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<br />Attachment <br /> <br />Recommendation for Cabarrus County Tourism Authority <br />Support of the Cabarrus County Economic Development Initiative <br /> <br />Purpose: <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Tourism Authority strongly supports the initiative to broaden and <br />improve the economic development program for Cabarrus County, The Authority <br />recognizes that successful efforts to attract new business to our county or expand <br />existing businesses in the county will eventually result in increased business travel <br />expenditures, Therefore, the Tourism Authority will become a partner in the newly <br />constituted Economic Development Corporation, <br /> <br />Financial Support: <br /> <br />Just as many private businesses and municipal governments have done, the Tourism <br />Authority will make a three-year commitment to financially support the Economic <br />Development Corporation, The Authority's pledge will be $25,000 per year forthree <br />years. <br /> <br />Representation on the Economic Development Board: <br /> <br />In recognition of the Authority's commitment, the Tourism Authority will be provided one <br />voting seat on the new Economic Development Board, <br /> <br />Location of the Convention & Visitors Bureau Offices: <br /> <br />Recognizing the importance of the close cooperation that currently exists between the <br />CCCVB and the Cabarrus Regional Chamber, the CCCVB's office will remain in the <br />Chamber building under a new three-year lease, This will also enable the Bureau to work <br />closely with the staff of the new Economic Development Corporation which will also be <br />housed in the Chamber Building, <br /> <br />MarketinQ Cooperation: <br /> <br />The Tourism Authority will commit to working closely with both the Chamber and the <br />Economic Development Corporation to market the county. This will encourage the <br />development of the correct imaging for both tourism development and economic <br />development. <br /> <br />The Tourism Authority will also set aside funds to assist economic development efforts <br />that will promote the county as a tourism destination. <br /> <br />file: proposed CCCVB econ dev corp partnership <br /> <br />v <br />",' ~ <br /> <br />4 <br />r. J~ <br />