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,,:~;~, CA BARRUS COUNTY ~ ?b PLANNING DEPARTMENT Post Office BOX 707 CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA 28025 MEMORANDUM TO: Charles D. McGinnis/County Manager FROM: Thomas B. Robinson/Planning Director TSP. DATE: June 12, 1984 SUBJECT: Update of County's 1977 Overall Economic Development Plan An update of the County's 1977 Overall Economic Development Plan has been prepared and needs review and approval by the Board of Commissioners Monday, June 18, 1984, if at all possible. One of the prerequisites in applying for Federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) assistance for a wide range of economic development projects is an active Overall Economic Develo~lent Plan for the area. As you are aware the Town of Mount Pleasant has applied for EDA assistance to fund construction of a water impoundment. EDA has tentatively approved a $600,000 grant to the Town of Mount Pleasant for that purpose. In Order for final approval to be given, there has to be evidence of an "active" OEDP for the County. Mount Pleasant needs to receive EDA approval before July 31, 1984, so that it does not lose the Cannon Foundation matching grant of $250,000. This is the reason for asking that the update be approved Monday. Mr. Dale Jones, the State representative for the Economic Development Administration has stated that an update of the ,numbers" in the 1977 OEDP would suffice. The Planning Department pushed to complete this update in the required time period. The updated plan is basically the same as the 1977 plan with certain changes in format and more up-to-date numbers. In order for Mount Pleasant to receive their grant, I recommend that the Board of Commissioners adopt this updated OEDP. I would further recommend that the Board give consideration to forming an OEDP committee to review the update further and make more recommendations concerning economic development in the County. This effort would help focus county attention on economic development needs and would give the County a viable active OEDP in case other opportunities for EDA funding arise. Due to final editing and typing constraints, I do not have the final copy ready for your agenda package but can see that the OEDP is hand delivered Friday so each Commissioner can review the ~lan before Monday's meeting.