1. Enact policies that benefit small businesses:

Small businesses provide 85% of all job growth and account for 95% of all business in the nation. We need expanded policies to help promote the health and growth of small businesses. Theses policies will help the ___ small business employees in North Carolina as well as their families and communities.

Change economic development policies (p. 5 to 8 of ASBC State & Local Recommendations)

  • Create effective policies at the state and local level to encourage small business retention.

  • Expand Workshare Programs to all 50 states

  • Reframe economic development policy and practices to focus on local business needs and local economies.

  • Utilize areas explored by the coalition to engage local business communities.

  • Provide tools for local independent businesses to support the coalition’s objectives.

Invest in local economies (Banking, Financing, & Procurement, p. 10 to 13)

Question: Do we want to include any of this section? If so, which ones?

2. Healthcare expansion

3. Redistricting (Fair Representation)

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