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The plan addresses strengthening local economic development in the following ways: ■ Preserves opportunities to live off the land ■ Guides the implementation of regional economic development strategies ■ Guides the development of a regional education, enterprise development, and research network ■ Guides regional strategies to increase "buying local" ■ Guides efforts to strengthen the local agriculture value chain ■ Allows for the diversification of agriculture -based businesses and rural uses on agricultural lands ■ Guides the development of local, renewable, distributed energy networks ■ Guides the development of a place -based approach to community tourism These strategies are organized by subtopics in Section 3: Preferred Land Use & Settlement Patterns, Section 4: Protect and Enhance Natural and Cultural Resources, Section 5: Strengthen Infrastructure. Facilities, and Services, Section 6: Build a Sustainable, Local Economy, of the CDP below. 1...4 How was tri_ .:DP develop. • The Hamakua CDP was developed through extensive community and stakeholder engagement. Important documents developed through the CDP process are as follows: • Hamakua Community Profile (2010) This is a comprehensive, detailed profile developed based on community knowledge and expertise, as well as existing data, reports, and studies. • Values and Vision Statement (2011) Community members identified core community values and a vision of what they'd like to see in Hamakua in 2030, and this was synthesized from the more than 17,000 community comments received into a Vision statement adopted by the Steering Committee. • Hamakua Proposed Strategies for Consideration (2011) Through a series of sub -regional workshops conducted in 2011, the Proposed Strategies for Consideration booklet was developed and presented to the public to explore various strategies under consideration and gather community feedback. • Community Objectives (2013) Using the values, vision, and profile, Community Objectives were developed and adopted by the Steering Committee in 2013. These Community Objectives were used to guide the direction of strategies to develop preliminary policies and recommended actions. • Draft Analysis Documents (2014) 11