Athens EDC Executive Director Lisa Denton gave the following presentation to the Athens City Council in May 2016.

1. 2015-2016
Activities Report
ATHENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

2. AEDC SITES & ASSET DEVELOPMENT*
• Airport Property Purchase 296 acres
• 1010 W Corsicana Property Purchase & Finish Out Complete (HVAC Mfg)
• Industrial Park Infrastructure–Roadway extension & utilities to access app. 20 acres
• 1702/1704 Enterprise St.-New leasee’s/training/facility repairs-lease revenue now $13,500/mo.
*STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 1

3. TALENT DEVELOPMENT*
• NEG Workforce Grant-2 classes held benefitting 2 local employers-15 adult job seekers
• 3 Job Fairs-largest serving 47 employers Total job seekers served 524
• Regional Career Fair-Inaugural event/600+ students all but one Henderson County school
participated
• TVCC & AISD Training-Workforce Grant transferred to AEDC/18 students in program
• Wage & Benefit Survey for ET region
*STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL 4

4. • AG Power-2015 & 2016 EDPA Complete
• Henderson County Regional Fairpark
• Med-Logics-2015 & 2016
• Steritec
• Athens Bowling Center
• CP Homes
• Philosophy Fit
PROJECT COMPLIANCE

5. • $25,000 Grant for improvements
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Coleman Park

6. • Jan 2015- Sept 2015
• 22 Prospects
• 10 New/12 Existing
• 6 Landed/2 Active
• Oct 2015-March 2016
• 20 Prospects
• 18 New/2 Existing
• 3 Landed/7 Active
PROSPECT LEADS*
*Strategic Plan Goal 2-Marketing

7. PROJECTS*
2013 - 114
Company Investment Add’l Jobs Job Base
Steritec $ 1,000,000 2-3 12
West Pharma 2 10
FutureMatrix-1704 $ 600,000 15 298
FutureMatrix-1605 $ 3,300,000 100 348
Advanced Rehabilitation
& Healthcare of Athens
$12,000,000 20 86
Existing Industry
*Strategic Plan Goal 2-Marketing

8. PROJECTS*
Recruitments
Company Investment Jobs
HVAC Manufacturing $1,500,000 25 (11 hired)
CP Homes $2,175,000 16
CMH d/b/a Clayton
Homes
$6,555,680 240
*Strategic Plan Goal 2-Marketing

9. BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS*
Entity/Business Investment AEDC Grant
Moonshiner’s $ 20,059 $10,000
Athens Screen Printing $ 17,904 $ 8,952
Army/Navy Pawn $ 20,898 $10,000
Tara d/b/a Athens
Brewing Co
$ 23,825 $10,000
Reliable One $ 35,000 estimated Up to $10,000
Clint Davis-Office Bldg $ 20,000 estimated Up to $ 4,915
Donut Supreme $ 15,729 estimated Up to $ 7,865
CJ’s Resale Shop $ 14,500 estimated Up to $ 7,250
Total Investment $167,915 $68,982
*STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS 2 & 3

12. ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANT*
Miranda Perry
*STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS 2 & 3

13. RECRUITMENT EVENTS*
• 3 CA Mission Trips in 2015
• MD&M Trade Show
• Site Selector Conference
• Team Texas Showcase Event
• SelectUSA FDI
• Regional Broker Dinner
• Regional Broker Rangers Game
• 1 (of 3) CA Mission Trip 2016
• 1 NY-NJ Mission Trip 2016
• Fabtech Trade Show
• IAMC Spring Forum
• Team Texas Sponsor Events
*Strategic Plan Goal 2-Marketing

14. ADMINISTRATION*
Hosted SBA Banker’s Roundtable w/SBDC US Small Business Administration
Hosted Records Retention Training TX State Library & Archives Division
ED101 Workshop w/AEDC Board & City Council TEDC-Carlton Schwab
Sales Tax Training-3 Board/2 Staff/Counsel TEDC
Open Government Conference Office of Attorney General
Amended AEDC By-Laws
Engaged CPA firm for quarterly compilations
AEDC Company Facebook Page
New website design
Hosted Social Media Training w/SBDC & Chamber
Retail Committee meetings w/retail consultants
Videos
Sewer line @ Hwy 19 & Loop 7 complete Partnership w/AMWA & City
TX Capital Fund Grant FutureMatrix project
New Staff-AEDC Office Manager Susan Jacobs
*Strategic Plan Goals 1, 2 & 3

15. KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS
• Continuing to improve AEDC assets
• Our talent development projects have impacted:
up to 47 area employers on 3 different occasions and assisted 524 job seekers;
NEG classes serving 15 adult job seekers
over 600 8th grade students in Henderson County; and
18 high school students
• Project compliance representing $8,306,078 in capital investment and 48 jobs
• Community Development projects improving Coleman Park/Downtown/Gateway Areas
• Participated in at least 15 events to market Athens for business recruitment
• Numerous administration projects
• And lastly….

16. Contracts for new investment/jobs representing:
New Investment New Jobs Retained Jobs AEDC Investment
$27,298,595 421 456 $1,050,300

17. The “A” EDC Team
Jess Laird Jeaneane Lilly
John TrentWill TraxsonCliff Barrett
Lisa Denton Susan Jacobs
Carmen HuntMaurice Cox