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Scenario 2: UNC Resourcing <br />The EDC Leadership Team believes that these topics may be well - suited for <br />future UNC faculty /graduate student resourcing. In order to proceed, the BOCC <br />would need to authorize the EDC to solicit the University and to fund any <br />requisite stipends needed by UNC to proceed. <br />• Fiscal Impact: Depending on the scope of UNC resourcing requested or <br />required, this scenario is likely to require stipends of $5,000 per intern per <br />project. Additional budget may be required depending on the level of faculty <br />involvement required to deliver quality results in a more timely manner. <br />Topic <br />• <br />Analysis of the Orange. County <br />Assess market supply and demand for business <br />climate for business accelerators <br />accelerators relative to Orange County and <br />regional assets <br />Identify current best practices in <br />• Identify practices that generate sustainable and <br />economic development for <br />resilient development <br />improving the sustainability and <br />• Identify sustainable import- substituting <br />resilience of jobs, goods, and <br />industries <br />services in the presence of an <br />• Investigate localized capital formation <br />unstable global economy, finite <br />• Identify government policy initiatives that are <br />natural resources, and climate <br />most effective in building sustainable, resilient <br />change <br />economies <br />Identify preferred business sectors <br />• Assess market demand, supply, and <br />likely to locate and thrive in <br />opportunities related to Orange County assets <br />Orange County <br />against RTRP industry cluster analysis and <br />R &D spin -offs from local universities <br />• Develop clear criteria defining desirable <br />businesses and make suggestions for how to <br />apply this criteria <br />• Identify economic development strategies to <br />attract, retain, and grow green business <br />• Identify site selection criteria likely to <br />support/promote eco- industry business <br />development/growth/location <br />Identify retail opportunities likely <br />• Investigate what kinds of retail opportunities — <br />to locate and thrive in Orange <br />if any -- would succeed in Orange County, <br />County <br />ideal locations where they can succeed, how <br />those businesses can be attracted, and what <br />they need to succeed. Retention and expansion <br />of existing retail businesses would be included. <br />Explore opportunities for an eco- <br />• Investigate agricultural and recycled biomass <br />industry cluster in Orange County <br />sources that do not interfere with food <br />that marshals local and regional <br />production <br />biomass and waste resources (e.g., <br />• Explore best practices in waste -to- profit <br />traditional recycling, wastewater <br />