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International Business Park. This diversified 500 acre commercial and industrial business park is located along Interstate 85 at Exit 55. The Park is currently home to 30 companies, including five international firms and four Fortune 500 firms. Newer additions to the park include Celgard, Bonded Logistics and PreGel America. Two speculative industrial/logistics type buildings are planned for this development and should be underway by 2014. Afton Glen. Located just off Interstate 85 at Exit 54, this mixed-use development includes a thriving retail component as well as sites suited for office and institutional uses. Multiple parcels are available and high quality road and sidewalk infrastructure is in place. River Oaks Corporate Center. A campus style development located on 150 acres of land at the corner of Poplar Tent and Derita Roads in Concord near Concord Regional Airport. The master plan can accommodate 50,000 to 1.5 million square feet of logistics and manufacturing space. Midland Multimodal Industrial Park. Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway and a Raleigh development company have plans to build a 125-acre business park. At full build out the park would contain 4 million square feet of distribution and light industrial space with companies employing more than 1,000 workers. Z-Max Industrial Park. Z-Max Industrial Park offers a rail served site with excellent highway access. The site is served by major utilities and is home to motorsports related businesses, including US Legend Cars International. The County’s prior rapid growth, largely attributable to the County’s position in the Charlotte metropolitan region, slowed as a result of the global recession, but is expected to resume, albeit at a slower pace, as the global economy recovers. The County believes that its short-range and long-range planning has provided the necessary infrastructure to accommodate anticipated growth, and the County cooperates with its municipalities in economic recruiting and development efforts. The Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation (CEDC), which operates with a full-time staff, serves as the primary recruiting and marketing entity. The structure greatly enhances efforts in business retention and expansion, entrepreneurship and new business recruitment. Given these changes, combined with the availability of sites within commercial and industrial parks with all municipal services available located near major highways and interstates, the County expects continued strong economic development in the area. The CEDC has been accredited by the International Economic Development Council which is an independent verification of the status of the organization. The CEDC is one of only 24 economic development organizations worldwide which have been accredited by the International Economic Development Council. The following table lists the 10 largest manufacturing and non-manufacturing employers in the County as of 2012: Approximate Number of Employer Service Employees Carolinas Medical Ctr.-Northeast Medical Center 4,500 Concord Mills Mall Retail 4,000 Cabarrus County Schools Education 3,800 Cabarrus County Government 975 City of Concord Government 925 Connextions Business Solutions 900 Kannapolis City Schools Education 750 Shoe Show Shoe Distributor 700 Hendrick Motorsports Automotive Racing 500 ____________ Source: Cabarrus County Economic Development Corporation (2012) 5