environmental Stewardship Creating a Culture of Engagement

Exercising Corporate Stewardship



Leveraging Our Success

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• Activity Centers, Transit-Oriented Development• Encourage growth in mixed-use activity centers• Encourage and facilitate revitalization of aging commercial

and residential areas

• Fairfax is 2nd largest suburban office market in the United States with 114m sq. ft. of office space• Tysons (26m), Reston (20m), and Merrifield (10m) have,

or will have access to the Metrorail system

• Place Making• A number of development projects under construction • Fairfax County addressing market-demand for

transit accessible housing

• Retail Sector• Opportunities for retail at all levels, from small local shops

to largest indoor mall in the Washington, D.C. region• Retail employment accounts for 8% (4th largest employment sector)

Current Initiatives Lead(s) Thematic AreasRevitalization Incentives OCR

Development Process Improvements DPWES/NAIOP/NVBIA

Organizational Culture CEX

Fairfax Forward DPZ

Infrastructure Financing Committee Joint BOS/FCPS Committee

Fairfax County Transportation Plan& Project Prioritization Efforts FCDOT

Public-Private Partnerships DPWES

Partnership for a Healthier Fairfax Health Department

Strategic Plan for FCRHA/HCD Housing

Great Parks, Great Communities Plan Park Authority

50 + Initiatives DFS

Catalog of Agency Initiatives


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Four Themes

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In order to further implement the Plan’s vision of an economically strong and sustainable Fairfax, we will focus on four fundamentals:

Each of the four areas contains goals and a vision of what we aspire to.


People Places Employment Governance

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DiversePopulation

Cultural and Recreational

Opportunities

Available and Affordable

Housing

Skilled and Competitive Workforce

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PeopleWe will be a magnet for the best prepared and best educated workforce in the country. We will support and adopt policies that support residents and employees of a variety of ages, abilities, and experiences. Our system of education will be of the highest quality from pre-school through post-secondary and continuing learning programs in order to attract and serve all people and businesses and to provide for a skilled workforce and opportunities at all levels. We will have a variety of housing opportunities available to those looking to live in the County and will encourage people to both live and work here. We will embrace the diversity of the County’s populations, neighborhoods and business communities. We will have a full spectrum of cultural, art and institutional opportunities that support a diverse community and foster social interaction.

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Four Themes


World ClassPublic Schools

Industrial UsesRetail SectorRedevelopmentInfrastructureMobility

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PlacesWe will focus on building sustainable, healthy places and creating destinations of choice. We will focus our growth in activity centers that facilitate efficient delivery of services and protect existing residential neighborhoods. We will implement land use policies that foster revitalization and redevelopment of key areas of the county and support the growth of businesses. We will protect the environment by preserving air and water quality, minimizing energy use, and having a broad range of open space and recreational amenities to support the needs of our residents and employees. We will have high quality, well maintained infrastructure and multi-modal transportation systems to support the demands of present and future growth and to provide a healthy living environment. We will provide a full spectrum of art, cultural, and institutional uses and a built environment that is a national model reflecting the highest quality of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design – creating places where people want to be.

Four Themes


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TourismDulles International

Airport

Balancebetween Jobsand Housing

Attracting and Retaining

Businesses

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Employment

We will maintain and continue to pursue a prosperous economic climate with increasingly varied and innovative employment opportunities. To achieve this, we will continuously develop and pursue a broad range of actions aimed at enhancing our long-term competitive position in the region, nationally and internationally. Our vision includes establishing an environment conducive to the retention and expansion of existing employers; attraction of new employers; support of new and emerging industries and technologies, including the incubation and growth of new businesses.

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Four Themes


Land UsePolicies

RegionalismOrganizational Capacity and Coordinated Leadership

CommunicationsRegulatory Processes

Sound Financial Decisions

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GovernanceWe will foster a vibrant, inclusive culture of civic engagement and collaboration. We will have policies and processes that anticipate and accommodate market conditions, future innovations, changing demographics, and new opportunities and technologies. We will provide a responsive and collaborative development review process, including a regulatory framework that encourages business development, retention and expansion and that accommodates economic development opportunities. We will have a safe environment which includes state-of-the-art public safety services including police, fire protection, emergency medical services, and health facilities. We will nurture strong inter-governmental relationships among local, regional, state, and federal governments as well as other local agencies, authorities and non-government/non-profit organizations.

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Four Themes


People Places Skilled and Competitive Workforce Mobility

Available and Affordable Housing Infrastructure

Cultural and Recreational Opportunities Redevelopment

Diverse Population Retail Sector

World Class Public Schools Industrial Uses

Employment Governance Attracting and Retaining Businesses Sound Financial Decisions

Balance between Jobs and Housing Regulatory Processes

Dulles International Airport Land Use Policies

Tourism Regionalism

Organizational Capacity and Coordinated Leadership Communications

Each of the four areas contains goals and a vision of what we aspire to:


Overview

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