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EDC 2 <br /> 411,. <br /> . . <br /> C. Community Conditions or Changes (Past or Present) Which Bring About the <br /> Need for the Services Renderedipy the Department. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners in 1982 recognized that <br /> economic development is needed to directly and indirectly address the <br /> probleMs of underemployment, uneven and narrow tax base, and uneven <br /> geographic distribution of job opportunities. To address these problems, the <br /> County requires economic development of an untraditional type, which will <br /> complement and reinforce the quality environment and the County's location <br /> adjacent to major scientific research centers and the Research Triangle Park. <br /> The need for economic development is a County-wide concern, and <br /> • requires a mechanism to ensure coordination, continuous representation and <br /> funding, but prior to the establishment of the Economic Development <br /> Commission the focus on economic development was minimal, uncoordinated and <br /> intermittent: neither the County nor any of its four towns had a policy, <br /> strategy or budget items for economic development, though some effort had <br /> been tried by individual towns and the. Chambers. The creation of an umbrella <br /> economic development organization by Resolution of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners in December 1982 was the solution to this problem. <br /> D. What the Department Head Foresees as Needing to Be Done as Objectives <br /> or Significant Elements of. Workload in 1984-85 and What Has Been <br /> Accomplished <br /> The significant element of the workload in 1984-85 is the <br /> implementation of a promotional strategy to attract quality businesses to <br /> Orange County, to locate in areas already identified by the County and the <br /> towns as suitable for business development. Elements in the strategy include <br /> the production of a brochure by July 1985, advertising in Town anclanqn, and <br /> a promotional newsletter in autumn, 1985. The effective distribution of this <br /> material and the positive promotional message will be facilitated by the <br /> intensive development of a contact network in Orange County and elsewhere, <br />