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Maintain PFAP &Agricultural-focused economic development support . <br /> Prepare EDDs for non-residential opportunities. <br /> Actively market Orange County as a premier location for new and expanding business. <br /> � Support the Visitors Bureau &Arts efforts. <br /> Current Business Prospect Activitv� Goals <br /> � Identify existing sites & buildings that are the most fully developed & marketable to <br /> prospects <br /> � Market our real estate to NC Department of Commerce recruiters <br /> � Recent activity summary with new&significant prospects ' <br /> PLANNING and ENGINEERING <br /> in support of <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> ■ Recent active prospects inauiries we have responded to include: <br /> ■ High tech IT call center—will create 50 new jobs with an average salary of$85,000/yr. <br /> We have submitted 1 available building in Hillsborough. <br /> ■ Medical clinical trial equipment—submitted 1 building for a European prospect that will <br /> create 40 new jobs. We have one good building submitted. <br /> ■ In September we had 2 Japanese life science/medical light manufacturing and R&D <br /> prospects visit sites in Mebane and Hillsborough. However, our lack of a larger existing <br /> building or additional business park sites caused the 2 Japanese prospects to focus only <br /> on our Triangle competition to the east. <br /> ■ We were unable to pursue several larger projects due to a lack of larger inventory, for <br /> examples. Recent inquiries include: <br /> ■ Aerospace —300,000 sq ft building on a 50 acre "shovel ready" site, with 150-200 jobs <br /> and a $100-$200M capital investment. <br /> ■ 1,000 employee call center— requires a 200,000 sq ft existing Class A commercial office <br /> building. <br /> ■ Automotive parts assembly project, probably employing 250—300 and investing $40 - <br /> $80 million, requiring a 200,000 sq ft existing light manufacturing facility. <br /> PROPERTY PROFILE <br /> and ATTRIBUTES <br /> : A. Vicinity and Context <br /> `�, General location map (include all commercial airports with 45 miles of the site) <br /> �. Transportation infrastructure map for truck and passenger vehicles <br /> 4�. Site boundary map <br /> � Map of adjoining and nearby businesses (include a legend that lists facility operations) <br /> B. Land Aspects <br />