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Fiscal Impact Analysis preliminary results

On Thursday, June 26, the people from TischlerBise and the Chesapeake Group (UNC's consulting team on the fiscal impact analysis of Carolina North) presented their preliminary results in a session at the Orange County Southern Human Services Building. Members of the community and elected officials of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County were invited. Here are the two presentations given by the consultants:

• Briefing on Preliminary Results: Fiscal Impact Analysis of Carolina North (PDF)
• Estimate of Indirect Benefits/Impacts Associated with Carolina North (PDF)

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From the University

• Consultants present costs, benefits of Carolina North, 7/17/2008 (UNC University Gazette)
• DeSimone awarded Lemelson-MIT Prize for innovations in polymer chemistry, 6/25/2008 (UNC News Release)
• University takes additional safety precautions after discovery of small cylinders at chemical site, 6/19/2008 (UNC News Release)
• Trustees push to keep Carolina North progressing, 6/18/2008 (UNC University Gazette)
• Pisano's company could be part of Innovation Center, 6/18/2008 (UNC University Gazette)
• Resolution in support of Carolina North: At its March 7, 2008, meeting, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors passed a Resolution in Support of Carolina North. (PDF)

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Recent media coverage

• Trustees send Innovation Center back to the drawing board, 7/24/2008 (Daily Tar Heel)
• Carolina North building's plan 'not special enough,' 7/24/2008 (The Herald-Sun)
• UNC board rejects building design, 7/24/2008 (The News & Observer)
• Board preps for final meeting, 7/17/2008 (Daily Tar Heel)
• Shelter shuts down for hazard removal, 7/15/2008 (The News & Observer)
• Consultants say campus will add jobs to town, 7/3/2008 (Daily Tar Heel)
• Commercial Real Estate Market Defies Economic Downturn, 7/2/2008 (Metro Magazine)
• Carolina North seen generating more than 8,600 jobs, 6/27/2008 (The Herald-Sun)
• Skeptics question Carolina North's cost, 6/27/2008 (The News & Observer)
• Moeser hopes to continue his legacy of preservation, 6/26/2008 (Daily Tar heel)
• Innovation Center plans are progressing, 6/26/2008 (Daily Tar Heel)
• Prize winner will use money to help others start careers, 6/26/2008 (The Herald-Sun)
• Triangle scientist DeSimone wins MIT prize, 6/25/2008 (The News & Observer)
• Professor at UNC and NCSU wins prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize, 6/25/2008 (Triangle Business Journal)
• Plastics expert wins $500K Lemelson-MIT award, 6/25/2008 (Associated Press)
• Chemist at 2 Universities Wins $500,000 Invention Award, 6/25/2008 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• DeSimone Gets Lemelson-MIT Prize for Polymer Innovations, 6/25/2008 (Design News)

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Last update: Thursday, July 24, 2008. ©2008 Research at Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill.
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