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Concord Regional Airport: Did you know ?... CRA Fast Facts! <br />• The Concord Regional Airport is owned and operated by <br />the City of Concord <br />• Has a $171M economic impact to the region <br />• Supports more than 1,900 jobs <br />• Runway & hanger access for private jets and charter <br />planes, commercial flights, flight schools, etc. <br />• Over 61,000 operations in 2013; largest regional airport <br />in North Carolina ?�`' <br />• 7,400 x 100 ft wide runway, full instrument rated, <br />strengthened to support aircraft up to 130,000 Ibs <br />• Allegiant Air: Commercial service began December 2013. <br />Allegiant provides scheduled airline service to the Central <br />Florida area including flights to the Orlando Sanford Inter- <br />national Airport and St. Petersburg - Clearwater Interna- <br />tional Airport. <br />• Allegiant handled around 40,000 passengers last year at <br />Concord Regional; CRA is in talks with 2 additional com- <br />mercial airlines as well <br />• For more information, see Independent Tribune 2/4/2015 article: Lofty Goals for Concord Regional Airport. <br />Cabarrus Employment Info: Cabarrus County's unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% for December 2014 from 5% in November 2014. <br />Cabarrus currently ranks 19th in North Carolina with the lowest unemployment rate. North Carolina's % of union workers is the lowest in the <br />nation. In 2014, 1.9% of workers in NC were union members, down from 3% in 2013. The national union average is 11.1 %. <br />12 <br />10 <br />8 <br />6 <br />4 <br />2 <br />0 <br />t� eA �A y' ¢` to r �\ yy: et tJ r � A y 'r' �t 3 r a� -,A �'' i <br />� � e��� <br />o ;L, 3° v � �� ti v ° �� °y � �� t °ti �� °�� �° � a� <br />, , ,ti17 `Lilly <br />Noteworthy News Upcoming Events Meetin Attended in January: <br />January Existing Industry Visits: Corn - <br />♦ February 13th: Cabarrus Chamber's An- 7 Resource Partners <br />♦ <br />nual Meeting <br />ing & Alevo I Municipalities <br />♦ 1st site selection consultant mission <br />trip of 2015: Margie and other mem- <br />bers of the Charlotte Regional Partner- <br />ship were in Dallas January 13th - <br />16th meeting with over 8 consultants <br />♦ Staff attended the Team Honeycutt/ <br />Allen Tate Economic Forecast on Janu- <br />ary 26th <br />♦ February 20th: Alevo will be the featured <br />company at the Chamber's first Good <br />Morning Cabarrus event <br />♦ February 27th: State of the Region Eco- <br />nomic Development Summit will be held <br />at The Refuge from 7:45 -11:30 am. The <br />new EDP of NC CEO, Chris Chung & Sec- <br />retary of Commerce Skvarla are guest <br />speakers. <br />Chamber Related /Events General <br />Charlotte Regional Partnership <br />Project Meetings /Site Visits <br />Existing Industry Related <br />EDC Board Related <br />Brokers <br />Cabarrus Economic Development Team <br />Patrick Coughlin, President & CEO, pcoughlin @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8102 <br />Margie Bukowski, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, mbukowski @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8107 <br />Samantha Grass, Project Manager, sgrass @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8108 <br />3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 <br />www.cabarrusedc.com Attachment number 1 <br />1 -3 Page 149 <br />Cabarrus County % Unemployment, 2011 - Present <br />