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EMPLOYMENT POOL DATABASE trained and are integrating the Junior Achievement curriculum into their fifth grade classes. This repre. This data file includes a profile of the perspective sents just the beginning of this worthwhile program, job applicants seeking employment or wishing to and hopefully the school/business curriculum will advance careers. The applicant simply fills out a form eventually be introduced at grade levels. This is a and mails it in to Town Hall. The information is wonderful opportunity for our children to be intro. entered and then made available to Mashpee business- duced to future business career paths. es at their request.Depending on the business needs, a search is performed and the applicant list is sent to the Respectfully submitted, business. The file is still growing, and local business- Paul Reynolds, es are encouraged to use it as a viable human resource Economic Development Chairman tool. { MENTOR PROGRAM Perhaps the most successful endeavor of the past year has been the Business Development/Mentor Pro- gram. The eight week course, designed by the EDC, and local businesses provided a unique opportunity for new upstart businesses, and entrepreneurs to learn how to develop a business plan. Participants received advice about business management, ranging from basic bookkeeping systems to commercial lending activities. Close to thirty people enrolled in this eight- week program,and several remain on a waiting list for a probable fall session. The final session culminated with presentations by representatives of the Mashpee Industrial park and the Mashpee Chamber of Com- ,4 merce. Hopefully these new and exciting businesses heard the message laud and clear; Mashpee seeks to nurture and accommodate these potential success sto- ries. MARKETING EFFORTS Tasteful and eye catching ads about Mashpee were placed in notable publications such as Cape Cod Life Magazine and the New England Real Estate Journal. f The ad campaign, "Finding out why business is mov- ing to Mashpee", will be expanded to local newspa- pers early this summer.In addition to the ads,the Eco- nomic Development Office has prepared a target list of CEO's and high profile business executives who own second homes in Mashpee. These people will be receiving a comprehensive informational packet about Mashpee by the end of June. Lastly, the EDC has produced the"Discover Mash- pee" signs which appear with the "Welcome" signs and are found at all gateway locations in town. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT Due to the efforts of the Mashpee Economic Devel- opment Committee, the Mashpee School Department and a grant from the Cape Cod Neighborhood Coali- tion, the Junior Achievement Program has been intro- duced into the Mashpee schools. Three K.C. Coombs teachers and their business community mentors have 134