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Mr. Vest said there are a lot Of associations that they have through the PEDC <br />such as NETMOB which isthe Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Council and <br />he is the chairman elect of that association. Also the TEDC, which is the Texas <br />Economic Development Council, and ACCRO, which is the American <br />Chambers of Commerce Researchers Association. Mr. Vest informed the <br />Board that the quarterly cost of living survey is complete, which was done <br />through ACCRO. Other associations they belong to are Texas Department of <br />Economic Development, Northeast Texas Economic Development Roundtable, <br />East Texas Gulf Highway Association, Texas Good Roads Association, <br />International Economic Development Council and the Southern Economic <br />Development Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest announced that the new web page is up if anyone wanted to check it <br />out at www.paristexas.com. Mr. Vest said they have already had a lot of <br />response to the web site and it is more user friendly. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said they placed two billboards on 1-30 and showed a picture of each <br />of the billboards. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest announced that they had 12 prospects during the year from the Texas <br />Economic Development Corporation, and one of those developed into a prospect <br />visit. There were 6 other "suspect" leads that they met with on possible projects. <br />Mr. Vest said some of the projects that they did this year were Paris Custom <br />Trailer expansion, Hydro-Conduit water main extension, and an EDA <br />application for Sara Lee to try to build a rail spur into Sara Lee. They did a <br />wage and benefit survey which Mr. Vest passed out for the Board to review. <br />Mr. Vest said they also did a labor survey which was done by telephone. It was <br />done by this same company, which is the Economic Development Services out <br />of Irving. Mr. Vest advised the Board that they did the Cox Field Airport <br />brochure with Tommy Haynes doing the bulk of the work on that survey. <br /> <br />Another project they started this year was the Northwest Industrial District. He <br />said this is going to be a major project. Mr. Vest showed a photograph before <br />and after they started the project. <br /> <br /> <br />