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PLAN OF WORK SUMMARY AND PRIORITIES <br />I. Foster the retention and growth of jobs <br />• Implement a formal survey in Lamar County in partnership with Paris Junior College. <br />Timeline: Aug. 1, 2021—Aug. 31, 2022 Outcome: Survey 20 primary employers <br />• Establish board member liaisons for existing industry and host dinners with corporate exec./plant managers. <br />Timeline: July 1, 2021—June 30, 2022 Outcome: Host 10 dinners <br />II. Attract new employers and industry <br />• Update and enhance the PEDC website <br />Timeline: Nov. 1, 2021— Feb. 28, 2022 Outcome: Functional new website <br />• Coordinate with Cox Field to target aerospace and aviation compatible opportunities. <br />Timeline: June 15, 2021—June 30, 2022 Outcome: Identify and Market Assets <br />III. Cultivate an entrepreneurial ecosystem <br />• Coordinate with the Small Business Development Center and Paris Junior College on understanding current <br />resources and partner roles in assisting startups. <br />Timeline: Nov. 1, 2021—June 30, 2022 Outcome: Understanding of entrepreneurial resources <br />IV. Support workforce development programming <br />• Partner with Workforce Solutions to support training grants <br />Timeline: June 15, 2021 — Dec. 30, 2021 Outcome: Secure Grant through Workforce Solutions <br />• Facilitate or support programming that creates opportunities for apprenticeships, internships, plant tours, <br />career days, job shadowing and more. <br />Timeline: July 1, 2021—Aug. 30, 2022 Outcome: Support or facilitate two initiatives <br />V. Manage and expand the community's land and building assets <br />• Grow the organization's land inventory to accommodate current needs of existing industry and projects. <br />Timeline: June 15, 2021— December 30, 2021 Outcome: Acquisition of land <br />• Establish and maintain inventory of available sites and buildings. <br />Timeline: Nov. 1, 2021— Feb. 28, 2022 Outcome: Working inventory of sites and buildings <br />VI. Encourage unified vision for Paris, Lamar County and the PEDC <br />• Brand Discovery - Establish a brand to create unified messaging that positions us to communicate <br />effectively, uniquely, and quickly to our audiences. <br />Timeline: Aug. 1, 2021—Jan. 31, 2022 Outcome: Unveiling of brand <br />• Develop and implement Social Media Campaign <br />Timeline: June 15, 2021—June 15, 2022 Outcome: Complete Social Media Plan <br />VII. Explore Internal and external funding mechanisms <br />• Identify funding resources that support infrastructure development and economic development projects. <br />Timeline: Ongoing Outcome: Project support via resources outside PEDC <br />3 <br />