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