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Paris and the Red River Region Sustainable Manufacturinq Road Map & Initiative During 7ask 2 aur methodology is iocused on: • Identifying the Red River Regian's limitatians and/or the need to upgrads its 'infrasiructurs' io meei market expectations, cluster development, and overail economic rebuilding. Mapping local, regional, and multi-state assets to determine leverage of Paris' role as 1he hub for a pilot project and {ong-term strategic plan around sustair►ahle manufacturing. • Fiitering through specific examples of how other states, regions, institutions and organizatians have created similar initiatives so that the PEDC is in the forefront of thought-leadership, understanding of the emerging susta+nable manufacturing sector, and the design of a regional eco-system far hosting the next generatian of tood, consumer goods and reiated manufacturing. • Targeting companies, firms, organizations, and institutions that are possible recruitments #or expansion or relacation to the Red River - including cantact names, product scope> business aciivities, and reiated market intelligence. Task 3: Policies, investmen#s, and Program Suppork: Recommendations tor Immediate, Near- and Long-Term Actfans OutpUt . An executive summary document (PawerPoint) of findings and recommendatsons for presentation to the key stakeholders, investors, sponsors, and other interested parties necessary far suppart and advocacy. . This task inciudes an "ask" of federal, state, corporate and philanthropic agencies, programs and sponsors to support an innovation-based, sustainable manuiacturing pilot, test-bed agenda. . We will produce a framework for cammunications ihrough web-based iaols that promote the Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative by suggesting multipEe tracks on which to provide data, information, on-gang thaught-leadership, engagement, and investment. . We will identify and suggesi specific #actics for 7argets of Opportunity - corporate, industry, non-proiit and governmental expansion and relocation to the Red River Region. Key Action S#eQs Severaf fundamental steps necessary to reach parity wiih competitors and a smaller mare focused agenda to spark the `leap-frog` ahead of those same campetitors. Therefore, we will: i. Form a Compefifive Scenario thal can be fully executed in a wave ai actions, a portfolio of immediate versus near- and long-ierm requirements. 2. These recammendatians are not ail based on resource allacation, meaning the solution is not often found solely through spending new monies. Yet, to be sure, the PEDC and the Red River Region must make a purposeful dscision that "sustainable manufacturing" is ai the top of their iisi of economic development strategies and musi make a commitmen# towards achieving results through all means necessary. Thereiore, we are suggesting that ihe PEDC 'incubate'the Phase 1 aciivities and #hat Phase 2 only begin with nan-PEDC grants, contracis, gifts and ather resources to complete additional tasks AND ta launch the Sustainable Manufacturing Initiative. 3. Federal programs through competitive grants and contracts, including ihe remasning dollars from the Recovery Aci, and future investments through key economic and workforce development agencies must, and will be identitied as a source of co-partnership in the Region. Corporate and philanthrapic investments are increasingly changing #he dynamics by facusing on immediate and near-term results fior economic susiainability, envrronmental, and energy-related activitiss and pilot projects. 4ot6 d 11