1. Create a restaurant recruitment effort that would encourage special incentives to lure establishments to targeted zones within the city.
2. Establish a business incubator program to encourage shopping & entertainment businesses to locate in Uptown Marion
3. Centralized planning & toolkit creation for community events i.e. block parties, community-wide garage sale, sports tournaments. Centralized effort for new activities.
4. Have an annual Clean Up Marion Day with marketing campaign
5. Community-wide volunteer matching system to pair volunteers up with organizations that need help.
6. Develop a plan to have housing built in under-utilized space. Aggressively enforce city codes to get rid of blighted properties.
7. Expand & promote available tax incentives to encourage businesses to locate in Marion.
8. Lobby & incentivize for a hotel & conference center in Marion
9. Community led effort to identify recreational needs.
10. Establish a citizen’s initiative to create a ped-mall uptown.
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