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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ORANGE COUNTY <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION'S FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN <br />ENTITLED INVESTING IN INNOVATION <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Economic Development Commission's Five-Year Strategic Plan <br />entitled Investing in /nnovation seeks to create 5,000 new private sector jobs and add <br />$125,000,000 in new commercial property by June 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, the Strategic Plan outlines specific and attainable goals in four work group areas: <br />Business Climate, Infrastructure, Work Force Development, and Quality of Life; and <br />WHEREAS, the Strategic Plan was developed via 28 work group meetings and over 1400 <br />volunteer hours; and <br />WHEREAS, support has been sought for the Strategic Plan through presentations to local <br />governments, civic organizations, and business organizations; and <br />WHEREAS, the Economic Development Commission Board Members and Director presented <br />the Strategic Plan to the Garrboro Board of Aldermen, the Government Relations Committee of <br />the Chapel Hill/Garrboro Chamber of Commerce, the Government Affairs Committee of the <br />Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce, the membership of the <br />Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce, the Hillsborough Town Board, and other <br />civic organizations and received comments and suggestions on the report; and <br />WHEREAS, the Garrboro Board of Aldermen, the Chapel Hill/Garrboro Chamber of Commerce, <br />and the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce have passed resolutions <br />supporting the Strategic Plan and urging its formal adoption by Orange County Government; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />hereby formally endorses the Economic Development Commission Five-Year Strategic Plan and <br />encourages the Economic Development Commission to move forward with implementation. <br />