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Carol ~~~'oods Retirement Center Retirement Community 225 <br />Lowe's Food Food Store 205 <br />Weaver Street Market, Inc. Retail Natural Foods 195 <br />Performance Chevrolet Retail Auto Sales'Service 175 <br />UPS Parcel Distribution Center 170 <br />Source: Orange County Economic Development Commission as of January 2006. <br />Construction activity in the County is indicated by the number and construction value of building <br />permits as set forth in the following table: <br />Fiscal Y ear <br />Ended or Residential Commercial <br />Ending Number of ~jalue ~jalue Total ~jalue <br />June 30 Building Permits (In Thousands) ~In Thousands (In Thousands <br />2001 2,994 $229,680 $44,676 $274,356 <br />2002 2,106 227, 5 89 47,136 274,725 <br />2003 1,945 229,880 59,486 289,366 <br />2004 2,047 213,589 26,642 240,231 <br />2005 2,153 201,810 54,899 256,709 <br />20061 <br />Through 2006 <br />Source: Inspection divisions of the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and of the County. <br />Total retail sales in the County for the past five fiscal years are shown in the following table: <br />Fiscal <br />Year Ended Total Retail Increase Over <br />June 30 Sales Previous Year <br />2001 $1,215,464,600 11.6% <br />2002 1,256,004,719 3.3 <br />2003 1,353,833,925 7.8 <br />2004 1,375,933,669 1.6 <br />2005 [To come] <br />Source: North Carolina Department of Revenue, Sales and Use Tax Division. <br />The County expects total retail sales for the current fiscal year to show a moderate <br />increase from the prior fiscal year. <br />Employment <br />The North Carolina Employment Security Commission has estimated the percentage of <br />unemployment in the County to be as follows: <br />C-883836v4 13361.00022 1 <br />