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69 <br />March 14, 2000 <br /> <br />Mayor Crabtree stated, "Last Thursday, Public Information Officer Renee Wyatt, <br /> <br />City Manager Earl B. Reynolds, Jr., and I had an excellent regional networking meeting <br /> <br />· with the City of Greensboro. Agenda topics included transportation (I-73, 68/220 <br /> <br />improvement to airport, Federal Express airport hub, and Piedmont Triad Airport), <br /> <br />transition of local economy, tourism (Martinsville Speedway impact, hotel, motel, and <br /> <br />restaurant trade, professional baseball, and Virginia Museum of Natural History), and <br /> <br />employment. Also, on March 23, Dan Lynch, of the Greensboro Chamber of <br /> <br />Commerce, will speak to the Martinsville Kiwanis Club regarding the airport project." <br /> <br />Council Member Haskell asked, "Are there any projects that we could collaborate?" <br /> <br />Mayor Crabtree replied, "Yes, the Federal Express project and businesses requiring <br /> <br />high amounts of water." <br /> <br />Thomas Harned, Assistant to the City Manager for Development, stated, "1 will <br /> <br />update you on four of the City's economic development marketing efforts: <br /> <br />Interstate 73 - I received an alert from the Roanoke Regional <br />Chamber of Commerce stating that both bills from the General <br />Assembly did not mention 1-73. I, along with Kim Adkins, <br />Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice <br />President, did mobilize to bring attention to 1-73. Some felt that it <br />wasn't far enough along to include. It was added, however, and <br />both bills were approved by the General Assembly. <br />Water Project - This postcard campaign is scheduled to place an <br />advertisement on the desks of 400 presidents and chief executive <br />officers of businesses every two weeks. The first one went out on <br />February 16. It will conclude on April 5 with a bottle of water. <br />Piedmont Triad City Facts - We had a full page, color ad in this <br />book. It is distributed to businesses, colleges, recruiters, and <br />motels/hotels, <br />Southern Virginia Economic Development Council - BB&T <br />announced yesterday that it will make available the entire third floor <br />of their uptown building to business. It is approximately 9,000 <br />square feet and has state-of-the-art technology." <br /> <br /> <br />