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The Principles

• Resilience
• Inclusive Growth
• Prioritized Investment

The Region Today

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Community

Strategic and sustainable development

• Target infill, infrastructure, and natural area investments
• Invest in disinvested areas

Reinvestment for vibrant communities

• Support development of compact, walkable communities
• Match regional and local housing supply with the types that residents want
• Improve natural resources through the redevelopment process

Development that supports local and regional economic strength

• Develop tax policies that strengthen communities and the region
• Incorporate market and fiscal feasibility into planning and development processes
• Align local economic development planning with regional goals

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Prosperity

Robust economic growth that reduces inequality

• Pursue regional economic development 
• Support the region’s traded clusters
• Prioritize pathways for upward economic mobility
• Enhance economic innovation

Responsive, strategic workforce and economic development

• Conduct regional planning for human capital
• Align local economic development planning with regional goals
• Reform incentives for economic development
• Expand data-driven approaches in the workforce and education systems

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Environment

A region prepared for climate change

• Plan for climate resilience
• Intensify climate mitigation efforts

Integrated approach to water resources

• Protect and enhance the integrity of aquatic systems
• Reduce flood risk to protect people and assets
• Coordinate and conserve shared water supply resources

Development practices that protect natural resources

• Improve natural resources through the redevelopment process
• Integrate land preservation into strategic growth efforts

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Governance

Collaboration at all levels of government

• Use collaborative leadership to address regional challenges
• Encourage partnerships and consolidation
• Coordinate infrastructure operations and maintenance

Capacity to provide a strong quality of life

• Develop tax policies that strengthen communities and the region
• Build local government capacity

Data driven and transparent investment decisions

• Base investment decisions on data and performance
• Improve access to public information through technology and transparency

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Mobility

A modern, multimodal system that adapts to changing travel demand

• Harness technology to improve travel and anticipate future impacts
• Make transit more competitive
• Maintain the region’s status as North America’s freight hub

A system that works better for everyone

• Leverage the transportation network to promote inclusive growth
• Improve travel safety
• Improve resilience of the transportation network to weather events and climate change

Making transformative investments

• Fully fund the region’s transportation system
• Enhance the region’s approach to transportation programming
• Build regionally significant projects

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