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Cabarrus Roots is a Business Retention and Expansion program, a vital component of <br />-14 an economic development strategy. Existing customers are the best and most <br />CIRBROUC reliable resource to gauge and understand the state of the local economy and to identify <br />7 workforce issues and barriers to growth. <br />January Visits <br />Rob Wallace— Reviewing Midland Industrial Park Sites <br />• Atlas Sign Industries: Atlas is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL with a Cabarrus <br />location in Concord. Atlas provides design, project management, manufacturing, and installation services. <br />Locally, Atlas employees 100 at their Concord facility. <br />We'd Love to Visit You & Your Business! Please call Samantha at 704 - 260 -8108 to schedule a visit today or to learn <br />more about our existing industry program. <br />Employment Stats: Cabarrus County's December unemployment rate dropped to 5.9 %, down from 6.2% reported in <br />November. Cabarrus ranks #17 for lowest unemployment in North Carolina. For the month of December, only 5 <br />counties in NC had unemployment rates greater than 10 %. <br />Noteworthy No -,tT <br />Welcome to our new President /CEO, Patrick Coughlin! <br />Patrick was recently named the new President & CEO for the Cabarrus Regional Chamber <br />of Commerce and Economic Development. His first official day with our team was <br />February 3rd. Patrick joins us from Southern Pines where he served at President & CEO <br />of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce since 2006. <br />Congratulations to Anna Lu Wilson! <br />Congratulations to our former VP of Business Services, Anna Lu Wilson, who was just <br />recently named the new Economic Development Director for the Town of Harrisburg. <br />Anna Lu joined Cabarrus Economic Development in July 2008. We wish her well and look <br />forward to our continued work with her and the Town of Harrisburg! <br />Upcoming Events we are Attending: <br />2/10 & 2/11 Emerging Issues Forum, Teachers & the Great Economic <br />Debate, Raleigh, NC <br />2/20 Sea Life Aquarium Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening <br />3/4 -3/8 CONEXPO— CON /AGG, Construction & Agriculture Industries, Las Vegas <br />3/11 NC Economic Developers Association Conference, Pinehurst, NC <br />Cabarrus Economic Development Team <br />Margie Bukowski, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, mbukowski @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8107 <br />Samantha Grass, Project Manager /Existing Industry Specialist, sgrass @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8108 <br />3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 Attachment number 1 <br />1 -4 Page 172 <br />Patrick Coughlin <br />