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Additional Activities Related to Economic Development <br />Solid Waste Staff <br />1. Managed, with a $162,000 grant from the U. S. Environmental Protection <br />Agency, a two -year project to identify potential cost - saving partnerships <br />between existing and potential industries for the reuse of materials, water and <br />energy. <br />2. Continued distribution ofWasteSpec and of the Triangle Region <br />Construction & Demolition Waste Recycling and Disposal Directory. These <br />documents and the ten case studies of commercial and institutional <br />construction projects that followed theWasteSpec have helped companies all <br />over the US and the world to reduce construction waste without increasing <br />project cost. <br />Land Use Planning, Data Center & GIS <br />1. Continued work on a cooperative demographic forecasting project for use <br />in: Regional transportation planning; Regional water supply study; <br />Economic development partnerships; and, Infrastructure, land use and <br />environmental planning. <br />2. As staff to the Greater Triangle Regional Council we are involved in a <br />"Regional Development Choices" project. This includes descriptions of <br />alternative development pattern scenarios. <br />3. Working with the Town of Rolesville on a community plan that includes <br />development codes, addressing such issues as telecommunications tower <br />siting, billboard policy, water and sewer extensions, and issues such as super <br />store impact on main. <br />4. Working with Chatham County on a land use plan that has identified six <br />policy issues including the development of "economic centers" in the county. <br />5. Served as regional data center, improved regional GIS. <br />Updated 11/98 <br />6 <br />