economic development action plan submitted by february 2006 cary north carolina sanford holshouser and whittaker associates 2 town of the business group llc 219 fayetteville street po box 2447 raleigh nc 27602 919 755 1800 www sanfordholshouser com managing partners ernie pearson bob comer crystal morphis rocky lane mike geouge gary shope in partnership with 44 east 8 th suite 420 holland mi 49423 616 396 4500 whittakerassociates 3 table contents executive sumary 4 project overview 12 swot asesment 13 benchmarking analysis 22 target industry 30 recomendations 34 implementaion 68 methodology 71 apendices 78 appendix a demographic profile 79 b overviews medical devices instruments 87 light manufacturing 92 biotechnology research 107 design 112 c growth 121 d new expanded 141 attachment data summary this is alive will call embarrassingly from shelf pick me up run some