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<br />The PACE Group recommends: <br /> <br />. The development of a Business Retention Survey which <br />would be approved by PEDe Board to use in interviewing <br />the TOP 20 firms in your community. <br /> <br />. The origination of specific strategies, after the interviews, to best <br />create new jobs from your existing industrial base. <br /> <br />Example: XYZ Corporation Group Vice President of Manufacturing <br />would be based in Chicago. A strategy that could be reconunended is that the Mayor <br />or a PEDC Board Member visit with this individual by the third quarter of 1994 with <br />documentation on labor availability and costs compared to other sister facility loca- <br />tions that could be competing for additional products in their facility. The PACE <br />Group will assist in preparing the proper data to effectively sell Paris to the home <br />office of your existing firm. <br /> <br />TASK III <br /> <br />PEDC WORKSHOP WITH COMMUNITY <br />AND INDUSTRY LEADERS <br /> <br />Diverse groups have different needs and objectives. <br /> <br />For government officials, the result of strategic planning is to achieve <br />areas of agreement among diverse constituencies in order to bring about <br />desired change. <br /> <br />For businesses and industries, the resul.t of strategic planning is to maximize <br />profits. <br /> <br />For educators, the result of strategic planning is to fulfill the need for a <br />skilled work force. <br /> <br />5 <br />