WELCOME! Open House Thursday, September 27, 2018 Photo source: Joshua Morrison

Today’s Agenda Welcoming Remarks Representative Rick Carfagna Commissioner Teresa Bemiller Mayor Richard Mavis ADF Board Chairman Clint Bailey Knox Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting How did ADF get here? YTD 2018 Activities & Accomplishments Open House

Rep. Rick Carfagna 68th House District Open House

Hon. Teresa Bemiller Knox County Commissioner Open House

Mayor Richard K. Mavis Open House

Clint Bailey, Esq. ADF Board Chairman Open House

Ribbon Cutting Open House

How did ADF get here? Open House Photo source: Joshua Morrison

Bats, Alarms & Neighbors, Oh My! 110 East High Street -- ADF & the Public Defender Lots of meetings at Happy Bean Lease term to expire 12/31/2018 Viewed several professional office options in Mount Vernon May 7: “Well, what about the B&O Depot?” Mayor Mavis June 14: Executed term sheet & took possession A true labor of love Scary fire alarms Bats! Wood floors New IT cabinet & 100Mbps fiber Interesting neighbors & passers-by Open House

YTD 2018 Achievements WorkDev Chair – Knox County’s workforce development taskforce Membership growing from 5 members (non-profits / gov’t) 30 Now incl. employers, school superintendents & adult probation Business Retention & Expansion (BRE) visits w/ Top 25 Employers AMG Industries Ariel Corporation Divelbiss Corporation DMS Recycling FactoryLink FT Precision (scheduled) International Paper Owens Corning Insulating Systems UMD Automated Systems (scheduled) Ver-Mac Industries Open House

YTD 2018 Achievements – cont. Stand-up & allocate resources to Knox County Land Bank ADF Vice-President position 5 properties acquired YTD American National Can site Apple Valley lots & Howard demo project Polishing up marketing materials for 3 shovel-ready sites RJM site; American National Can site; and Siemens campus Helped publish Knox County Comprehensive Plan Update Incl. first-ever economic development plan (Chapter 3)… … which then Columbus2020 told me to change aspects. That’s okay Open House

YTD 2018 Achievements – cont. Plan for & equip Knox Labs makerspace – business incubator ADF holds Vice-President role on Board Helped lead organization from ~$100 cash balance to $100k annual budget Incl. $56k in funds raised for equipment & working capital Update Foundation Board members on YTD efforts Prepare Foundation office structure for the next several years 2 new staff members Beautiful new location, w/ updates Annual budget from $160k $340k Open House

YTD 2018 Achievements – cont. At all times, follow Best Practices Formally adopt working definition of economic development & vision statement Focus on helping create & retain Good Jobs Support limited community development efforts with the result that Knox County is a business location of choice Open House

(Now walk around & visit!) Thank you! (Now walk around & visit!) Open House