A few dozen business owners, professionals and elected officials gathered at Williamsburg Technical College (WTC) Thursday morning for a mini-conference focused on small business economic development.
McCall Farms Inc., a producer of Southern canned and frozen vegetables in Florence County, announced today the addition of a new canning line, Bruce's Yams. The $19.3 million investment is expected to generate 140 new jobs over the next five years.
On Thursday, January 16, The North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) will host a Lunch and Learn event at Williamsburg Technical College in Kingstree from noon until 1:30 p.m.
STARTEK Inc. will lease a new 50,000 square-foot-facility being built at Towne Center in the fast-growing Carolina Forest section of Horry County. During construction of the facility, the company will operate and conduct employee training in a temporary space provided by Horry-Georgetown Technical College's Grand Strand Campus. Completion of the new facility is scheduled for fall 2014.
The new site which can be found at www.nesasc.org will provide site selection consultants and corporate real estate executives with a level of flexibility and freedom that's rarely allotted within other economic development websites.
The follow editorial is written by Sen. J. Yancey McGill, the chairman of the North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA) executive committee and addresses the infrastructure needs of the region.
B3C Fuel Solutions manufactures and distributes environmentally friendly products to solve bio-fuel related problems. Their products are distributed internationally to over 25,000 retailers, including The Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Wal-Mart and their nationwide network of dealers and distributors.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Cleveland-based Austin Consulting a leader in the site selection consulting for the food and beverage industry provided NESA with its 'shovel-Ready; Site Designation Award for the Food and Beverage Industry for the Marion County Manna Site, located at the intersection of Gurley Road and US Highway 501, giving the NESA region the state's two lone certified food processing sites.
