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POLICY DIRECTION Policy Policy Intent Policy 8: Support the Locational Needs of New and Expanding Firms Support new and expanding firms that have different locational needs. Provide a variety of places, including modern business park developments with prime office and industrial spaces, mixed use employment centers, and Downtown Cary. The intent of this policy addresses the evolving regional and national market for office development, and the locational needs of different business sectors. There is no one-size-fits-all in terms of locational needs for new and expanding firms. This policy supports decisions to provide a variety of employment sites and locations: modern business parks, mixed use employment centers, commercial mixed use and destination centers, and office development within Downtown Cary. This policy also supports ensuring that adequate land is available to develop employment uses in a variety of locations. New developments should be evaluated for the opportunity to incorporate employment uses. This policy is complemented by Policies 2, 10, and 12. Policy 9: Promote High Quality Education Strengthen and support local access to a comprehensive range of high-quality educational opportunities as an important part of Cary's brand and identity. The intent of this policy is to recognize the impact that access to high quality education has on local business recruitment efforts and attracting new workers to Cary. This policy encourages efforts to grow and strengthen the quality, capacity, and accessibility of local educational offerings. The policy applies to all types and levels of education: public and private, K-12, college, graduate education, and specialized professional and technical education and training. This policy recognizes the importance of both local and regional approaches, involving not only the Town, but also local and regional governments and agencies, the state, and the business community, working in cooperation. Policy 10: Reserve and Provide Employment Sites in Selected Commercial Mixed Use and Destination Centers Reserve and provide sites for employment and economic development opportunities within a targeted set of new or existing mixed use commercial developments and Destination Centers, as well as within Downtown Cary. The intent of this policy is to address office tenant preference trends for mixed use, walkable environments. This policy supports the inclusion of office and employment uses as being a key and essential element within new Commercial Mixed Use and Destination Centers as identified on the Future Growth Framework map, as well as within Downtown Cary. This policy is complemented by Policies 2, 8, and 12. Policy 11: Reserve and Provide Employment Sites in Traditional Office Parks Reserve and provide sites for employment and economic development—especially for major industries or employers—within Cary's existing traditional suburban office parks and industrial areas. The intent of this policy is to address the limited supply of land available for Class A and B office and industrial spaces within Cary's existing office and industrial parks. This policy recognizes that certain types of employers and industries will continue to require locations in such parks, rather than in Employment Mixed Use Campuses or Commercial Mixed Use Centers. The key objective of this policy is to ensure that a sufficient number of prime sites are reserved for such industries, rather than being converted to other uses. 39