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Paris and the Red River Region Sustainable Manufacturina Road Map & Initiative sponsors for Phase 2 tasks, impiementation, and #uture investment in a Red River Sustainable Manufacturing Center of Exceilence with naiional and global industty interests. Taslc 2: Benchmarking and Best Practices Output . An underpinning of our tindings will be to identify a portfofio of actions and investments thai Paris and the Red River Region can pu# in place over the next few years so that ii is creating a`leap-frog' scenario as a state and naiional pilot and exempfar. . Simply, if the Red River Region is only seeking to play 'catch-up' or at least maintenance with competitor communities and locations, it wiil have lost the competitian. . The Region must design and implement a strategy that is still viable and effective now as well as in the toreseeable future. Kev Action Steps Whife mast benchmarking focuses on finding camparative states and regions on which to cantrast practices and policies as well as results, we have found ihis to be ineffective since ihe race is more a "marathon and not a sprini." We will: i. identify what the marketplace is currently doing well, what limitations or weaknesses prevent greater results, and where new initiatives or policies would remove barriers and exploit competitive advantages for a Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative. 2. identify, docurr'ient and understand on what assets Paris and the larger Red River Region can address ihe above assessment of indusiry needs and interests - and where the gaps limit the response for launching and supporting a pilot initiative. 3. Examine the near- and long-term market size potential for Sustainable Manuiacturing - what is the potential for Paris and the Red River Region to capture a certain percentage of the national markei share in the sector and sub•sector over the course of a five-year road map and imp{ementation plan? 4. Through our benchmarking and besi pract+ces, the Praject Advisory Team and t'EDC Staff will understand whai it takes for a region to strategically design an implemen#ation plan for attracting, recruiting, and growing a Sus#ainable Manufacturing Initiative and C{uster, including bath traditiQnal and nan-traditionai tactics for marketing, promoting, and engaging state and national interests to participaie in this unique scenario. 5. As part of this market-share anaiysis, we will work through the PEDG and its regional partners (Sulphur Springs and Mt. Pleasant EDCs) in their pending arrangement with the Texas A&M research team. We will agree ta share data, analysis, and other information that provides for a more rabust impact and output of mutual interests for the success of the project. 6. We will examine states and regions adjacent to the Red River Region, as weii as efforts in Oregon, Washington State, Caiifornia, Hawaii, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Maine, Kansas, and North Dakota. We wiil also conduct benchmarking and best practices - regardless of the state or location - on the following elements along the sustainable manufacturing scenario for the Red River Region: • Intellectual property acquisition in the absence of a research university • Contract manufacturing, testing and evaluation Facility design, construction and maintenance • Capilai formation - seed> early stage, and prooi of concept for future test-beds • LOgIStIGS, transportation, and delivery (airport, rail, road/surface, and digital) • Environmental packaging, resources, and related `green technology' appfications 3 of 6 39