JOBS + BUSINESS GROWTH

On Tuesday, 17 April 2018, our committee had it's second meeting proceeding the unveiling of the Action Plan. Previously, our group began discussing the impacts of a small pool of loanable funds that would be available to businesses to help with funding gaps. We looked further into this idea, specif

Had a great time attending the SPARKCenter tour in Spartanburg, SC with the Talent Development and Attraction action team. It was good to see the humongous support from the county in creating and maintaining that "one stop shop". Another interesting aspect was the "landing spaces" concept and how

I have talked about how many incentives are out of alignment with our economic development goals. Specifically, several incentives address property taxes and support real estate investments while the knowledge economy business we are trying to grow and attract are talent intensive and often lease s

Tomorrow at 3:00 PM we have our action group meeting in the Incubator. This is a one hour meeting for targeted discussions adhering to our agenda. Here are the items on the agenda: 1. A draft list of incentives for new businesses. 2. A draft list of priorities for expanding the capacity of the Tech