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• Lobby for inclusion of the Triangle J region's economic development priorities in the <br /> State's "Comprehensive Economic Development Plan" to be adopted April, 1994 (SB27- <br /> Current Operations Appropriations Act, Section 143B-434.1). <br /> • Continue contractual responsibilities for FTZ #93 and Subzones A, B, &C. Reactivate <br /> the general purpose zone and develop new subzones as needed. <br /> and meet requirements of State appropriation. <br /> • Early-stage companies are businesses still in their conceptual stage working on <br /> financing, appropriate technologies, markets, etc. Later- stage companies are the more <br /> established businesses working on expansion, restructuring of financing, using or <br /> developing new technologies and markets,etc. <br /> Goal: To assist the education/school system of the Region to achieve a much <br /> higher level of performance-to develop the vision, the resources and the working <br /> system that will produce the best high school graduates of any school system in the <br /> world. <br /> B. Project: Highly-Skilled Workforce Program <br /> Explore ways to move our educational system towards a skilled work force model, <br /> emphasizing the needs of the student in addition to the needs of the employer. <br /> Why Now? <br /> The World Class Region Conference called for businesses and schools to work together <br /> to both keep students in school and prepare a skilled, adaptable workforce. Other <br /> regions and other countries have succeeded in developing programs that move students <br /> gradually into the workforce while they continue to learn. <br /> 1-Year Milestones <br /> • Form a task force with representatives from parents, students, business and industry, <br /> secondary education, post-secondary education, and public officials. <br /> • Develop an inventory of skilled workforce initiatives, including apprenticeship <br /> programs. <br /> • Outline one or more preliminary proposals for more detailed design and possible <br /> pilot projects. <br /> Goal: To assist member governments,individually or collectively,to deliver <br /> cost-effective services to their citizens. e.g. improved telecommunications... <br /> 2-year Milestone <br /> Obtain funding for a computerized communications highway (internet) that will allow <br /> communities to connect to local,regional, and state data to answer questions about <br /> development, growth and environmental quality.. <br />