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Welcome to the Local Decision Maker!The 4-Step Process to Protecting Your Community's Water and Environmental Resources through Your Comprehensive Planning Process.This powerful tool was created to enhance and deliver a decision support system that assists county economic development and land use planning officials in selecting economic development opportunities most appropriate for their community and identifying the quantity and placement of the green infrastructure necessary to support these opportunities. The Hoosier economy and quality of life are dependent on the green infrastructure that provides the base necessary to support agriculture and natural resources-based business, environmental services need to support quality of life, recreational opportunities, and tourism. In Indiana, economic development and land use change decisions are made at the county level. As rural Indiana towns strive to: 1) be energy self-sufficient, 2) explore ways to capitalize on existing agricultural infrastructures and byproducts, and 3) sustainably profit from biomass and renewable natural resources under their care, new discoveries and the transfer of new technologies resulting from these discoveries will be essential to their success.
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