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Paris Economic Development Corp. <br />Regular Meeting Jan. 15, 2003 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />this year they were going to the Commercial Realtor Show. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said there are a lot of associations that they have through the PEDC <br />such as NETMOB which is the Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Council and <br />he is the chairman elect of that association. Also the TEDC, which is the Texas <br />Economic Development Council, and ACCRO, which is the American <br />Chambers of Commerce Researchers Association. Mr. Vest informed the <br />Board that the quarterly cost of living survey is complete, which was done <br />through ACCRO. Other associations they belong to are Texas Department of <br />Economic Development, Northeast Texas Economic Development Roundtable, <br />East Texas Gulf Highway Association, Texas Good Roads Association, <br />International Economic Development Council and the Southern Economic <br />Development Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest announced that the new web page is up if anyone wanted to check it <br />out at www.paristexas.com. Mr. Vest said they have already had a lot of <br />response to the web site and it is more user friendly. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said they placed two billboards on 1-30 and showed a picture of each <br />of the billboards. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest announced that they had 12 prospects during the year from the Texas <br />Economic Development Corporation, and one of those developed into a <br />prospect visit. There were 6 other %uspect" leads that they met with on <br />possible projects. Mr. Vest said some of the projects that they did this year <br />were Paris Custom Trailer expansion, Hydro-Conduit water main extension, <br />and an EDA application for Sara Lee to try to build a rail spur into Sara Lee. <br />They did a wage and benefit survey which Mr. Vest passed out for the Board <br />to review. Mr. Vest said they also did a labor survey which was done by <br />telephone. It was done by this same company, which is the Economic <br />Development Services out of Irving. Mr. Vest advised the Board that they did <br />the Cox Field Airport brochure with Tommy Haynes doing the bulk of the work <br />on that survey. <br /> <br /> <br />