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Regular City Council Meeting <br />January 12,2004 <br />Page 7 <br /> <br />receiving Housing Authority minutes from 2002. City Manager Malone said <br />there had been difficulty getting minutes from the Housing Authority and they <br />were probably that far behind. <br /> <br />Gary Vest, Director of Economic Development and CEO of the Chamber of <br />Commerce, presented the PEDC annual report. Mr. Vest said PEDC <br />developed quite a few leads from their advertising campaign. They attended <br />several trade shows including the Food Processing and Machinery Expo, the <br />North American Manufacturing Association Show with the World Economic <br />Development Alliance, and the National Plastics Exposition in Chicago with <br />the Texas Economic Development Department. The trade shows generated 98 <br />leads. PEDC advertised in a number of magazines which produced a lot of <br />leads. They did a direct mailing of 20,000 post cards with the ~Paris Has It" <br />theme to food processing companies. They ran ads in the Dallas Morning <br />News, also on its website, the Greater Dallas Industrial Guide, the Dallas <br />Business Journal, and Black's Guide. <br /> <br />The PEDC has a billboard on 1-30 using the ~Paris Has It!" theme. They <br />continued their association with many economic development organizations. <br />They received 7 leads through their association with the Texas Department of <br />Economic Development; three which resulted in prospect visits. C-Tech was <br />one of those prospects. C-Tech is located in the old Helig-Meyers building and <br />will have the first building constructed in the new Paris Industrial Park. They <br />have spent a lot of time on the Campbell Soup project and the Paris Industrial <br />Park. <br /> <br />PEDC will have a pre-construction meeting on Thursday. The Hearne Street <br />Project has been approved and they have received the bids which will be <br />awarded at the next PEDC meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said it was a legislative year and they spent a lot of time working with <br />the Legislature, trying to preserve and protect the 4-A sales tax which is what <br />gives Paris Economic Development Corporation its funding. Mark Homer's <br />bill No. 2912 passed the Legislature. This bill defines what projects they can <br /> <br /> <br />