Douglas County Economic Development
	Quarterly Activity Report
	6/30/2004
		Qtr 2-04	Qtr 1-04	2004 Total	2003 Total	2002 Total
	Economic Development
	Existing Business
	Visitations	20	42	62	146	72
	New Active Expansion Major Projects	10	9	19	24	15
	Existing Business Expansions	5	5	10	10	4
	New Investment	$450,000	$11,170,000	$12,150,000.00	$39,763,059	$14,758,000
	New Jobs	112	74	186	234	175
	Business Attraction
	New Prospects	17	22	39	119	43
	Prospect visits (Douglas county)	5	2	7	13	14
	Prospect Visits (out of town)	5	32	37	157	N/a
	Employers Recruited	4	0	4	1	2
	New Investment	$2,200,000	$0	$2,200,000	$1,500,000	$28,050,000
	New Jobs	42*	0	42	34	64
	Sites and/or buildings referrals	24	57	81	195	N/a
	Media Relations
	News stories	22	25	47	144	N/a
	Small Business Development Center Activity
	Number of clients served	66	109	175	206	N/a
	Number of hours of counseling provided	250.63	213.25	463.88	773	N/a
	Number of seminars offered	5	7	12	15	N/a
	Number of participants	50	60	110	149	N/a
	Lawrence Regional Tech Center Activity
	Number of inquires	6	5	11	17	N/a
	Prospective client visits	3	5	8	7	N/a
	New client agreements executed	1	0	1	3	N/a
	New jobs created	2	1	3	45	N/a
	New capital obtained for clients	$2,135,000	$910,000	$3,045,000	$4,385,000	N/a
	Total Economic Development
	New Investment	$2,650,000	$11,170,000	$14,350,000	$41,263,059	$42,808,000
	New Jobs	156	75	231	313	239
	Website
	Total visits to ED site	N/a	1054*	1054	6,825
	Average Visits per Day	N/a	17.53*	17.53	19.53
	* Data not available for 03/04
	Job losses
	Existing business lay-offs	178	0	178	279