Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce August 4, 2020 STRATEGIC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce

August 4, 2020

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

REGIONAL & INTERGOVERNMENTAL APPROACH FEDERAL I STATE I REGIONAL I COUNTY I MUNICIPALITIES I UTILITIES I EDUCATION I OTHER

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

RESULTS SINCE BASE CLOSURE

TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT TOTAL JOBS

34,449 $6.4B

1993 – 2020 Charleston County consistently ranked in top #10 in jobs and capital investment among the 46 S.C. counties

2018 - 2019 ANNOUNCEMENTS

TOTAL ANNOUNCEMENTS TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT TOTAL JOBS

27 1,571

$153.4M

2020 ANNOUNCEMENTS

TOTAL ANNOUNCEMENTS TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT TOTAL JOBS

3 351

$13.8M

ACTIVITY IS INCREASING WITH 15 PROJECTS IN PIPELINE REPRESENTING MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES

BUSINESS CONCIERGE PROGRAM

On-going Assistance Expansion Assistance Start Up Assistance

 Workforce Solutions  Real Estate  Marketing Support  Sector Initiatives  Incentives

LOYALTY TO EXISTING INDUSTRY Since 2013, assisted 52 company expansions generating more than 5,400 jobs and $1.9B in capital investment

Help Desk Weekly Industry Conference Call Purveyor of information Industry Surveys

COVID-19 RESPONSE

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