I am a member of the Economic Development Committee (EDC) for the Town of Cary. At our last meeting on April 11, I had recounted my conversations with Mr. Dave Van Pelt, the new North Carolina Coordinator for Sister Cities International. Dave is President of the Twin City Alliance and other business organizations that deal with China and East Asia business connections. I felt that the EDC would benefit from hearing directly from Dave about the changing international business and investing climate in China and here in NC/SC.
I invited Dave to attend our next EDC meeting on June 6, as since Dave is available, we put Dave on the EDC agenda. Now here comes the quirky part.
Howard Johnson at the Cary Chamber offered to host a dinner for Dave after the meeting since Dave is coming from Winston-Salem and will return after the meeting. However, no more than 4 of the 9 EDC members can attend the dinner or else this would be considered a meeting of the group and would have to be posted as an open meeting! We are trying to work out details of who would be the lucky ones or if we could have dinner brought into the meeting or after the meeting so that Dave can connect will all of us in a less formal format...
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