(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that regional investment strategies are essential to the state’s economic development goals and that to be effective regional investment strategies must have the coordinated support of available resources.
(2) The Legislative Assembly declares that the purpose of ORS 285B.230 to 285B.269 is:
(a) To encourage the development of regional investment strategies that address the economic development priorities of each region of the state;
(b) To identify and coordinate regional economic development priorities;
(c) To ensure that economic development plans reinforce the long-term prosperity and livability of Oregon;
(d) To effectively utilize available resources through a regional investment program;
(e) To leverage and attract capital investment in Oregon communities; and
(f) To coordinate private and public resources to support economic development. [Formerly 285.633; 1999 c.509 §48; 2003 c.773 §17]
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