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MINUTES OF THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION <br />REGULAR MEETING <br /> November 20, 2002 <br /> <br />The Paris Economic Development Corporation met in a regular session on <br />Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 4:00 P.M. at Paris Junior College, Applied <br />Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street. President Jay Guest <br />called the meeting to order with the following Directors present: Curtis Fendley, <br />Richard L. Severson, and Mike Dunn. Also present were Executive Director Gary <br />Vest, City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk and City <br />Clerk Mattie Cunningham. <br /> <br />President Guest called for the approval of the minutes from a previous meeting. A <br />motion was made by Director Fendley, seconded by Director Severson, for approval <br />of the minutes as presented. The motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />President Guest advised the Board Members that Mr. Anderson was not able to <br />attend the meeting, but the financial report had been included in their packet for <br />review. A motion was made by Director Severson, seconded by Director Dunn, for <br />approval of the financial report. The motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />President Guest called for the Director's report. <br /> <br />Gary Vest, Executive Director of Paris Economic Development Corporation, reported <br />that since the last meeting, they had twenty-nine inquiries through their <br />advertisement program. Mr. Vest furnished the Board with a copy of an insert that <br />was a special section on Enterprise Zones that they did in Plants Sites & Parks, and <br />pointed out the ad for the City of Paris and a write up on the Enterprise Zone. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said they had been trying different things on advertising. At this time, there <br />is an ad in The Houston Chronicle on the K-Mart Building and he had received a <br />telephone call the previous day regarding this building from a company that does <br />manufactured housing. Mr. Vest said they were going to continue placing ads in this <br />same manner in The Dallas Morning News and maybe in some other newspapers to <br />see how good the responses are. <br /> <br /> <br />