The purpose of the Development Corporation is to further the economic development of Dassel and vicinity; to aid, assist and promote the growth, expansion and development of business concerns, including small business; to promote the availability of affordable housing for the community's labor force; to encourage and assist in the location of new business and industry; to rehabilitate and assist existing business firms and industry; to accomplish these purposes by making plant and other facilities available to all such business concerns through lease or other means and thereby to contribute to the economic well-being of the area as measured by increased employment, payroll, business volume, and corresponding factors.