Our Role as a Regional Alliance
The South Carolina I-77 Alliance is a county-driven nonprofit economic development organization dedicated to positioning and marketing the five counties as a world-class business location to attract capital investment and high-quality jobs to the region.
How We Support Our Five Counties
We provide value-added services and products to the local developers within our five-county region, including strategic planning, workforce assessment, research services and data platforms. Plus, since our members represent the entire I-77 region, we are agile and proactive, as we all work in tandem to drive the region’s success.
What we Provide to our Five Counties
COUNTY WEBSITE ENHANCEMENTS
- State-of-the-art, GIS-based industrial property database
- County-specific economic data center, featuring 80+ data variables
MARKETING & LEAD GENERATION
- County-specific videos, economic overview brochures, social media content management
- Multiple domestic and international business attraction mission trips in collaboration with lead generation firms
- County travel expenses for lead generation missions paid for by the I-77 Alliance
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
- Cloud-based customer and project management CRM platform (Salesforce)
- Incentive and cost-benefit analysis software
RESEARCH SERVICES
- Response to “Requests for Information” (RFI) from companies and site location consultants
- Custom economic, target industry, and workforce research » Regional and county-specific workforce study
- Economic impact modeling
