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Douglas County
Economic Development |
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Quarterly Activity Report |
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10/31/2004 |
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Oct-04 |
YTD 2004 |
YTD 2003 |
2003 Total |
2002 Total |
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Economic Development |
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Existing Business |
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Visitations |
3 |
85 |
123 |
146 |
72 |
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New Active Expansion
Major Projects |
3 |
32 |
19 |
24 |
15 |
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Existing Business Expansions |
5 |
19 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
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New Investment |
$6,216,200 |
$18,191,200.00 |
$13,145,000 |
$39,763,059 |
$14,758,000 |
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New Jobs |
61 |
352 |
152 |
234 |
175 |
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Business Attraction |
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New Prospects |
5 |
66 |
112 |
119 |
43 |
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Prospect visits
(Douglas county) |
1 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
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Prospect Visits (out
of town) |
0 |
53 |
123 |
157 |
N/a |
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Employers Recruited |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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New Investment |
0 |
$2,200,000 |
$1,500,000 |
$1,500,000 |
$28,050,000 |
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New Jobs |
0 |
44 |
34 |
34 |
64 |
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Sites and/or buildings referrals |
11 |
120 |
140 |
195 |
N/a |
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Speculative building referrals |
1 |
12 |
14 |
24 |
12 |
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Media Relations |
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News stories |
7 |
66 |
109 |
144 |
N/a |
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Small Business
Development Center Activity |
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Number of clients
served |
22 |
281 |
168 |
206 |
N/a |
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Number of hours of
counseling provided |
110.75 |
574.38 |
637 |
773 |
N/a |
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Number of seminars
offered |
1 |
19 |
13 |
15 |
N/a |
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Number of
participants |
8 |
164 |
131 |
149 |
N/a |
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Lawrence Regional Tech Center Activity |
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Number of inquires |
4 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
N/a |
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Prospective client
visits |
4 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
N/a |
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New client agreements
executed |
0 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
N/a |
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New jobs created |
25 |
30 |
8 |
45 |
N/a |
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New capital obtained
for clients |
$325,000 |
$4,295,000 |
$1,920,000 |
$4,385,000 |
N/a |
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Total Economic Development |
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New Investment |
$6,216,200 |
$20,391,200 |
$20,156,320 |
$41,263,059 |
$42,808,000 |
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New Jobs |
86 |
426 |
193 |
313 |
239 |
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Website |
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Total visits to ED
site |
616 |
4,239 |
6,411 |
6,825 |
N/A |
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Average Visits per
Day |
19.9 |
15.47 |
21.32 |
19.53 |
N/A |
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* Data not available for 03/04 |
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Job losses |
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Existing business
lay-offs |
0 |
178 |
279 |
279 |
N/A |
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