Browse
Search
Agenda - 03-13-2012 - 4b
OrangeCountyNC
>
Board of County Commissioners
>
BOCC Agendas
>
2010's
>
2012
>
Agenda - 03-13-2012 - Regular Mtg.
>
Agenda - 03-13-2012 - 4b
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
3/9/2012 2:50:26 PM
Creation date
3/9/2012 2:50:21 PM
Metadata
Fields
Template:
BOCC
Date
3/13/2012
Meeting Type
Regular Meeting
Document Type
Agenda
Agenda Item
4b
Document Relationships
Minutes 03-13-2012
(Linked From)
Path:
\Board of County Commissioners\Minutes - Approved\2010's\2012
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
32
PDF
View images
View plain text
2 <br />The final report from Dr. Malizia is included as Attachment 1. The proposal outlining the scope <br />of work is included as Attachment 2. <br />Dr. Malizia's recommendations from the attached report include: <br />• Orange County could focus on more specialized niches in the startup landscape. <br />• Until UNC's Carolina North develops to where it can more directly support life <br />science entrepreneurs, Orange County could develop office/flex space for life <br />science companies, particularly in the NC Highway 54 corridor, possibly through a <br />public/private partnership. <br />• The potential for UNC's Odum Village (former married student housing apartment <br />complex) to support campus startups could be evaluated. Odum Village is located <br />on south campus near the UNC Medical School. <br />• At some future point, as Orange County eventually utilizes more of the southern <br />campus properties in Chapel Hill and potentially shifts some operations to that <br />location, the Economic Development Department could evaluate using various <br />available County spaces in downtown Chapel Hill, such as the County-owned <br />"Jobs Link" building at 503 West Franklin Street, as an incubator center. <br />• Orange County could evaluate the potential for Carr Mill Mall to house startups, <br />with short term, reasonable rental rates. <br />~ Orange County could evaluate the potential to incorporate an incubator in the <br />proposed mixed use project being developed at 300 East Main Street in Carrboro. <br />• Orange County could evaluate the potential for Hillsborough to accommodate <br />product-oriented spin offs in existing industrial/warehouse space (such as <br />Hillsborough Business Center), as well as County-owned facilities in Hillsborough. <br />• Target the County's existing small business loan program to focus on startups, to <br />include incorporating rent subsidies in the program. <br />• Leverage existing County resources by inviting the participation of high net worth <br />residents to support entrepreneurship growth and incubator facility operations. <br />• Evaluate the potential successes of other emerging sectors such as green <br />companies, contract research organization and defense contractors. <br />• Evaluate the export potential of prepared foods. <br />• Form a working group to include representatives from UNC Chapel Hill and <br />Orange County to coordinate partnerships. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of the study ($12,200) was paid from Orange County Economic <br />Development funds in mid-2011. There is no direct financial impact associated with receiving <br />the report. The financial impact of pursuing one or more of the report recommendations will <br />vary. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive and review the <br />attached report, and provide comments to Economic Development staff. <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).