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Z0 <br />' <br />CHARLOTTE <br />REGI <br />I L <br />;rr 4r 17 <br />" Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your Activity <br />goal. " <br />& Events <br />-- Henry Ford <br />49th <br />recruiting international business. With more than 850 foreign -owned firms in our <br />International <br />Paris Air Show puts Charlotte region's assets on display <br />Paris Air <br />generate at least 25 percent of our qualified projects from international companies. <br />Show <br />Charlotte USA will make a strong showing at the Paris Air Show that begins today <br />June 20 -26 <br />and runs through Thursday. Both Carolinas' departments of commerce will be highly <br />Paris <br />visible, and Mark Farris with the York County Economic Development Board, Ryan <br />Details <br />McDaniels of Cabarrus Economic Development, Karlisa Parker from Chester <br />County Economic Development and Chris Plate with Monroe Economic <br />Charlotte <br />Development will be traveling with their respective states' contingents to represent <br />Regional <br />the Charlotte region. Monroe has the largest concentration of aerospace <br />Community <br />manufacturers in North Carolina, and there are almost 30 composite firms and more <br />Health <br />than 100 aerospace companies, employing nearly 20,000 workers within our 16 <br />Forum <br />counties. <br />Sponsored <br />by the <br />The Charlotte Regional Partnership helped underwrite our partners' participation in <br />Institute for <br />this business development trip. Additionally, we did extensive research on the <br />Emerging <br />companies that will be at the show to help our regional representatives zero in on <br />Issues <br />the ones that are the best match for our regional assets. This highly targeted list <br />June 21 8:30 <br />makes the most productive use of our contingent's time. <br />a. m. -3:30 <br />The Paris Air Show is a good opportunity for us to attract additional foreign direct <br />p.m. <br />investment to our region. For the past several years, we have continued to focus on <br />South <br />recruiting international business. With more than 850 foreign -owned firms in our <br />Piedmont <br />region, we already have a firm base on which to build. Last year, our goal was to <br />Community <br />generate at least 25 percent of our qualified projects from international companies. <br />College <br />Conference <br />Attachment number 1 <br />1 -1 Page 618 <br />qo. nsocCarollinas HealthOre System <br />