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Creative ED Consulting -2015 Give Back Winner! On March 27th, it was announced that we were named the winner of the 2015 Creative Give Back project. Our proposal for the $25,000 in free con- sulting is to develop a marketing and awareness campaign to attract more females into distribution, production, truck driving, and other non- traditional female jobs. This would address a workforce challenge and the campaign has the potential to be replicated in other communities. The Creative team will begin working with us on this initiative this spring with final recommendations /next steps presented this fall. Stay tuned! To learn more about Creative Economic Development Consulting: www.creativeedc.com Midland site chosen for Duke Site Readiness 2015 Program! The Clayton Love site located on HWY 601, directly across from Corning, in Mid- land was selected for the Duke Site Readiness 2015 program. This program is in- tended to identify, assess, improve and increase awareness of industrial sites served by Duke Energy. The program includes: 1) Initial assessment of industrial sites (existing or potential) from the perspective of a top site selection consultant, McCallum Sweeney Consulting. 2) A more detailed "buildability" assessment and development of conceptual plans for the sites by expert land use and site planners. 3) For each site the studies validate as viable for a large industry, Duke Energy will provide a matching grant for implementing improvements recommended by the studies. For additional information about the Site Readiness Program: h ttp:/ /www. considerthecarolinas. com /site- readiness. asp View of Love Tract's frontage along US 601 February Employment Numbers: Cabarrus County's unemployment rate dropped to 5.1% for February from 5.3% in January. The County's labor force was also up 1,157 from January. Cabarrus currently ranks 16th in North Carolina with the lowest unemployment rate. Job growth slowed in March, with the US economy adding only 126,000 net new jobs. Top Federal Reserve officials state that March's weak job growth is probably tempo- rary, triggered by unusually severe winter weather in the Northeast and Midwest this first quarter. Noteworthy News ♦ March Existing Industry Visits: Alevo, Tactegra, Holiday Inn ♦ Margie attended the NCEDA Mid Winter Conference in Pinehurst on March 10th and 11th ♦ The State of the Region Economic Devel- opment Summit that featured the new EDP of NC CEO, Chris Chung & Secretary of Commerce Skvarla as guest speakers was held on March 13th. Upcoming Events ♦ April 17th: Women in Business Confer- ence and Appreciation Event ♦ April 27th -30th: Staff will be partici- pating in The American Filtration and Separations Society's 2015 Filtration & Separation in Power Generation Confer- ence in Charlotte. ♦ April 29th: Project managers from EDP of NC will be visiting Cabarrus and tour- ing buildings, sites and other assets while in the County. For Chamber Programs, Calendar & Event details: www. Cabarrus.biz 7 Resource Partners Municipalities 3 Chamber Related /Events General 3 Charlotte Regional Partnership 2 Project Meetings /Site Visits Existing Industry Related 1 Brokers EDC Board Cabarrus Economic Development Team i Patrick Coughlin, President & CEO, pcoughlin @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8102 Margie Bukowski, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, mbukowski @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8107 Samantha Grass, Project Manager, sgrass @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8108 3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 www.cabarrusedc.com Attachment number 1 1 -2 Page 146