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Minutes of the PEDC <br />July 1 l, 2001 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />inquiries. He said some of the inquiries have been from the direct mailing that <br />they have been doing in California and the direct mailing for the Oliver Rubber <br />facility flyer. Mr. Vest told the board that they have been doing a different <br />thing with the Oliver Rubber Building by running advertisements in the <br />Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, and the Mercury News, which <br />is a newspaper that serves a lot of the west coast in California. Also Mr. Vest <br />said that on August 27th, he sent Eric to New Orleans to the ICETEA <br />International Food Technology Show, since food is one of their target groups. <br />Mr. Vest said they were looking at several trade shows. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said Eric came up with the idea of capitalizing on the fact that Paris <br />Junior College has the best jewelry school in the country. They started looking <br />atj ewelry manufacturers and how they might complement the fact that we have <br />a jewelry school with the manufacturers. Mr. Vest said they have been <br />working with the Paris Junior College people in the jewelry school. He said <br />Paris Junior College has a show coming up in September that he and Eric want <br />to go to. Mr. Vest advised that they will not let them display at this particular <br />show, and the only way they can get in is because they are going as <br />representatives of Paris Junior College. Mr. Vest told the Board another thing <br />that prompted them to see out jewelry manufacturing is the Heilig-Meyers <br />Furniture building. This building has 28,000 square feet that is fully air <br />conditioned and is the type of facility that you use for a call center and it is <br />perfect for a jewelry manufacturer. Mr. Vest said that Bobby Walters has been <br />very involved with them on this venture. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said they have a food show coming up September 7th through the <br />10th called the North American Food and Equipment Manufacturers. Mr. Vest <br />explained that this is another show where they cannot exhibit, but they can <br />walk the show and visit with all of the exhibitors there. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest also said most of the board members know about Earthgrains being <br />bought out by Sara Lee, and he had visited with David Owens the Plant <br />Manager of Earthgrains, and it appears that things seem to be good. They do <br /> <br /> <br />