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-14 Cabarrus EDC conducts sit down meetings with individual businesses located through - <br />GBARRUS out the county to understand and assist with needs and serve as a point of contact to <br />connect owners with City and County departments, public officials, community leaders <br />No' and programs. <br />BuT Visited by Month <br />9 <br />3 <br />7 <br />6 <br />n <br />z � <br />1 <br />Aug S'ep Get <br />Take Away Summary From Existing Industry Visits <br />Businesses Visited by Location <br />County, 1 <br />Midl <br />Harrisburg, 2 <br />Kannapolis, 2 Concord, 9 <br />1. Companies are feeling more confident, 7 companies mentioned expansion plans in the next 6 -12 months. <br />2. All Cabarrus business owners commented that their current workforce is very stable and productive. <br />3. Job openings at these companies are increasing, 13 of the 16 companies had at least one position available. <br />4. Six businesses asked specifically about hiring military veterans. We referred them to Ken Sellers, North Caroli- <br />na Department of Commerce Division of Workforce Solutions, Concord Office /Cabarrus Job Link Center. <br />Noteworthy <br />• New Jersey -based developers, The Silverman Group represented <br />by Avison Young will be building a 400,000 speculative building <br />near the Concord Regional Airport. <br />• The Charlotte marketing team for CBRE Group Inc. has been <br />named the real estate broker of the Philip Morris USA facility. <br />CBRE along with Cabarrus EDC, has hosted two tours with EDC <br />and Chamber Boards. More tours are being planned for City, County and legislative leaders. <br />Upcoming Events: <br />11/15 NC Department of Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker hosts a Listening Tour in Cabarrus County for the ten <br />county Charlotte Region. <br />11/18 Presentation to NC Department of Commerce by Cabarrus EDC. This promotes the county to the state <br />economic development team for future projects. <br />12/5 Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit with Governor McCrory. <br />Cabarrus Economic Development Team <br />Margie Bukowski, Senior Vice President of Economic Development, mbukowski @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8107 <br />Anna Lu Wilson, Vice President of Business Services, awilson @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8109 <br />Samantha Grass, Existing Industry Specialist, sgrass @cabarrus.biz, 704 - 260 -8108 <br />1 -4 Page 225 <br />