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Our June Existing Industry Visits Included: Fla wTech, JDH Contracting, Inc. and Holiday Inn Express Concord /Kannapolis <br />Cabarrus Employment Info: Cabarrus County's current unemployment rate for the month of May is 6.0 %. Cabarrus ranks 17th <br />in the state with the lowest unemployment rate. <br />Noteworthy News & Upcom Events Meetings Attended in June: <br />Staff joined Chamber <br />members at the June 3 Resource Partners <br />24th Business Before 1 EDC Board Related <br />Hours. The BBH event <br />was held at the newly 4 Municipalities <br />constructed class A 3 Chamber Related Activities <br />office building located 3 Events <br />on the NC Research <br />Campus. Anchored by <br />2 Charlotte Regional Partnership <br />Carolinas Medical 5 Broker /Developer <br />Center, the office 13 Project Meetings /Site Visits <br />property caters to <br />both Medical Office 3 Existing Industry Related Visits <br />and Professional 1 Bank Executive <br />Qffice users. <br />Construction Progress: If you have traveled along Derita Road <br />". in the last few weeks, you've noticed the progress being made <br />i on the 400,000 sq ft distribution spec building at the Concord <br />Airport Business Park. The building is scheduled to be complet- <br />ed later this year. <br />The Silverman Group is also constructing a 150,000 sq ft spec <br />building in addition to the large distribution spec on the same <br />site located at Northwinds Drive and Derita Road. In addition <br />to these two spec buildings, Trinity Partners is constructing a <br />277,000 sq ft building on International Drive and Childress Klein <br />is building a 360,000 sq ft facility in the Afton Ridge Business <br />Park in Kannapolis. All four spec buildings are scheduled to be <br />completed by the end of 2014. <br />♦ Staff attended the Chamber of Commerce State of the Region Transportation Summit held on June 3rd <br />♦ Margie Bukowski attended the US Open with a local resource partner and attended an Aberdeen Carolina & Western railroad <br />networking event with the Charlotte Regional Partnership. <br />Upcoming Events <br />♦ July 9th Regional Roundtable at Catawba Manufacturing Solutions Center in Conover with Alan Brickman of the US Chamber <br />♦ July 14th Southeastern Packaging Existing Industry Visit & Tour <br />s Staff is currently in the process of certifying a greenfield site in Cabarrus County. More details to come in future reports. <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 />Attachment number 1 <br />3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 <br />1 -3 Page 265 <br />