Douglas County Economic Development
Quarterly Activity Report
May-05
	May-05	2nd Qtr 2005	2nd Qtr 2004	2005 YTD	2004 Total	2003 Total
Economic Development
Existing Business
Visitations	16	36	17	98	102	146
New Active Expansion Major Projects	6	21	4	39	54	24
Existing Business Expansions	2	14	3	22	21	10
New Investment	$40,000	$10,090,000	$350,000	$11,238,500	$23,896,000.00	$39,763,059
New Jobs	8	199	9	391	399	234
Business Attraction
New Prospects	1	6	8	30	77	119
Prospect visits (Douglas county)	1	6	4	23	13	13
Employers Recruited	0	0	2	0	5	1
New Investment	$0	$0	$250,000	0	$2,200,000	$1,500,000
New Jobs	0	0	20	0	46	34
Sites and/or buildings referrals	13	30	13	68	144	195
Small Business Development Center Activity
Number of clients served	30	55	36	172	312	206
Number of hours of counseling provided	53	142.75	145.88	483.75	1262.13	773
Number of seminars offered	2	5	3	13	21	15
Number of participants	41	63	25	114	186	149
Lawrence Regional Tech Center Activity
Number of inquires	1	3	3	16	24	17
Prospective client visits	1	2	2	7	17	7
New client agreements executed	2	2	1	2		3
New jobs created	3	3	2	3	2	45
New capital obtained for clients	$375,000	$725,000	$1,135,000	$2,215,000	$5,045,000	$4,385,000
Total Economic Development
New Investment	$40,000	$10,090,000	$600,000	$11,238,500	$26,096,000	$41,263,059
New Jobs	11	202	31	397	476	313
Website
Total visits to ED site	699	1479	n/a	2235	5,355	6,825
Average Visits per Day	23	24	n/a	14.8	14.67	19.53
Job losses
Existing business lay-offs	0	70		70	178	279