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ETS Express Opens Production Facility in Concord <br />• Over 200 manufacturing and warehousing jobs <br />expected to be created. <br />• The newly- constructed industrial facility consists of <br />over 152,000 square feet of combined office, <br />production, and warehouse space that will work to <br />produce promotional drinkware items. <br />• Learn more about ETS coming to Concord: <br />http://www.etsexpress.com//ocation s/ <br />Noteworthy News & Events <br />• Gordon Food Service started operations at their new <br />distribution center in Kannapolis during January. A grand <br />opening was held on January 12th. Governor Pat McCrory <br />attended the event and welcomed GFS to the community. The <br />Company has increased their anticipated job count to 300 <br />from 275 <br />• Josh Fernandez, Research & Marketing Assistant, was awarded <br />the Friends Underwriting Economic Development (F.U.E.D.) <br />Scholarship at the Charlotte Regional Partnership board <br />meeting in January. Josh will be attending a Basic Economic <br />Development course in March. <br />• Cabarrus County's unemployment rate dropped to 4.7% in <br />December from 4.9% in November. The current rate is the <br />12th lowest in North Carolina. <br />• Sign -up for our blog to receive Cabarrus County insight <br />http://cabarrusedc. com /forms /bloc -sign up/ <br />• Good luck to the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50! <br />OROL J IMN <br />E S <br />A0 0 A F I ' N R <br />A <br />Zn <br />6 Existing Industry & Business Visits <br />4 Follow -up Visits <br />17 Connections /Referrals <br />20 Partner Meetings <br />4 Project Meetings <br />Product Development Meetings <br />Cabarrus Economic Development Team <br />Terry Crawford, Interim President & CEO, tcrawford @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8102 <br />Samantha Grass, Project Manager, sgrass @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8108 <br />LeeAnn Nixon, Existing Industry Specialist, Inixon @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8112 <br />Josh Fernandez, Research & Marketing Assistant, jfernandez @cabarrus.biz 704 - 260 -8107 <br />3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 <br />www.cabarrusedc.com <br />Attachment number 1 \n <br />1 -2 Page 178 <br />