We enjoyed seeing so many of you at our recent Annual South Carolina Economic Development Review! Thank you to our speakers and our guests for making it such a great day! 

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GEORGIA

  • 2016 top states for doing business: Georgia back in top spot again, AreaDevelopment.com (June 5, 2017)
    Georgia is back at #1 spot for the third year in a row.

Read the full Area Development article here.

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NATIONAL

  • Amazon's grocery push playing catch up with Chinese e-commerce giants, Sify Finance (June 22, 2017)
    As Amazon.com Inc. looks to swallow US grocery chain Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with bit data and better supply chains.

Read the full Sify article here.

  • 2017 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards recognize states compiling healthy rosters of new and expanded facilities, Area Development (June 2017)
    21 states are compiling healthy and impressive rosters of projects and announcements, expansions and new facilities.

Read the full Area Development article here.

  • 31st Annual Survey of Corporate Executives Commentary: Economic Incentives Necessary to Mitigate Increasing Project Costs, Area Development (June 2017)
    The lack of available buildings in certain markets, as well as rising rental and labor costs, has made expansions more expensive than ever and heightened the need for economic incentives in order to make projects a reality.

Read the full Area Development article here.

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NORTH CAROLINA

  • Plans for Triad business park moving forward after delays, Triad Business Journal (May 10, 2017)
    Davidson County's plans for a large corporate park are moving forward.

Read the full Triad Business Journal article here.

  • "Project Jerky," an international snack food maker, taps NC for first US production facility, Triangle Business Journal (June 23, 2017)
    South African firm Stormberg Foods, which produces meat protein snacks, tapped eastern North Carolina for a 60-job production plant with plans to invest nearly $2.5 million.

Read the full Triangle Business Journal article here.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

  • AnMed Health using bonds, refinancing debt to pay for expansion, Becker's Hospital CFO Report (June 21, 2017)
    AnMed Health, a non-profit health system based in Anderson, SC, received bond funding from the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority for its years-long expansion in the state's Upstate region.

Read the full Becker's article here.

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WISCONSIN

  • Can the success of Milwaukee's global water center be duplicated elsewhere?, BisNow (June 22, 2017)
    The Global Water Center is a 98K SF facility that is home to 45 companies focused on water technology.

Read the full BisNow article here.

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