Valued Manufacturing Base

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1 Sussex Successes 11/2010 to 10/2011 Julie Wheatley, Director Sussex County, Delaware Economic Development (302) October 26, 2011

2 Federal $ Runway Extension FAA Funding Additional 500 LF = $700,000+ $28M Department of Agriculture Funding for Delaware Electric Cooperative to install 587 miles of new power distribution lines $57.1M County issued ARRA funds to NRG for IR Powerplant clean up DEDO $ Pinnacle Foods Millsboro: $90,000 Mountaire RRC Millsboro: $787,000 Perdue Agribusiness: $1.74M Helped NRG secure a Bond Issuance $190M

3 Valued Manufacturing Base

4 Job Creation M&T Millsboro: +50 Pyramid Transport Seaford: +12 Sea Watch Milford: +80 ActivAir, Inc. Seaford: +100 Mountaire RRC Millsboro: +31 Perdue Agribusiness Seaford: +150 Harim/Allen s Harbeson: +150 NRG Energy, Millsboro: 450 Construction

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8 Manufacturers NEED Degreed Engineers across Sussex County.

9 CareerBuilder: October 19, 2011 Lists 17 new job openings in the past 7 days for nurse within 25 miles of Georgetown.

10 Financial

11 Sandra S. Gulledge, CPA Milford Chamber Submission

12 WSFS Milford Chamber Submission

13 Capital One Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

14 Black Diamond Financial Milford Chamber Submission

15 $20M Investment 50 New Jobs Millsboro

16 Banking

17 Healthcare

18 LaRed Georgetown

19 Georgetown Pharmacy Georgetown Chamber Submission

20 Coastline Medical Walk In Center Milford Chamber Submission

21 Surgery Center Seaford Chamber Submission

22 Betts & Biddle Eye Care Seaford Chamber Submission

23 Manufacturing

24 Sea Watch International adds 2 nd Shift, Hiring 80

25 Panelist Don Hollenbeck s Linus Tooling, Inc.

26 Panelist Sher Valenzuela s First State Manufacturing, Inc. First State Manufacturing (FSM) moves into new 30,000 SF Facility in Milford

27 PAT s Aircraft gets FAA Diamond Award

28 Dogfish wins SBA s Top 100 Award

29 Bamdad Bahar & Richard Williams, Founders of Xergy, Inc. receive GE's Ecomagination Award on 6/24/11 Xergy, Inc. Georgetown

30 Bamdad Bahar, CEO commented: Over the past six months we established a new business to produce our unique line of products for the communities we serve. The plant in Seaford had been a vendor to us that would have shut down." ActivAir, Inc. Seaford

31 4,300 SF Expansion Georgetown

32 Harim/Allen s Harbeson

33 Hospitality

34 Jellystone Park Campground Chamber Submission Milford

35 PORT in Dewey Beach Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

36 Café Sole Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

37 PrimoHoagies Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

38 Nick & Charlies Restaurant/Café Milford Chamber Submission

39 Nicola s Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

40 Miss Q s Bar & Billiards Milford Chamber Submission

41 Dewey Bull Milford Chamber Submission

42 Bricker s French Fries Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

43 Retail

44 Minorbird Downtown Milford Chamber Submission

45 Piazza Produce Georgetown Chamber Submission

46 Red Barn Country Store Georgetown Chamber Submission

47 McKenzie Fae Accessories Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

48 STI Garden Center Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

49 The Perfume Shop Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

50 Harry & David s Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

51 Hoober, Inc. Seaford Chamber Submission

52 TS Smith Bridgeville Seaford Chamber Submission

53 Josephine s Daughter Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

54 Furniture & More Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

55 Express Last Hurrah Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

56 Del Sol Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

57 Service

58 Pyramid Transport Corporate relocation to Bridgeville Bringing 49 Full Time 35 Part Time Jobs

59 Cordrey Center Millsboro Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

60 ReMax Seaford Chamber Submission

61 First Light Charters Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

62 Gorilla Power Washing Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

63 Kaya Wellness & Yoga Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

64 Delaware Paddle Sports Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

65 Kershaw Acres Horse Experience Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

66 Meineke Car Care Center Lewes Chamber Submission

67 Mosquito Authority Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

68 Infrastructure

69 Building Permits Value of Sussex County Commercial/Industrial Permits $70,000,000 $60,000,000 $50,000,000 $40,000,000 $30,000,000 $20,000,000 $10,000,000 $ * 2011 Data Extrapolated

70 Building Permits Total Number of Sussex County Permits Issued 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1, * 2011 Data Extrapolated

71 Emergency Operations Center Solar Array Ground Breaking April 2011 Functional September 2011

72 $723,900 FAA Grant

73 Seaford Senior Center Ground Breaking Seaford Chamber Submission

74 Georgetown and Seaford Libraries Open Job Centers October 2011

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76 Boys & Girls Club Rehoboth Beach Chamber Submission

77 Baker Petroleum receives first rail shipment on new siding 11/16/10

78 "This project represents a unique public-private partnership among NRG, the State, local government, business and financial institutions and union workers. Together we're providing hundreds of construction jobs, keeping Indian River open, providing affordable, in-state electric generation, and dramatically reducing the plant's emissions. NRG Energy, Inc. Drew Murphy, NE Region President November 30, 2010

79 Indian River Inlet Bridge slated to open December 2011.

80 Education

81 K-12 Laurel Middle School named Partnership Zone school Indian River School District creator of blueprint for Learning- Focused Strategies Millsboro Middle receives Academic Achievement Award Long Neck and Woodbridge elementary schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools. Seaford begins project based New Tech Academy Woodbridge High named one of the top schools in the nation according to Newsweek

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83 Academic Challenge Program Nelson Bunting a 2003 Sussex Central High graduate. He is attending Virginia Tech. Major: Mechanical Engineering "Whether you get an A, B or C, the classes you take in Academic Challenge will build a strong foundation for when you attend college."

84 DTCC Energy House

85 Carpenter s Union Training Center

86 Events

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88 Open for Business Economic Gardening

89 Thank you! This presentation has been designed as a celebration of good things happening this past year in Sussex County as it relates to Economic Development. It has been assembled in the effort to show a variety of positives. Please excuse errors or omissions. Julie Wheatley