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1 <br /> _ ft <br /> x <br /> t - <br /> Below are the remarks John Gastineau will be giving to the Orange <br /> / 3; <br /> County commissioners at their regular meeting on "qaT"2711 2-2, 1982 at 10:00 a.m, <br /> My name is John Gastineau, and 1 am Chairman of the Economic Development <br /> Committee of the Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. The <br /> goals for this committee during 1982 are as follows: <br /> -Develop a strategy for creating, through and with the Chamber,,a leadershic <br /> role and capacity for the purpose of bringing together the local goveri?ments <br /> to address and deal, with: <br /> . . <br /> 1 ., Relationship with the North Carolina Industrial Division. <br /> 2. Growth policies. <br /> - - 3. Method of oreeting prospects rand ;1)owing our area. <br /> . _. <br /> 4. Development of necessary collateral materials. <br /> During our fiscal year of 1981, the Chamber attempted to address the <br /> problem of economic development in southern Orange County and to get community <br /> leaders and government officia1s thinking about the benefits of controlled, <br /> qudi,ILy eQuilumi UvelupmeilL 11,,U; uL4/: civa un6 Lhe pruper way ii. ehoulki be <br /> handled. We first had a joint meeting of our government officials in April <br /> to discuss this important topic . At that meeting, we also had a speaker <br /> from the North Carolina lndustral DevOopNent. Division giving his expPrience <br /> as to how we go about organizing for economic development. <br />