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What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

Continue to streamline the development process and be more welcoming and helpful to people considering downtown. “Reduce barriers to real estate development and people opening new businesses,” as one forum participant put it.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

Do a better job of advertising the tax-incentive programs available for improvements to city property, especially properties downtown.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

Institute a “vacant structure tax” to discourage property owners from sitting on properties without making improvements and soliciting tenants.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

The governor should sign the Historic Property Tax Credit, which offers incentives for improvements to historic properties.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

Launch an effort to get the city, state, developers and preservationists on the same page.

Which structures must be saved regardless of cost, and where will that money come from? Which are beyond hope? Which fall somewhere in between and require a flexible approach to ensure that they can be economically rehabilitated while preserving at least some of their historic character?

The guiding principles behind this effort should be that historic buildings have real value to our community, but that adhering too strictly to certain guidelines may discourage reuse to the extent that it actually dooms, not saves, the structure.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
What's your level of support for the following draft agenda item to spark economic development in Downtown Syracuse:

All levels of government should work to protect green space — recreational, agricultural and wild — in areas around Syracuse and encourage business and infrastructure investment in the city, particularly downtown.
1 -- Don't support at all
2 -- Could support, but have reservations
3 -- Support, but not a high priority
4 -- Should be a top priority
 
 
Use this space to share your thoughts about the agenda items, and to suggest additional agenda items that would help spark business and retail development downtown. Could we phrase something better in order to make it more effective and useful? What did we miss?
   
 
Please contact gmunno@syracuse.com if you have any questions regarding this survey.