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people are hired, the County would contribute $56,000; in turn, eMindful would pay back about <br />$3.6 million in salaries, into the local community. <br />Ms. McCabe used a PowerPoint (copy on file) and a short video highlighting the <br />experiences of several students, to give an overview of her company, eMindful, which was <br />established in 2006. She explained that eMindful offers online and interactive health, wellness <br />and complementary medicine "live -time" classes, which allow individuals to study with qualified <br />teachers across the Country who provide teaching tools and techniques for stress reduction, <br />behavioral modification, and wellness education. She explained that research (upon which all <br />the classes are based), has shown that the mindfulness practices often bring both psychological <br />and physiological wellbeing, and divulged that her company has some beneficial programs for <br />children and seniors, and plans to offer some of the programs on a discounted basis to <br />community members. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Commissioner Solari thanked the presenters and the City of Sebastian for hosting today's <br />Summit, after which he invited public comments. <br />Fred Mensing made the following suggestions: (1) partner with the Florida East Coast <br />Railroad to attract industry along the railway; (2) create a 150 -foot wide industrial corridor to the <br />west side of I-95; (3) establish an additional corridor for a commercial highway to connect US1 <br />with I-95, and for expansion of rail service; and (4) focus on the local manufacture of products <br />for export. <br />RECESS <br />The Chairman announced that Session I was concluded at 11: 35 a.m., and invited <br />everyone to reconvene for Session II, Short Term Goals, at 1:30 p.m. <br />15 <br />February 18, 2010 <br />Economic/Goal Summit II <br />