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                                                     COASTAL PLAINS REGIONAL
                                                                            COMMISSION
                                               A Partnership for Progress serving the
                                                people of the Coastal Plains through
                                                   innovative approaches to Regional
                                                                 economic development

                                                Fiscal Year 1978 Regional Project Highlights
                                                      Analysis of the aerial minerals surveys
                                                showed deposits with a possible commercial
                                                                   value exceeding $1 billion.
                                                Firms participating in the second year of the
                                                 European Visibility and Promotion program
                                                               projected sales of $3.9 million.
                                                  Radio was brought into the effort to attract
                                           motorists from the interstate highways to nearby
                                            tourist attractions. Thirty-nine stations donated
                                                   free time with a commercial value of $1.5
                                                                                        million.
        rproperty oj CSC LibrarY                The Midwest Marketing program resulted in
                                               $350,000 worth of sales of under-utilized fish
                                            species in one six-week period. Three-quarters of
        U@S. DcPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOAA   the Region's seafood dealers reported repeat sales
                      CES CENTER                                      to the Midwest in 1978.
        COASTAL SERVI
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                                                New markets for the Region's products were
        CHAR@_ESTON   So 29405                 sought as the Commission organized the first
                                                     trade mission in its history-to Nigeria.

                                                   The Interstate Groundwater Committee's
                                              first groundwater conference was so successful
                                                that it has become an annual, self-supporting
                                                                                          event.
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          To The Congress of The United States

               Serving as Federal Cochair-           this report, are excellent examples           It was with a sense of pride in
          man of the Coastal Plains Re-              of regional action planning and           the accomplishments of the
          gional Commission during Fiscal            development. They serve as proof          Coastal Plains Regional Commis-
          Year 1978 has been a rewarding             that States working in concert            sion that I served as the State
          and gratifying experience. The             with the Federal Government can           Cochairman during 1978. In its
          record of accomplishments has              achieve significant improvements          eleventh year the Commission
          been outstanding and I am                  in the economic status and qual-          continued to strengthen the plan-
          pleased to have been a part of             ity of life for the millions of           ning and investment programs
          these efforts.                             people who reside within the              designed to accelerate the eco-
               In this past year significant         Coastal Plains.                           nomic development of our five
          results were realized from several              Pursuant to Section 510 of           States.
          long-term projects in the areas of         the Public Works and Economic                  The Coastal Plains Regional
          marine resources and travel in-            Development Act of 1965, as               Corn-mission has proven the value
          dustry development. But even               amended, it is with great pleasure        of the partnership between the
          more important, the Commission             that I join in submitting to you          States and the Federal Govern-
          reacted quickly to changing eco-           the Annual Report of the Coastal          ment by the formulation and
          nomic conditions, both at home             Plains Regional Commission for            implementation of innovative re-
          and abroad, and moved in new di-           Fiscal Year 1978.                         gional programs in domestic mar-
          rections to expand export oppor-                                                     keting, export promotion, tourism
          tunities for the products of the           Sincerely,                                development, and resource man-
          Region.                                                                              agement.
               It is this characteristic of the                                                     I am pleased to join my fel-
          Commission-providing a struc-              Claud Anderson                            low Commission members in
          ture where the Federal Govern-             Federal Cochairman                        presenting this annual report
          ment and the States can take                                                         which provides specific examples
          quick, decisive action on prob-                                                      of accomplishments. No report,
          lems of mutual concern-that                                                          however, can adequately describe
          makes it unique and offers the                                                       the value of a program offering
          greatest potential for the future.                                                   Governors and representatives of
               The types of projects under-                                                    the Federal Government the op-
          taken by the Commission in Fis-                                                      portunity to share in the devel-
          cal Year 1978, and described in                                                      opment of policies and programs
                                                                                               resulting in economic and social
                                                                                               benefits for the citizens of the
                                                                                               Coastal Plains Region.
                                                                                               Si@nc@y,

                                                                                               Reubin O'D. Askew
                                                                                               Governor of Florida

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                                         1978 Coastal Plains Regional
                                         Commission Members

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                                               Dr. Claud Anderson          Reubin O'D. Askew
                                               Federal Cochairman          Governor of Florida
                                                                           State Cochairman

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                                               John N. Dalton              James B. Hunt, Jr.
                                               Governor of Virginia        Governor of
                                                                           North Carolina

                                               James B. Edwards            George D. Busbee
                                               Governor of                 Governor of Georgia
                                               South Carolina

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          @ntruducdon                               tion is ensured by the presence of         @2) skills; @3) incomes; and @4)
                                                    the Federal Cochairman.                    community services. The Com-
                                                         Another advantage of the Re-          mission also expects to achieve
                                                    gional approach is that decisions          its goals within a framework of
                                                    are made by the Governors of the           balanced development, environ-
                                                    States, jointly acting in their roles      mental protection and enhance-
                                                    as members of the Commission.              ment and maximum reliance on
                                                    This promotes cooperation among            private investment and free en-
                                                    neighboring States and enlarges            terprise. "Balanced development"
              A Federal-State partnership in        the framework within which in-             means that, to the greatest extent
          action-this is the Coastal Plains         dividual State decisions are made.         possible, the Region's residents
          Regional Commission. Through                                                         should have opportunities for
          the Commission, Governors of              Commission Goals                           jobs, skill training, higher in-
          States and a Federal Executive                 Throughout its 11-year life,          comes, and good community ser-
          jointly plan and put into action          the Commission has adopted                 vices, without being forced to
          solutions to problems of mutual           policies and funded programs               leave where they now live.
          concern-problems which ad-                aimed at enabling the people of                 Achievement of these goals is
          versely affect the economic well-         the Coastal Plains to secure a bet-        being pursued through the re-
          being of the people of a cohesive,        ter standard and quality of living,        gional economic development
          multi-State region.                       for themselves and their families.         process. Implementation of this
               The Coastal Plains Regional          Those programs have changed as             process takes place through five
          Commission (CPRC) was char-               conditions in both the Region and          major program areas which build
          tered in 1967 under Title V of the        the Nation have changed and as             on the strengths and resources of
          Public Works and Economic De-             Congress has broadened the au-             the Region-Industrial Develop-
          velopment Act of 1965. Its charge         thority of the Title V Commis-             ment, Marine Resources, Agricul-
          was to bring the combined re-             sions. What has not been altered           ture and Forestry, Environmental
          sources of Federal and State gov-         are the broad goals that those pro-        Affairs, and Travel Industry De-
          ernments to bear on the eco-              grams support:                             velopment. In each of these
          nomically undernourished east-                                                       program areas, emphasis is on
          ernmost areas of North Carolina,
                                                                                               placing public investment in areas
          South Carolina and Georgia. Its                                                      which will yield the greatest gain
          mission was to identify and begin                                                    in employment and income.
          to correct the conditions causing                                                    Commission Organization and
          those areas-the Coastal Plains
          Region-to lag behind the Nation                                                      Structure
          as a whole. As it became evident                                                         The Commission mem-
          that those conditions extended                                                       bership is composed of a Federal
          beyond the original boundaries,                                                      Cochairman and the Governors of
          the Commission's jurisdiction                                                        the five participating States. The
          was expanded at the request of                 1. To give the people of the          Federal Cochairman is appointed
          the Governors. Today, the Coastal         Coastal Plains Region greater op-          by the President and confirmed by
          Plains Region includes 290 coun-          portunities to find employment at          the Senate. His principal respon-
          ties with more than 12 million            the highest level of their capabili-       sibility is to provide the Federal
          people in the three original States       ties.                                      perspective on issues before the
          as well as in Virginia and Florida.            2. To help individuals bring          Commission. In this role, he
               This unique concept of struc-        their skills to higher levels of           serves as liaison between the
          turing State government as equal          competence.                                Commission and the departments
          partners with the Federal Gov-                 3. To provide increased op-           and agencies of the Federal Gov-
          emment is unlike other programs           portunities for individuals to earn        emment and ensures the neces-
          which have been established for           higher incomes.                            sary coordination of their pro-
          the delivery of Federal financial              4. To help communities pro-           grams. The Federal Cochairman
          assistance to State and local en-         vide those services that enhance           and his staff are headquartered in
          tities. The principal advantage of        their economic potential.                  Washington, D.C.
          this partnership is that it provides           Emphasizing overall eco-                  The Governors elect one
          a new measure of recognition to           nomic development, these goals             from among their members to
          the State role in selecting eco-          underline the importance of four           serve as State Cochairman each
          nomic development priorities. On          major areas of concern to the              calendar year. Each Governor ap-
          the other hand, Federal participa-        Commission. These are: (1) jobs;           points an Alternate who serves as

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     his representative in his absence.         gion and outlines the Commis-
         In addition, each State main-          sion's strategy for achieving its
     tains a Coastal Plains office              objectives. Originally adopted by
     staffed by a State Coordinator             the Commission in 1971 and re-
     with responsibility for project de-        vised over the years, it is the
     velopment, implementation and              result of extensive research into
     coordination between other agen-           Regional problems and poten-
     cies and organizations engaged in          tialities. The Regional Plan is the
     regional, State, or district plan-         basic document that guides the
     ning and development.                      funding decisions of the Commis-
          The Commission is served by           sion.
     a non-Federal professional staff                The Plan was presented to
     headed by an Executive Director,           the FACRED in August 1978 for
     and located in Charleston,                 review and comment. Those
     South Carolina. Program special-           comments and the response from
     ists provide support to the States         the Commission will be for-
     and the Federal Cochairman's of-           warded to the Secretary of Com-
     fice in the implementation of the          merce in the coming year. Upon
     five major program areas.                  approval by the Secretary; the Re-
          Members of the CPRC meet              gional Economic Development               unique in its relationship to Fed-
     officially three times each year to        Plan of the Commission will be            eral, State and local Govern-
     consider matters pertaining to             presented to the House of Repre-          ments. The CPRC has received a
     plans and program development,             sentatives and Senate.                    mandate from Congress to attack
     legislative and budgetary recom-                The Commission also used             the problems of regional eco-
     mendations, or actions affecting           1978 to further refine its internal       nomic lag. This mandate provides
     Commission policy.                         procedures for evaluating projects        some measure of opportunity for
     Advisory Committees                        that it funds. All grants and con-        the Commission to utilize those
                                                tracts issued by the Commission           programs and resources of the
          To ensure full participation          now include detailed require-             Federal Government which can
     by both the public and private             ments for project impact evalua-          substantially contribute to the
     sectors, the Commission utilizes           tion. Formats to assimilate this          goals and objectives of this con-
     five standing Advisory Commit-             information have been developed           cept.
     tees with members drawn from               for use by the Commission and                 But as a Federal/State part-
     business, institutions, State agen-        its grantees and projects were            nership, the Commission must be
     cies, public interest groups, Fed-         selected for on-site visits.              responsive to the needs and aspi-
     eral departments, and including            White House Conference on                 rations of the States themselves.
     private citizens as well. These            Balanced Growth                           Development efforts in the
     committees, working with each                                                        Coastal Plains Region must be at-
     of the five programs, meet fre-                 In response to President             tuned to the priorities established
     quently throughout the year to             Jimmy Carter's invitation to par-         by the States working in concert
     review and analyze the problems            ticipate in the White House Con-          with local and district planning
     of the Region, seek regional solu-         ference on Balanced National              agencies.
     tions to these problems, and to            Growth and Economic Develop-                  The Commission, therefore,
     make recommendations to the                ment, the Commission formed a             must assume a catalytic role,
     Commission for action.                     Task Force to develop recommen-           bringing about a coniluence of
     Planning and Evaluation                    dations. These recommendations            government at all levels with the
                                                centered around streamlining mul-         forces of private institutions and
          This past year saw a number           tijurisdictional cooperation be-          business enterprises to mount a
     of Commission activities which             tween the Federal Government              successful attack on the problem
     strengthened its planning and              and State and local governments           of regional economic lag.
     evaluation process. The most sig-          to more effectively serve the                 In the next few pages we
     nificant of these was the presenta-        Nation's citizens through con-            hope to make clearer the role of
     tion of the Regional Economic              solidation of effort and increased        the Coastal Plains Regional
     Development Plan to the Federal            productivity.                             Commission in the present and
     Advisory Council on Regional                    The Coastal Plains Regional          future growth of this richly
     Economic Development                       Commission represents a                   endowed yet underdeveloped Re-
     (FACRED). The Regional Plan de-            Federal/State partnership in the          gion of our Nation.
     fines the basic goals for the Re-          truest sense. it is a concept

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                                                    regional products and com-               ment of local industrial buildings
                                                    modities; and J3) foster an aware        and support for State level eco
                                                    ness and interest in foreign na-         nomic development internships.
                                                    tions of the Coastal South.                   The Commission also made a
                                                         The promotional tools used          number of supplemental project
                                                    at the trade shows and seminars          investments during the year.
                                                    are a nine-screen, eighteen pro-         These supplemental projects in-
              Industrial development is the         jector audio-visual program pre-         cluded the construction of nine
         cornerstone of the Commission's            sented in French, German and             vocational educational schools,
         program to improve the quality of          English, informational flyers and        equipping four existing vocational
         life for the people of the Coastal         a brochure (each in the three lan-       education efforts, funding voca-
         Plains Region. The CPRC's suc-             guages). They are all designed to        tional education grants at four
         cessful efforts in this area have led      tell the foreign investor of the at-     community colleges and the con-
         to an increase in the availability         tributes of the Region which             struction of four industrial parks.
         of jobs commensurate with the              make it ideal for business               There was also one water and
         higher levels of skills being at-          expansion.                               sewer system grant and one in-
         tained by the Region's labor force                                                  dustrial building construction
         through participation in related                                                    grant.
         human resource activities.                                                               An example of a vocational
              The program is directed at                                                     education grant is the training of
         systematic facilitation of (1) the                                                  students in the technical skills
         expansion and technological ad-                                                     needed in shipbuilding being
         vancem t of industrial plants
                 en                                                                          undertaken by the Southeastern
         now in the Region; (2) the loca-                                                    Marine Technical Center in Jack-
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         tion of more plants in high-wage                                                    sonville, Florida. Vocational in-
         industrial sectors; and (3) the es-                                                  tructors have been hired, cur-
         tablishment of plants in the Re-                                                    ricula prepared, and shops set up
         gion using new processes or pro-                                                    in welding, pipefitting and ma-
         ducing totally new products.                                                        chinery. These programs, along
              Throughout the year, efforts                                                   with an existing one in electricity,
         in the program have been directed                                                   enrolled 95 students in the fall of
         at making conditions in the Re-                                                     1978. The continued expansion of
         gion more favorable for the loca-                                                   ship repair and construction in
         tion and expansion of new indus-                                                    the southeast will provide a ready
         try by improving the availability                                                   market for students trained in
         of prime industrial sites through                                                   these skills.
         the financing of construction or                                                         One way to make a commu-
         expansion of industrial parks; dis-                                                 nity more attractive to new in-
         seminating information concern-                 The Industrial Development          dustry is through expansion of
         ing technological advancements;            Program initiated thirty-three           community services. one of the
         improving community leadership,            technical assistance and demon-          first Commission projects funded
         entrepreneurship and environ-              stration projects in Fiscal Year         as a health demonstration grant
         mental quality; and by making              1978. Of this total, twelve were         has involved renovating a na-
         large investments in vocational            feasibility studies dealing with         tional historic site for use both as
         and technical education programs           such diverse subjects as State           a tourist attraction and a multi-
         for the enhancement and con-               level economic development pre-          service health facility. The Walter
         tinued upgrading of the skills of          paredness, industrial sites, indus-      Reed Home in Murfreesboro,
         the Region's labor force.                  try investment potentials, voca-         North Carolina, where Dr. Reed
              The European Visibility and           tional educational facilities and        spent his early childhood, is being
         Promotion program, which pro-              development of coastal and natu-         restored to that period and will
         motes the Region through partici-          ral resources. other major project       house articles associated with his
         pation in European trade shows             areas involved transportation,           career. More importantly, it will
         and investment seminars, began             demonstrations of new tech-              also be a multi-county public
         its second year in fiscal '78. The         niques or methods to accelerate          health facility for the delivery of
         goals of the program are to (1) at-        economic development, develop-           medical and dental services,
         tract foreign capital investment in                                                 counseling, and programs for the
         manufacturing and distribution                                                      aged. The project is scheduled for
         facilities; (2) increase exports of                                                 completion in early 1980.

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          In the year ahead, the Indus-             Through the development              This voc Itech facility in
     trial Development Program will            and implementation of technical           Buckingham Courthouse, Virginia,
     continue with its traditional             assistance and supplemental proj-         exemplifies those throughout the
     activities as well as give its atten-     ects, complemented by advice and          Region
     tion to new concerns. These               recommendations on dynamic
     include a national program to             economic development ap-                  The Walter Reed home in North
     promote the assets of the Region,         proaches from the industrial De-          Carolina is being restored for use as
     the utilization of waste wood             velopment Advisory Committee,             a health facility
     products as primary energy                the Industrial Development Pro-
     sources @in cooperation with the          gram of the Commission con-
     Agriculture and Forestry program@         tinues to be a positive force in the
     and the use of plant products as          Region.
     the base of an alcohol industry to
     serve as fuel for internal combus-
     tion engines.

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                                                                                         Students are learning shipbuilding
                                                                                         skills at the Southeastern Marine
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                                               47,   gion and an excellent start has             more stable industry.
         Resources                             1i    been made on locating the most                   The Coastal Plains Center
                                                     promising resources and calling             for Marine Development Services
                                                     them to the attention of industry.          located in Wilmington, North
                                                          In the seafood industry the            Carolina, continues to play a vital
                                                     Commission's emphasis con-                  role in the Commission's Marine
                                                     tinues to be two-pronged: devel-            Resources program. The Center
                                                     opment of the seafood industrial            promotes the exchange of scien-
             The bays and inlets that are            parks and regional marketing. The           tific and economic information
         found along the coasts of the               Midwest Marketing program suc-              among the States through publi-
         southeastern. States provide the            cessfully completed its second              cations, conferences, seminars
         Coastal Plains Region with 3,000            year. Midwestern dealers are be-            and its bi-monthly newsletter.
         miles of shoreline. Couple that             coming familiar with southeast-             Each year the Center sponsors an
         with the numerous inland rivers,            em products, prices, transporta-            annual conference which attracts
         lakes and streams, and it is easy           tion and quality Major chain                people concerned with the marine
         to understand why the resources             stores are turning to the southeast         resources of the Region from the
         of the water are so vital to the life       to supply products for newly in-            scientific community, from gov-
         of the Region.                              stalled fresh fish counters.                emment and from private
              In FY '78, several long-term                A preliminary evaluation in-           industry.
         projects designed to attack major           dicates that the program has gen-                Data for the first time has
         problems began to come to frui-             erated a $4,000 average monthly             shown that the new marine re-
         tion. In 1974 the Commission set            increase in sales of southeastern           search development centers, en-
         out on a project to survey the              fish products for 67 percent of the         couraged and partially funded by
         mineral resources of the Region.            Midwest firms taking part. Grad-            the Commission, have attracted
         These surveys were undertaken               ually we are expanding the total            substantial additional funds into
         from Virginia to Florida and were           demand for Coastal Plains seafood           marine programs. Centers of ex-
         just completed this past year.              beyond the traditional northeast-           cellence are developing in these
                                                     em markets.                                 five facilities and the ten years of
                                                          In a complementary market-             planning and encouragement are
                                                     ing effort, the Commission or-              paying dividends. The Centers
                                                     ganized the first trade mission in          have become high grade technol-
                                                     its history. Concentrating on the           ogy bases and will continue to
                                                     seafood and commercial fishing              encourage enlightened research
                  4                                  equipment industries, the trade             and development in the field of
                                                     mission was scheduled to visit              marine resources.
                                                     Nigeria in November 1978.                        The Marine Resources pro-
                                                                                                 gram continues to wrestle with
                                                          This growth in sales must be
                                                                                                 the problem of non-availability of
                                                     accompanied by an increased abil-
         The staff of the Coastal Plains             ity to supply product. A Region-            capital. Indicators show that the
         Marine Center                               wide network of seafood indus-              stock of available venture capital
                                                     trial parks moved closer to reality         is only a fraction of what it was
         Early indications are that over a           with the continuation of con-               10 years ago. Small businesses in
         billion dollars worth of minerals           struction at Wanchese Harbor in             the southeast feel pressure to ex-
         have been located and detailed              North Carolina. The other States            pand, yet experience great diffi-
         examination of the latest data              are in various stages of engineer-          culty in locating expansion capi-
         should raise this figure consid-            ing and design work and site                tal. An ad hoc committee has
         erably.                                     selection.                                  been examining different ap-
              As a result of the surveys, the             When operational, each park            proaches to alleviate this prob-
         State of North Carolina is using            will have a harbor with modem               lem. If the southeast is to sustain
         Commission funds to further                 bulkheading and sufficient chan-            its economic growth, more
         study a newly discovered triassic           nel depths and will provide all             sophisticated methods must be
         basin. The implications of this             necessary storage and processing            found to locate capital and more
         find could well be economically             facilities including water, sewer,          encouragement must be given to
         significant. Titanium and phos-             electricity, adequate ice, fuel and         investors with capital. A problem
         phate findings in Georgia and               repair facilities and a centralized         of special concern has to do with
         Florida have prompted further               freezer system. The parks will              funding the relocation of com-
         study by these States. This indus-          bring the obvious benefits of bet-          mercial seafood firms into the de-
         try has great potential for our Re-         ter prices, stronger demand and a           veloping seafood industrial parks.

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           A fishermen's cooperative in     r
      Bryan County
                     Georgia, is using a
      Commission demonstration grant
      for the construction of a dock,
                          and vessel ser-
      processing, storage
      vicing facilities. This will allow
      the cooperative members not only
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      to increase incomes on their tra-
      ditional catch, shrimp, but to ad-
      ditionally pursue "off season"
      fishing for groundfish. Previously,
      income and employment oppor                     I G                         k
      tunities were limited to the
      shrimping season.
           In Florida, Commission funds                                                                            W1
      were used to develop and test the
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      feasibility of using steel beam
      trawls in commercial fishing. The
      beams, used in lieu of the tradi-
      tional. "doors", greatly reduce
      drag, thereby reducing fuel con-      major significance to the industry.   The Region's first seafood industrial
      sumption, and in some instances           The national recognition the      park is under construction at
      increasing the amount of catch        Commission is receiving for these     wanchese, North Carolina
      per tow. Some experiments show        projects is testimony to the pro-
      results of reduced fuel consump-      grams' effectiveness. 1978 capped     A grant to the fishermen's co-op in
      tion as high as 25 percent. With      the eleventh year of the Commis-      Bryan County will enable these men
      ever increasing fuel costs this is of sion's life and it was a very pro-    to develop off-season fishing
                                            ductive year for the Marine Re-
                                            sources program.

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        Agdculture and                                 The Agricultural Manage-             art in converting wood to useable
        Forestry                                  ment Development Team Projects            energy forms for further industrial
                                                  are specifically intended to ad-          use. This report, which will be
                                                  dress this lack of control by as-         available in mid-1979, should be
                                                  sisting farmers in improving              of tremendous assistance in de-
                                                  management skills. Effective              veloping a proper approach for the
                                                  management improves the econ-             Commission in addressing this
            The forests and farmlands of          omy in a variety of ways: re-             issue in the future.
        the Coastal Plains Region offer a         sources are more fully utilized;              The impact of using the
        source of tremendous benefit to           less capital and labor are required       forest as an energy source will
        its people. In Fiscal Year 1978, the      per unit of output; and manage-           have significant implications for
        Agriculture and Forestry program          ment has more time to continue            forest management practices. The
        concentrated its efforts in three         to improve operational efficiency.        increased demand for what was
        areas designed to take maximum                 The Management Develop-              once waste material will influ-
        advantage of those benefits               ment Team projects are now                ence the desire of managers to
        through: improving the manage-            completing the cycle of Commis-           bring new land into productive
        ment skills of the Region's farm-         sion funding and are in transition        uses. In addition, new techniques
        ers; investigating the use of wood        to State operated programs. The           for harvesting forest lands are
        as an alternative energy source;          projects have served to aid farm-         being developed to meet increas-
        and the expansion of livestock            ers in analyzing their operations         ing demand. The Commission
        feedlot and slaughter facilities.         in order to achieve an optimum            feels that development of forest
             While the soil and climate of        return. Though the task ahead is          resources will assist in lessening
        the Region are ideal for agricul-         still great, the Commission has           the impact of high energy de-
        ture, there are other factors which       helped lay the groundwork for             mands while improving the qual-
        may prevent the farmer from re-           continuing efforts in this area.          ity of the woodlands in the
        ceiving a fair return on his in-               The high cost of energy, par-        Region.
        vestment. For example, farmers            ticularly petroleum, has led to the           The Commission is currently
        have little control over the prices       return of a long neglected energy         engaged in aiding in the expan-
        they receive for their products,          source, the forest. Wood energy is        sion of livestock feedlot and
        particularly major commodities.           being used increasingly as a              slaughter facilities in the five
        Prices are generally established on       source of heat in both industry           State area. A grant to the Virginia
        a national level and are then dis-        and in the home due to the stead-         Department of Agriculture and
        counted based on distance of              ily rising cost of other more tradi-      Commerce has led to the estab-
        given commodities from the cen-           tional energy sources. A number           lishment of a modem facility in
        tral market place. Therefore, the         of firms have already switched to         the Coastal Plains area. When
        producer must hold down costs of          wood and marly others are giving          completed, the facility will be ca-
        production and take special care          consideration to conversion. The          pable of processing 100,000 head
        that the crops being grown on his         Commission has teamed with the            for the market each year. An addi-
        lands offer the potential for the         Georgia Forestry Commission and           tional 10,000 head will be fed at
        greatest margin between revenues          the Georgia Institute of Technol-         the same facility. Studies indicate
        and costs.                                ogy in surveying the state of the         that ten such operations could
                                                                                            co-exist in the Region in the year
                                                                                            1985. The success of this initial
                                                                                            operation will determine when
                                                                                            others will be built.
                                                                                                Businesses from the Coastal
                                                                                            Plains Region were among the
                                                                                            exhibitors at the Southern
                                                                                            United States Trade Association
                                                                                            (SUSTA) international food and
                                                                                            agri ulture show in New Or-
                                                                                            leans in February 1978. SUSTA
                                                                                            is the only show of its kind held
                                                                                            in the U.S. The Commission's
                                                                                            administrative support grant
                                                                                            permitted lower exhibition fees
                                                                                            and so enabled smaller busi-

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                                                                                        Equipment such as this helps convert
                                                                                        wood to a useable energy source

                                                                                        Sumter Area Exhibition Center

                                               A Coastal Plains exhibitor at SUSTA
      nesses to participate.
          State/regional projects in
      which the Commission was in-
                                                   R
      volved covered a wide area. A
      technical assistance grant in
      Orangeburg County, South
      Carolina provided site engineering
      and design work to assist in the
      location of an egg-processing
      plant. This minority-owned busi
      ness will prepare eggs for use by
      large commercial bakeries.
          A market study conducted in
      North Carolina led to the orgam-
      zation of the North Carolina
      Beekeepers Association with a
      membership of approximately
      30-35 commercial beekeepers.
      The bees are used primarily in the
      pollination of fruit crops, toma-
      toes, cucumbers, etc, with an
      annual value of $140 million.
          The economic, safe and effec-
      tively timed use of pesticides was

      demonstrated to farmers in a
      three-county area by the North
      Carolina State University Ag-            mental grant from the Commis-            the Agriculture and Forestry pro-
      riculture Extension Service. The         sion. The Sumter Area Exhibition         gram touch on every aspect of
      project was designed as a pilot for      Center will provide space for large      crop production and forest man-
      a possible State-wide program.           exhibits and gatherings, such as         agement. In the coming year, the
          The construction of a multi-         livestock shows, house and gar-          Agriculture and Forestry program
                                                                                                 A I

      purpose facility for industrial, ag-     den shows, etc., for Sumter              will continue to explore innova-
      ribusiness, and social/recreational      County and the surrounding vic-          tive ways to wisely utilize the re-
      activities in Sumter, South              inity.                                   sources of the soil of the Coastal
      Carolina, was aided by a supple-             As is obvious, projects under        Plains Region.

      CPRC ANNUAL REPORT FY 1978                                                                                            11
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                                                    promoted the Southeastern                gia Tech Research Institute is
                                               1@/; Groundwater Conference. The              progressing more than satisfacto-
                                                    first conference held in Asheville,      rily to this point. This project is
                                                    N.C., in October 1977, met with          designed to find ways to relieve
                                                    great success. This 21/2 day con-        the demands on waste treatment
                                                    ference included presentations           plants that are now at or near
                                                    and discussions by numerous              maximum capacity. Proving the
              The Environmental Affairs             notable individuals in the               practicality of this method of sand
         Program has the unique feature of          groundwater field ranging from           filtration could result in the up-
         impacting the other four program           representatives from the United          grading of overburdened facilities
         areas while at the same time in-           States Geological Survey to pri-         in certain locales in a more tech-
         volving specific projects of its           vate consultants. Because of the         nologically advanced and eco-
         own. Preservation of the envi-             success of this conference, the          nomically efficient manner than
         ronment is a common thread                 Interstate Groundwater Commit-           presently available. The project is
         running through all activities             tee is planning to make it an an-        scheduled for completion in mid-
         sponsored by the Commission                nual event. With the attendance          1979 and a report will be forth-
         while this area's programmatic             this conference has realized, it has     coming.
         thrust has concentrated on                 become self-supporting. The                   A major project with signifi-
         groundwater resources.                     Committee, therefore, organized a        cant region-wide implications is
              In Fiscal Year 1978, the En-          second meeting in October 1978           currently underway in North
         vironmental Affairs Program con-           and is planning a third conference       Carolina through studying the
         tinued its efforts to evaluate and         in Florida in the fall of 1979.          feasibility of using ocean outfalls
         analyze the Region's water re-                 The accelerated groundwater          @conduits that pump directly into
         source potentials and problem              research projects, which were            the ocean) to handle waste dispo-
         areas. Because of a need to gain           continued in 1978, have expanded         sal problems. This project is pro-
         more knowledge about these val-            the Region's ability to manage           viding technical data for the
         uable resources, studies were              these valuable, but declining nat-       placement of these waste disposal
         conducted and forums held to ex-           ural assets. In Virginia, modeling       facilities, while at the same time
         change information on such im-             studies of the State's groundwater       is serving as an environmental as-
         portant topics as groundwater re-          management areas have proven to          sessment guide for this method-
         search, wastewater treatment, and          be invaluable tools in providing         ology, The study is scheduled for
         waste disposal.                            data in the determination of             completion in March of 1979.
              In 1977, the Commission ini-          withdrawal limits. In North                   The erosion of the shoreline
         tiated activities for enhancing the        Carolina, a cretaceous aquifer           is a serious problem for many
         flow of communication concern-             study has uncovered much new             areas of the Coastal Plains. In Vir-
         ing water resources among the              information regarding the loca-          ginia, the Virginia Institute of
         Coastal Plains States by establish-        tion of large quantities of high         Marine Science is conducting a
         ing a Regional Water Resources             quality water which can be attrac-       demonstration project to deter-
         Forum made up of State and Fed-            tive to industry and beneficial to       mine the effectiveness of various
         eral officials. The Interstate             local municipalities.                    methods of combating erosion
         Groundwater Committee, a sub-                  A South Carolina shallow             under differing shoreland condi-
         committee of the Forum, is work-           aquifer study is supplying much          tions. The results of the study
         ing to produce a groundwater               needed information on ground-            will help both private individ-
         handbook and status report on the          water pollution resulting both           uals and governments utilize the
         Coastal Plains area. The hand-             from direct sources such as leak-        best means for preserving their
         book will be available in March of         ing sewage and from indirect             shores.
         1979. The Committee has also es-           sources such as the chemical               Solar energy is providing elec-
         tablished groundwater training             spraying of crops. A similar shal-       trical power for the Gainesville,
         classes for technicians and profes-        low aquifer study in Georgia has         Florida, airport as the result of a
         sionals within the Region. These           revealed important clues on the          Commission demonstration
         classes are held in cooperation            quantities of useable water rela-        grant. The conventional electrical
         with the United States Geological          tive to areas of high demand,            power saved through this means
         Survey and funded by the Com-              while a Florida project is cur-          can be diverted to industrial use
         mission.                                   rently evaluating the groundwater        in the area surrounding the air-
              Along with the Interstate             of selected industrial sites.            port.
         Groundwater Committee's work                  A highly innovative sand fil-             The Environmental Affairs
         on the handbook and training               tration project being conducted          program also helps implement
         classes, they have developed and           for the Commission by the Geor-          water and sewer projects and

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                                                                                construction. The Environmental
                                                                                Impact Statement is being pre-
                                                                                pared by EDA and CPRC with the
                                                                                help of the State of North
                                                                                Carolina. The Statement prepara-
                                                                                tion should be complete by late
                                                                                1979.
                                                                                    In FY '79, the Environmental
                                                                                Affairs Program will continue its
                                                                                emphasis on groundwater and
                                                                                wastewater programs. Through
                                                                                this water resources approach, the
                                                                                CPRC is working towards eco-
                                                                                nomic growth while offering en-
                                                                                vironmental protection through
                                                                                increased knowledge.

                                                                                Reflectors gather in solar energy at
                                                                                the Gainsville, Florida airport

                                                                                Proper control methods, pictured in
                                                                                the lower photograph, can prevent
                                                                                  rther beach erosion

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      other projects which will ulti-
      mately be affected by the Na-
      tional Environmental Policy Act
      @P.L. 91-190). In that area, the
      Environmental Affairs program
      area is helping to develop the En-
      vironmental Impact Statement for
      a $2.5 million Convention Center
      on the Bogue Banks near More-                                   _7
      head City, North Carolina. The
      Economic Development Adminis-
      tration and Coastal Plains Re
      gional Commission are supplying
      the majority of the funds for the

      CPRC ANNUAL REPORT FY 1978                                                                                 13
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                                               'P,
        Mavel ffndustry                            -radio-into this project to                who responded to the CPRC ads
                                                   communicate with interstate                actually made trips to the Coastal
        Development                                highway travelers. In exchange for         South States in 1978. The study
                                                   having their radio stations listed         confirmed that Florida is both a
                                                   in the brochure, 39 stations in the        strong competitor and a strong
                                                   five States agreed to broadcast            asset for tourism in the four other
                                                   hourly public service messages             CPRC States. While 20% of these
                                                   telling the motorist about                 Canadians visited only Florida,
             The natural beauty, mild cli-         weather and traffic conditions and         another 20% spent one or more
        mate and historic significance of          about nearby non-profit travel at-         nights in all five of the CPRC
        the Coastal Plains Region are an           tractions. To buy an equivalent            States, 35% visited only States
        inducement to many visitors. In            amount of commercial air time              other than Florida, and the re-
        order to take greater advantage of         on these stations would have cost          mainder stopped overnight in Vir-
        the economic benefits to be de-            $1,500,000. Two other Title V              ginia, North and South Carolina,
        rived from increased tourism, the          Commissions have expressed                 and Georgia enroute to and from
        Travel Industry Development pro-           interest in duplicating this pilot         Florida. In all, the Canadians who
        gram concentrated on three re-             program.                                   responded to the CPRC advertis-
        gionwide projects this year. All                                                      ing spent more than $7,000,000 in
        were directed toward bringing                                                         the CPRC States, a return more
        more visitors into the region,                                                        than 38 times the amount in-
        where visitor expenditures play a                                                     vested in the project.
        major role in expanding the econ-                                                         Because of the success of the
        omy. At the same time, Commis-                                                        irst Canadian advertising project,
                                                                                              f
        sion grants funded State/regional
                                                                                              the Commission has extended it
        projects to develop and improve                                                       for a second year and added an
        visitor attractions and destina-                                                      additional ad project in the
        tions.                                                                                Northern Tier States. A study of
             Two of the multi-state re-                                                       the results of both will be done in
        gional projects were follow-ups to                                                    October of 1979. Both these proj-
        efforts originated in 1977. They                                                      ects were conducted for the
        involved innovative use of two
                                                                                              Commission by the North
                                                                                              Carolina Department of Tourism.
        proven techniques for developing
        travel-promotional brochures                                                          At the same time, a tourism mar-
        and advertising.                                                                      ket research study for the Region
             The target for one project was                                                   was undertaken by the Florida
        the millions of motorists travel-                                                     Tourism Department. The find-
        ing on the Region's interstate                                                        ings of this study will be of great
        highways enroute to destinations                                                      value to the Commission and to
        outside the Region. Promotional            The Coastal APDC produced this        I    each of the member States in
        brochures were distributed along           map as an aid to tourists                  planning future tourism develop-
        the interstates to inform these                                                       ment strategies.
        motorists of nearby points of                  The advertising project was                One of the greatest successes
        interest in the Region. A map of           mounted in Canada. It was initi-           that the Commission has been as-
        the Coastal South showed how to            ated in February, when Canadians           sociated with in tourism is the
        reach the attractions and destina-         who take two or more vacations a           Spoleto Festival held in Charles-
        tions.                                     year are ready to escape from the          ton, South Carolina. This annual
             The popularity of this bro-           wintry weather into a warmer               two-week festival of the perform-
        chure was proved in the fall of            climate. This, too, was a follow-          ing and visual arts was organized
        1977 and spring of 1978 when               up to a successful project of the          in 1977 by conductor/ composer
        motorists picked up a total of one         previous year.                             Gian Carlo Menotti after the an-
        million folders in seven months.               A results study of the 1977            nual festival in his home town of
        Two million folders have been              project, completed in October of           Spoleto, Italy. CPRC provided
        printed for the coming year and            1978 by an independent research            promotional monies in the last
        will be distributed in travel-folder       firm, provided valuable informa-           two fiscal years and will supply
        racks at more than 2,000 stopping          tion about the'Canadian travel             additional funds in FY '79.
        points along the interstates.              market.                                        An example of regional coop-
             A new feature of the bro-                 It showed that more than               eration at the sub-state level is
        chure brought a second medium              half-56%--of the Canadians                 the tourism development program

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                                                 of the Coastal Area Planning and     one of the many events enjoyed by
                heSpell'of                       Development Commission in            visitors during the Spoleto Festival
       Sou hern Splendor                         Georgia. Here a CPRC technical
            Why Moro &amp;More Canadians             assistance grant allowed the eight
           Are Visiting The Coastal South        counties of the APDC to jointly
                                       Iz=       develop and promote their
                                                 tourism assets in a professional
                                                 and effective manner that would
                                                 be impossible for any of them to
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                                                 otherwise accomplish alone.
                                                     Through these and other in-
                                 511'a Y
                               to ._@-'!T-       novative programs which em-
                                                 phasize the natural attractions of
                                                 the Coastal Plains, the Travel In-
                                                 dustry Development program
                          M" coustat South       continues to add strength to this
                          Trawl Phtual" C-Mol
                                                 important segment of the Re-
      SerwtoryourIRII-
           .h T ... 14.14.1                      gion's econorny.
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     CPRC ANNUAL REPORT FY 1978                                                                                        15
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                                                                                THOUSANDS
         Financial                A. TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE:                                C. OBLIGATIONS BY PROGRAM-FY 1978
         Plan and                 Federal Appropriations                        $ 9,389                                 PROJECT TYPE
         Summary of               Program Balance Carried Forward                               Programs              505        509       Total
         Obligations              From Fiscal Year 1977                                  1      Industrial
         Fiscal Year              Recoveries and Deobligations                        961         Development $1,443 $2,074 $ 3,517
         1978                     Total                                         $10,351         Marine Resources 1,467               32     1,499
                                  B. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:                                   Agriculture and
                                  To Finance the Office of the                                    Forestry              623        226         849
                                  Federal Cochairman                             $ 347          Environmental
                                  To Finance the Staff of the                                     Affairs             1,230        647      1,877
                                  Commission                                          230       Travel Industry
                                  Total                                         $     577         Development           946        112      1,058
                                                                                                Regional Eco-
                                  Balance Available for Programs                $   9,774         nomic Analysis          35     -0-           35
                                                                                                State Develop-
                                                                                                  ment Planning         939      -0-           939
                                                                                                Total                                     $ 9,774

                                  D. GRAND TOTAL ALL                                       E. UNOBLIGATED AT END
                                      OBLIGATIONS                            $10,351            OF FY 1978                              -0-

         Technical                Section 505 of the Public Works and Economic             projects and other related activities, which will
         Assistance               Act of 1965, as amended, authorizes the Com-             evaluate the needs of, and develop the poten-
         Program                  mission to expend Technical Assistance Funds             tialities for economic growth in the Coastal
                                  for planning, research, studies, demonstration           Plains.
                                  Regionwide Projects:                                        Marine Cooperative Projects               22,500
                                    Cattle Finishing &amp; Slaughter                              Travel Industry Map Folder                75,000
                                       Facilities                         $ 351,295
                                    Regional Resources Forum                    15,000        Canadian Advertising                      200,000
                                    Accelerated Groundwater                                   Travel Market Research                    75,000
                                       Evaluation                            298,526          Ocean Outfall Demonstration               50,000
                                    Accelerated Groundwater                                   Ocean Outfall Demonstration
                                       Evaluation Continuation               331,509            (cont.)                                 131,150
                                    Savannah River Study                        5,000         Florida Ag. Management Team               60,900
                                    Seafood Industrial Parks                 200,000          Virginia Ag. Management Team              47,546
                                    Seafood National Marketing Study            25,000        Northern Tier Advertising                 150,000
                                    Industrial Minerals Forum                   16,000        Seafood Marketing Program                 125,000
                                    Aero/Magnetic Survey                        50,000        State Planning (FY78)                     500,000
                                    Aero/Magnetic Data Analysis &amp;                             State Planning JFY 79)                    439,260
                                       Summary                                  50,000
                                                                                              European Visibility &amp; Promotion           112,918
                                    Venture Capital Study                       10,000        Advisory Committee Support                35,040
                                    Assist Seafood Processors                   60,000
                                    Coastal Plains Marine Center             177,390                                                $3,614,034

         Technical                  Florida                                                   Ft. Walton Beach Water Availability 100,000
         Assistance                                                                           Regional Planning Council
         Grants                     Evaluation of Compatability of Nature                       Demonstration                           50,000
         Fiscal Year                   Conservancy Program                  $ 10,000          Port St. Joe Deepwater Port
                                    West Florida Crafts Guild                   39,000          Expansion                               35,000
         1978                       Oyster Fattening &amp; Cleansing                                                                      $368,187
                                       Operation                             134,187

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                                 Georgia                                                 Economic Assessment of Bogue
                                                                                           Banks &amp; Impact Study                  40,000
                                 EelStudy                              $  20,000         LRO Technical Assistance                45,000
                                 Wood &amp; Wood Waste as Trial Study         50,000         1-95 Super Loop Program                 65,000
                                 Alumina from Kaolin                      22,800         International Trade (Cont.)             75,000
                                 Middle Georgia APDC                      20,000         N.C. Pest Control                       50,000
                                 Southwest Georgia APDC                   20,000         Rural Transportation (Cont.)            25,000
                                 Coastal Plains APDC                      20,000                                              $849,500
                                 Heart of Georgia APDC                    20,000
                                 Coastal APDC                             20,000         South Carolina
                                 Middle Flint APDC                        20,000
                                 Southeast Georgia APDC                   20,000         Estuarine Survey                     $140,000
                                 Oconee ADPC                              20,000         Decapod Mariculture                     59,998
                                 Altamaha Georgia Southern APDC                          Isle of Palms Highway Connector         18,000
                                   Area                                   20,000         Southeastern Livestock Export
                                 Lower Chatahoochee APDC                  20,000           Association Program                   13,550
                                 McIntosh Trail APDC                      20,000         Spoleto Festival USA
                                 CSRA Economic Development                                 Promotion &amp; Public Relations          75,000
                                   District                               20,000         Migrant Housing                         25,000
                                 Thermal Springs Development              15,000         S.C. Governor's Intern Program          50,000
                                 Coastal Georgia Tourism Project          24,660         John's Island Study                     31,250
                                 Areawide City/County Managers            25,000         Orangeburg County Feasibility
                                 S. Georgia Data Processing               175,000          Study                                   5,000
                                                                       $572,460                                               $417,798

                                 North Carolina                                          Virginia
                                 Frying Pan Lightship Museum           $ 50,000          Brunswick County Watershed           $ 60,000
                                 Rural Public Transportation Plan         25,000         Piedmont PDC Mineral Resources
                                 Natural Heritage Program                 74,000           Development Study                     64,080
                                 Natural Heritage (Cont.)                 87,000         Southside Industrial Study              50,000
                                 Geologic Investigation of Possible                      Hydrology Study James
                                   Buried Triassic Basin                  65,000           City/County                           42,000
                                 Reading Centers Program                  200,000                                             $216,080
                                 Municipal Water Supply Planning
                                   Assistance                             48,500

       Demonstration               Demonstration Grant authority is used to           of its cost.
       Grants                  construct facilities which: (1) are needed for re-          In Fiscal Year 1978, the Commission used
       Fiscal Year             gional economic development and (2) are not            its Demonstration Grant authority to fund eight
       1978                    eligible for assistance under any existing Federal     projects. Total grants by the Coastal Plains Re-
                               grant-in-aid program. The Commission's share           gional Commission amounted to $644,550.
                               of such a project may run as high as 100 percent

                                 Florida                                                 Georgia
                               ST ANDREWS MARINE &amp; COMMERCIAL                         MARINE RESOURCES CENTER LIBRARY
                               AREA IMPROVEMENT                                       CRPC Grant-in-aid             $247,500
                               CPRC Grant-in-aid             $187,250                 Local-University System -105,000
                               Local                           42,750                 Total Project Cost                         $352,500
                               Total Project Cost                         $230,000
                               CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH                                    North Carolina
                               STORM WATER OUTFALL PROJECT                            DEMONSTRATION SWINE
                               CPRC Grant-in-aid             $ 41,800                 PRODUCTION FACILITIES
                               Local                           10,450                 CPRC Grant-in-aid            $ 35,000
                               Total Project Cost                         $ 52,250    Total Project Cost                         $ 35,000

       CPRC ANNUAL REPORT FY 1978                                                                                                       17
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                                   South Carolina                                        TOWN OF YEMASSEE
                                                                                         WASTEWATER TREATMENT
                                 BREACH INLET                                            CPRC Grant-in-aid             $ 18,000
                                 CPRC Grant-in-aid              $ 14,500                 Total Project Cost                         $ 18,000
                                 Total Project Cost                          $ 14,500       Virginia
                                 SUMTER AREA AGRICULTURE                                 ROWANTY VOC TECH
                                 DEVELOPMENT                                             SOLAR ENERGY DEMONSTRATION
                                 CPRC Grant-in-aid              $ 15,000                 CPRC Grant-in-aid             $ 85,000
                                 Local                             3,000
                                 Contributions                     12,894                Total Project Cost                         $ 85,000
                                 Total Project Cost                          $ 30,894

         Supplemental                 The Commission's Supplemental Grants               complete the financing of the thirty-three proj-
         Grant                   fSection 509) are used to enable the construction       ects with a total project cost of $23,351,498. Six
         Program                 of facilities which: (1) are eligible for funding       of the projects are located in North Carolina,
                                 under the criteria of existing Federal grant-in-aid     one in South Carolina, eleven in Georgia, eight
                                 programs, (2) are needed in the Region's growth         in Virginia and seven in Florida.
                                 centers to spur or sustain their economic devel-             Federal grant agencies whose basic grants
                                 opment, and (3) could not otherwise be built be-        were supplemented were the Department of
                                 cause either the state and local resources are in-      Health, Education and Welfare, the Department
                                 adequate to meet their "matching" share of the          of Commerce (Economic Development Admin-
                                 project's cost. The Commission's supplemental           istration), the Department of Housing and
                                 grant program during Fiscal Year 1978 made              Urban Development, the Department of Ag-
                                 possible the joint financing of a total of thirty-      riculture and the Environmental Protection
                                 three regionally significant projects in the            Agency. The projects and financial participation
                                 Coastal Plains. Funds in the amount of                  of the localities, States and Federal agencies are
                                 $3,091,167 were provided by the Commission to           shown in the accompanying tabulation:

                                                                             PERCENTAGE  SOUTH BOSTON VOC. TECH. EQUIPMENT
                                                                             OF ELICMLE
                                   Virginia                        AMOUNT     COST       Basic grant-in-aid-HEW        $ 414,000       60%
                                 SOUTHAMPTON VOCATIONAL                                  Supplemental grant-CPRC            138,000    20%
                                 EDUCATIONAL CENTER                                      Localfunds                         138,000    20%
                                 Basic grant-in-aid-HEW         $ 918,497     50%                                      $    690,000    100%
                                 Supplemental grant-CPRC           140,000       8%      URBANNA WATER SYSTEM
                                 Localfunds                        778,498    42%        IMPROVEMENTS
                                                                $1,836,995   100%        Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $          50,000     20%
                                 MECKLENBURG COUNTY VOCATIONAL                           Supplemental grant-CPRC            140,000    57%
                                 EDUCATION EQUIPMENT                                     Localfunds                         55,000     23%
                                 Basic grant-in-aid-HEW         $ 198,401     60%                                      $    245,000    100%
                                 Supplemental grant-CPRC           51,800     16%        OYSTER WATER-BASED RECREATION &amp;
                                 Localfunds                        80,468     24%        HARBOR REFUGE FACILITY
                                                                             -           Basic grant-in-aid-USDA $          55,098     49%
                                                                $ 330,669    100%        Supplemental grant-CPRC            32,414     29%
                                 CITY OF SUFFOLK WATER TREATMENT                         Local funds                        24,984     22%
                                 FACILITY                                                                              $    112,496    100%
                                 Basic grant-in-aid-HUD         $    5,000      3%
                                 Supplemental grant-CPRC           40,000     23%                                                  PERCENTAGE
                                                                                                                                    OF ELIGIBLE
                                 Localfunds                        128,200    74%          North Carolina                AMOUNT        COST
                                                                $  173,200   100%        HERTFORD WATERBASED REC. FACILITIES
                                 ACCOMACK COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK                         Basic grant-in-aid-USDA $ 91,000              53%
                                 Basic grant-in-aid-EDA         $ 100,000     18%        Supplemental grant-CPRC            47,400     27%
                                 Supplemental grant-CPRC           40,000       7%       Localfunds                         34,600     20%
                                 State funds                       100,000    18%                                      $    173,000    100%
                                 Local funds                       311,122    57%        TOWN OF ROPER SEWER SYSTEM
                                                                $  551,122   100%        Basic grant-in-aid-EPA        $ 406,500       40%
                                 AMELIA-NOTTOWAY JOINT VOC. TECH. FAC.                   Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA            279,000    27%
                                 Basic grant-in-aid-HEW         $ 725,550     44%        Supplemental grant-CPRC            100,000    10%
                                 Supplemental grant-CPRC           140,000      8%       State funds                        69,000       7%
                                 Localfunds                        800,000    48%        Local funds                        159,500    16%
                                                                $1,665,550   100%                                      @1,014,000      100%

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                                                                      PERCENTAGE  EAST LAURENS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
                                                                      OF ELIGIBLE
                               North Carolina              AMOUNT       COST      Basic grant-in-aid-HEW       $   50,000     11%
                                                                                  Supplemental grant-CPRC          118,300    25%
                             TOWN OF TURKEY WATER SYSTEM                          State funds                      186,600    39%
                             Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $ 156,900          33%       Localfunds                       118,300    25%
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC          66,175    14%                                    $   473,200    100%
                             State funds                     106,525    22%       MORGAN COUNTY VOCATIONAL
                             Local funds (FmHA Loan)         150,000    31%       EDUCATION
                                                           $ 479,600    100%      Basic grant-in-aid-HEW       $ 50,000       10%
                             BEAUFORT TECH. LEARNING RESOURCES                    Supplemental grant-CPRC          120,000    25%
                             CENTER                                               State funds                      190,100    40%
                             Basic grant-in-aid-HEW        $  94,580    10%       Localfunds                   -120,050       25%
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC          94,580    10%                                    $ 480,150      100%
                             State funds                     400,117    40%
                             Local funds                     398,360    40%       HOLMES COUNTY VOCATIONAL
                                                           $ 987,637    @0-0%     EDUCATION
                             COUNTY OF PAMLICO WATER SYSTEM                       Basic grant-in-aid-HEW       $ 50,000       40%
                             Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $1,500,000         35%       Supplemental grant-CPRC          50,000     40%
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC         233,000      6%      Local funds                      25,000     20%
                             Local funds                   2,497,000    59%                                    $   125,000    100%
                                                           $4,230,000   100%      STATESBORO HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL
                             EDENTON WATERFRONT PARK PROJECT                      EDUCATION
                             Basic grant-in-aid-DOI        $ 107,580    50%       Basic grant-in-aid-HEW       $ 100,000      12%
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC          64,548    30%       Supplemental grant-CPRC          50,000     6%
                             Local funds                      43,032    20%       State funds                      255,600    32%
                                                                        -         Localfunds                       402,200    50%
                                                           $ 215,160    100%                                   $   807,800    100%
                                                                                  WARE COUNTY VOCATIONAL
                                                                      PERCENTAGE
                                                                      OF ELIGIBLE EDUCATION
                               South Carolina              AMOUNT       COST      Basic grant-in-aid-HEW       $   50,000     6%
                             SUMTER COUNTY CAREER CENTER                          Supplemental grant-CPRC          177,275    22%
                             EXPANSION                                            State funds                      304,550    38%
                             Basic grant-in-aid-HEW        $  --0-                Local funds                      277,275    34%
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC         100,000    20%                                    $   809,100    100%
                             State funds                     300,000    60%       HENRY COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK RAIL
                             Local funds                     100,000    20%       SPUR
                                                           $ 500,000    100%      Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $ 66,000            48%
                                                                      PERCENTAGE  Supplemental grant-CPRC          45,000     32%
                                                                      OF ELIGIBLE Local funds                      27,750     20%
                               Georgia                     AMOUNT       COST                                   $   138,750    100%
                             VIDALIA INDUSTRIAL PARK SEWERAGE                     RURAL FIRE PROTECT10N (I ST YEAR)
                             Basic grant-in-aid-EPA        $2,778,450   72%       Basic grant-in-aid-USDA          -0-
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC         131,000      4%      Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 37,625            50%
                             Local funds                     935,650    24%       Local funds                      37,625     50%
                                                           $3,845,100   100%                                   $   75,250     100%
                             TIFT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL VOC. ED.                     RURAL FIRE PROTECTION (2ND YEAR)
                             Basic grant-in-aid-HEW        $ 100,000    11%       Basic grant-in-aid-USDA          -0-
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC         223,300    25%       Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 25,000            50%
                             State funds                     346,600    39%       Localfunds                       25,000     50%
                             Local funds                     223,300    25%                                    $   50,000     100%
                                                           $ 893,200    100%
                                                                                                                          PERCENTAGE
                             LAGRANGE BOARD VOCATIONAL                                                                    OF ELIGIBLE
                             EDUCATION                                              Florida                        AMOUNT     COST
                             Basic grant-in-aid-HEW        $ 75,000       5%      MADISON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK
                             Supplemental grant-CPRC          45,000      3%      Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $ 50,000            33%
                             State funds                     365,300    25%       Supplemental grant-CPRC          70,000     47%
                             Local funds                     990,700    67%       Local funds                      30,000     20%
                                                           $1,476,000   100%                                   $   150,000    100%

       CPRC ANNUAL REPORT FY 1978                                                                                                  19
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         Supplemental                                                 PERCENTAGE   JACKSON COUNTY GRAIN STORAGE &amp;
                                                                       OF EUGEBLE
         Grant                   Florida                     AMOUNT      COST      PROCESSING
         Program                                                                   Basic grant-in-aid-Fml-IA       -0-
         continued            HOLMES COUNTY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING                    Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 163,600         94%
                              Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA $ 36,400           21%       Local funds                     10,450      6%
                              Supplemental grant-CPRC         105,000    59%                                         4,050   100%
                              Localfunds                       35,350    20%       MARIANNA INDUSTRIAL PARK
                                                           $  176,750    100%      Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA         -0-
                              WITHLACOOCHEEVOC. TECH. CENTER                       Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 103,000         50%
                              EXPANSION                                            Local funds                - 105,000      50%
                              Basic grant-in-aid-HEW           -0-                                             $ 208,000     100%
                              Supplemental grant-CPRC $       100,000    80%       BAKER COUNTY WATER &amp; SEWER SYSTEM
                              Local funds                      25,000    20%       Basic grant-in-aid-Fml-IA       -0-
                                                           $  125,000    100%      Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 67,650          80%
                              PALATKA AIR INDUSTRIAL PARK                          Local funds                     16,992    20%
                              Basic grant-in-aid-FmHA          -0-                                             $   84,642    100%
                              Supplemental grant-CPRC $ 31,500           54%
                              Local funds                      26,577    46%
                                                           $   58,077    100%

             1978can be looked upon as             Fiscal Year 1979. The legislation               In the coming twelve
         one of the most productive years          authorizing Title V Regional               months, the Coastal Plains Re-
         in the 11-year history of the             Commissions must be renewed                gional Commission will continue
         Commission. The success of                before the close of this year. In          to give its attention to those con-
         regional programs such as the             contrast to many years past, the           ditions which prevent the Region
         Midwest Marketing project, the            Commissions have the support of            from realizing its full potential.
         minerals survey and the tourism           the Administration and the Na-             The Commission will persevere
         advertising project has been un-          tion's Governors for their con-            in its efforts to seek the most ef-
         deniably demonstrated. Another            tinued existence.                          fective remedies to those condi-
         major program, placing a seafood               This support is the result of         tions and to implement creative
         industrial park in each State,            the contributions that each of the         programs tailored specifically to
         moved steadily toward comple-             Title V Commissions has made to            the needs and desires of the
         tion. The Commission turned its           the economic growth of this                people of the Coastal Plains.
         attention to a new market-                country in recent years and the
         Africa-in its search for addi-            many innovative programs that
         tional outlets for the Region's           they have originated. It also rec-
         goods and commodities.                    ognizes the value of a program
             But equally important was             that allows the Federal Govern-
         the sense of optimism with which          ment and the States to jointly
         the Commission was able to greet          tackle the individual problems
                                                   that hinder the development of
                                                   specific areas of the country.

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                            Organization Of The Coastal Plains Regional Commission
                            September 30, 1978

                            Commission Members                                   (Commission Staff
                            DR. CLAUD ANDERSON, Federal Cochairman               JAMES W. BUTLER, Executive Director
                            GOVERNOR JOHN N. DALTON of Virginia                  RICHARD M. POYTHRESS,
                            GOVERNOR JAMES B. HUNT, JR.                             Planning and Evaluation Officer
                               of North Carolina                                 FRANK CRAWFORD, JR., Administrative Officer
                            GOVERNOR JAMES B. EDWARDS                            STANFORD R. BEEBE, Program Director,
                               of South Carolina                                 Marine Resources
                            GOVERNOR GEORGE D. BUSBEE of Georgia                 DAVID L. TOMPKINS, Program Director,
                            GOVERNOR REUBIN O'D. ASKEW of Florida,               Agriculture and Forestry
                              State Cochairman 1978
                                                                                 0. M. WELLSLAGER, JR., Program Director,
                            St2te A2tezn2tes                                     Industrial Development
                            Virginia: MAURICE B. ROWE                            EDWARD G. JOYNER, Program Director,
                            North Carolina: JOSEPH W. GRIMSLEY                   Travel Industry Development
                            South Carolina: HAROLD E. TRASK, JR.                 R. McIVER WATSON, Program Officer,
                            Georgia: R. WAYNE HAISTEN                            Environmental Affairs
                            Florida: WALLACE W. HENDERSON                        CONNIE L. SENNIFF, Project Officer,
                            StZte coolran2teirs                                  Visibility and Promotion
                            Virginia: LYNN CURREY                                MONICA L. MULVEY, Executive Secretary
                            North Carolina: WILLIAM R. PITTMAN                   ELAINE L. KNIGHT, Administrative Assistant
                            South Carolina: ARCHIE L. TODD                       GLENNA M. BIRD, Secretary
                            Georgia: JOHN F. OVERSTREET                          BENITA B. BROOKS, Secretary
                            Florida: GREGORY L. HIGGINS
                            Federal stzz                                         PAULA E MARKS, Secretary
                            TONY N. MAGOULAS, Special Assistant                  IpedemR Coch2k= Office
                            ETHEL P. TERRY, Program Director                     Suite 413
                            BRUCE C. MOREHEAD, Project Specialist                1725 K Street N.W.
                            RUTH A. BOSEK, Special Assistant                     Washington, D.C. 20006
                            MARY S. ROSEN, Secretary                             (202) 634-3910
                            BRONNIE D. MAY, Secretary
                            VIOLA L. HARKINS, Confidential Assistant             Commission staff Office
                                                                                 215 East Bay Street
                                                                                 Charleston, South Carolina 29401
                                                                                 (803) 724-4250
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