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Clerk's Office,Mashpee Personnel, and especially the Town Accountant's Office who assist us in our many Report of transactions throughout the year. Special thanks also Economic Development L go to Brad Tripp and Bob Costa along with their cus- todial staff at all the schools that assist us immeasur- ably during the entire year. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen a and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: s I would also like to give special thanks and kudost� to the following groups and organizations who also t In terms of the Economic Development bring events and programs to successful ends: Kids and ; F Industrial Corporation Klub Pre-School and After-School Staff, Summer , it has been a fruitful year,0n` Camp Staff, Summer Beach Staff, Mashpee Little December 2, 2002 Acting Governor Jane Swift signed I League,Mashpee Youth Soccer,Pop Warner Football, into law under Chapter 376 of the Acts of 2002 theability for the Board of Selectmen to establish th � the Mashpee High Boosters Club, Mashpee Kiwanis Mashpee Economic Development and Industdal f Club, and the Mashpee Rotary Club. eCorporation. This Act allows the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Board of Directors to foster economic Finally, I would like to thank the members of our development within the Town of Mashpee.The intern' "Special Events"coordinating group who make things is to bring new High Tech or other potential businesses - easy for our staff and have taken up the slack when good a m 1 necessary, especially Melinda Gallant. We all wish her to Mashpee in the hopes of creating gp y gjohs the best of luck in her new position at Heritage for the local residents and the generation of revenues' for the Town. ' Museums.In addition, "thanks" also needs to go to the l support that our department has received from our While the EDIC Bill was awaiting approval,KR Town Selectmen and Town Administrator — Joyce Architects of Hingham, Massachusetts conducted a' Mason that has been outstanding in being able to assist feasibility study on a parcel of town owned land us by providing the necessary funds to operate the approximately 11 acres in area, off Route 28 for the events that are special to Mashpee, and that make the town a true down-home community. purpose of non-pollutant industrial development.Mr,f Kenneth Parry,lead architect and resident of Mashpee, conducted the study. A number of developmental ' Respectfully submitted, opportunities for the land were presented to the Boa(d Augustus C. Frederick,Jr. of Selectmen along with recommendations to draw, Leisure Service Director potential business interest. When the Office of Economic Development was first created it looked to the High Tech arena for the', creation of jobs. However, since the inception of the! Economic Development initiative, new areas of devel' opment opportunities are being considered such as medical, pharmaceutical, financial, and biotech.to fact, a proposal for a conference center for pharma-; ceutical and medical researchers (Doreen Grace Brain Center) has surfaced with a conceptual spin off of Marine Biological Laboratories (MBL) facilities within the local area. Today, many opportunities nol foreseen in our early stages of development could be prime candidates to catapult forward our goals and objectives. With the passing of the Mashpee Economnc Development and Industrial Corporation Bill,j Mashpee now has the opportunity to establish a fO economic development program. This past August saw the departure of our Economic Development Director—Wayne DucheO, ' I would like to thank Wayne for his hard work over the past six years whose vision drove the Econolmc Development initiatives. . 142 �.