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Industrial and Business Parks. A variety of other industrial and business parks located throughout the County have provided additional focus points for economic development. For companies investigating new operations or expansions in the Charlotte area, these parks provide alternatives to sites in Charlotte or Mecklenburg County. Public utility service is widely available to these parks. Following are brief descriptions of several of these parks. Z-Max Industrial Park. Z-Max Industrial Park offers a rail served site with excellent highway access. The site is served by major utilities and is already home to motorsports related businesses including 600 Racing. International Business Park. The owners of the International Business Park actively pursue private investment from around the world. Among those companies with facilities in the Park are Oiles America Corporation, a Japanese company, opened a manufacturing plant for self-lubricating bearings in 1991;Pass & Seymour Legrand, a French company, which opened a manufacturing plant for electrical wiring devices in 1991;Dai Nippon Printing Company Ltd. ("DNP"), which began operations in 1995 and produces media (such as ribbons and tapes); Federal Express, which opened its facility in 1997; SYSCO Corporation, aHouston-based food service provider, which built a new warehouse/distribution complex in 1997 to serve nearly all of North and South Carolina, as well as parts of Georgia and Virginia; and the Minka Group, a lighting products company, which built a facility to serve as its east coast distribution center. Recently, the owners of International Business Park completed a 76,000 square foot high-end speculative building in 2004. This building now is the workplace for over 1,200 persons, including employees of Connextions, a business solutions provider. Finally, PreGel America opened its $20 million North American headquarters in the Park in 2008 with over 100 employees. Concord Regional Airport/Airoort Business Park. The City of Concord continues to develop a general aviation reliever airport on approximately 850 acres adjacent to I-85. This facility, known as Concord Regional Airport, has a 7,200 foot paved, fully instrumented runway with control tower, which can accommodate all corporate and commuter aircraft. Flight operations began at the airport in September 1994. The total cost for the airport was approximately $27 million, which has been paid from City funds (4%) and State and Federal grant funds (16% and 80% respectively). The City has completed the construction of 67 T-hangars and 4 large conventional storage hangars at the airport since the summer of 1995. Awaiting list of about 30 airplanes now exists for additional hangar space. The airport currently has 170 aircraft based at the airport with an estimated total value of $100 million. The City contracted for afull-time air traffic control tower in September of 1998 to enhance aviation traffic safety. The airport has a full aircraft maintenance facility, three flight schools, four aircraft charter services, a full-time medical examiner, aircraft detailing, four airfreight providers, and a helicopter radio platform service. The City proposes to construct additional conventional hangar space to accommodate the tremendous demand for aircraft basing at Concord Regional Airport. Additional basing will increase revenues from storage and fuel sales. The runway was recently lengthened to 7,200 ft. The City has completed the construction of the Airport Business Park and access roads to service other revenue generating acreage adjacent to the airport on the west side. The Park is home to Roush Fenway Racing's headquarter and museum. West Winds Industrial Park. The first phase of the West Winds Industrial Park, located directly across from the airport entrance, is complete, and an 18,000 square foot mixed office/industrial space has been completed. The West Winds Industrial Park includes a 45,000 square foot NASCAR R&D center to research new safety methods and a facility for National Tour, a NASCAR-related firm that builds and services haulers and product demonstration trailers. A 56,000 square foot speculative building has been occupied and there is additional land for development. G-8 Attachment number 3 Page 275