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