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2 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Carrboro Board of Alderman <br />From: Orange County Economic Development <br />Date: October 13, 2011 <br />Subject: Economic Development Overview <br />Orange County recognizes the necessity as well as the benefit of working closely with its <br />municipal partners in furthering our collective economic development goals. Recent <br />activities with our partners include drafting an Interlocal Agreement with the County of <br />Durham to extend-water and sewer into the Eno Economic Development District, <br />development of a proposed master plan in the Buckhorn Economic Development area, <br />and coordination with the City of Mebane in support of the recent expansion of AKG <br />North America. <br />Economic Development professionals from Carrboro and Orange County are working <br />together on several current projects, and have discussed several additional opportunities <br />for collaboration in the next year. Several of these opportunities include: <br />Combined small business support through each entity's loan programs <br />Matching farmers' market vendors with Piedmont Food & Agricultural <br />Processing Center services <br />Identifying opportunities to provide joint seminars for area businesses <br />• Sharing of services for available buildings and sites <br />• Identifying collaborative opportunities for partnering with the University <br />Collaborating on updated marketing materials <br />Continuing the regular partners' meetings to identify additional opportunities to <br />work together <br />In recognizing the greater strength of -our combined resources, the Economic <br />Development professionals from Carrboro and Orange County, look forward to <br />collaborating in the coming year on these and other joint efforts. <br />