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LOCATION TALENT INNOVATION SUPPORT Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce August 4, 2020 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS REGIONAL & INTERGOVERNMENTAL APPROACH Key Partners S.C. Department of Commerce recruitment & BRE


  1. LOCATION TALENT INNOVATION SUPPORT Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce August 4, 2020

  2. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS REGIONAL & INTERGOVERNMENTAL APPROACH Key Partners • S.C. Department of Commerce – recruitment & BRE • Municipalities – recruitment & BRE • readySC – recruitment & BRE CRDA $ - recruitment • Charleston Metro Chamber $ - business advocacy • Lowcountry Local First $ - local businesses • • SBDC – small business Charleston Digital Corridor $ - technology • Harbor Entrepreneur Center $ - technology and entrepreneurship • FEDERAL I STATE I REGIONAL I COUNTY I MUNICIPALITIES I UTILITIES I EDUCATION I OTHER

  3. RESULTS SINCE BASE CLOSURE 1993 – 2020 $6.4B 34,449 TOTAL CAPITAL TOTAL INVESTMENT JOBS Charleston County consistently ranked in top #10 in jobs and capital investment among the 46 S.C. counties

  4. 2018 - 2019 ANNOUNCEMENTS 1,571 $153.4M 27 TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL CAPITAL ANNOUNCEMENTS JOBS INVESTMENT

  5. 2020 ANNOUNCEMENTS $13.8M 351 3 TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL CAPITAL ANNOUNCEMENTS JOBS INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IS INCREASING WITH 15 PROJECTS IN PIPELINE REPRESENTING MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES

  6. BUSINESS CONCIERGE PROGRAM LOYALTY TO EXISTING INDUSTRY  Workforce Solutions  Real Estate Start Up On-going Assistance Assistance  Marketing Support  Sector Initiatives Expansion Assistance  Incentives Since 2013, assisted 52 company expansions generating more than 5,400 jobs and $1.9B in capital investment

  7. COVID-19 RESPONSE Help Desk Purveyor of information Weekly Industry Conference Call Industry Surveys

  8. COVID-19 TRENDS Five major themes or categories identified • Commercial Real Estate Trends • Workforce Trends • Supply-Chain Trends • Reshoring Trends • The EDO formal response/Best Practices  Three common sub-themes or sub-categories relevant to each major theme/category identified above • Virtual collaboration/Work-from-home • Social distancing mandates • Equity and inclusion or fair access for ALL county residents

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