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10 <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS <br /> • Establishment of Research Triangle Regional Partnership ($800,000/yr. marketing <br /> Recruitment) <br /> - Trade Shows <br /> - Video <br /> - Brochures <br /> • Establishment of Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau(reports to EDC) <br /> • Establishment of Small Business and Technology Development Center Regional Office in <br /> Chapel Hill(EDC funds$10,000 per year) <br /> - Provides free assistance <br /> • Establishment of Orange County Community Housing Corp. <br /> • Passage of Economic Development Districts(adding 1,653 acres of pre-zoned land) <br /> • Establishment of Utility Extension Fund and procedure for use <br /> • JOBS program with EDC contract for placement <br /> • Smart Start Program to address early childhood issues <br /> • Women Business owners'Roundtable provides targeted assistance <br /> • Extended area phone service adopted <br /> • Fiscal impact model in use by Orange County Planning <br /> • Carrboro and Hillsborough's Farmers'Markets now thriving <br /> • Goodwork Micro Loan Program <br /> • Midway Development Commission <br /> • New EDC Publications Assist Businesses <br /> • Limited success in the area of county-wide utility coordination <br /> s <br />