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o o�Business Recruitment Efforts EcoM DEVELOPMENT <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> • The County & Town of Chapel Hill partnered to recruit Wegmans: <br /> — 350 FTE jobs <br /> — $1.7 mil annual retail sales tax and property taxes for the County and towns <br /> • "Efland Sewer to Mebane Phase II Extension" funding approved <br /> • Morinaga America Foods, Inc. <br /> — Grand opening earlier in 2016 reached <br /> — Reached Phase One employment target 90 jobs <br /> — Operating 2 production shifts <br /> • Upcoming release of a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) <br /> analysis request for proposals of the Economic Development Districts <br /> Project D. <br /> Project Investment Inquiries: 59 (Commercial,Light Industrial&Distribution) <br /> Project Responses: 36 <br /> Top Project Sources: Obstacles for Submissions: <br /> Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Lack of suitable existing buildings inventory(size, ceiling height, type) <br /> Commercial Brokers & Developers Utility capacity constraints <br /> Local Partners Chambers of Commerce &Towns Lack of suitable properties for large acreage requests <br /> Site selection consultants <br /> Utility Providers <br /> Direct Leads <br />