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The North Carolina economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in North Carolina and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
Information about Cityscape USA - This successful series of global events about commercial real estate investment and city development projects in big emerging markets will come to New York City in September 2008, and will also showcase developments in North American cities to major foreign investors.  Contact us for details.
Please contact us if you may be interested in expanding your business into North Carolina.  We are independent advisors - not a government agency or investment promotion agency. The "Seek Advice" section outlines topics which may be helpful as background to support your project plans.  Refer also to the Professional Services Directory for North Carolina

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Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
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Invest North Carolina - North Carolina Department of Commerce - and North Carolina Site Search - NC "certified sites" program State 27699  

www.nccommerce.com

www.ncsitesearch.com

No No
North Carolina's Electric Membership Corp, co-ops, Touchstone Energy utility 27306   www.ncems.com No No
Duke Power utility 27420   www.dukepower.com/ecdev No No
Progress Energy utility 27601 service area map Regional reps www.progress-energy.com

 

No No
ElectriCities of North Carolina regional utility 27626   www.electricities.com No No
NCCBI - North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry - and directory of NC Chambers of Commerce Chamber 27603  

www.nccbi.org

list of NC Chamber links

No No
North Carolina Economic Developers Association - NCEDA Association   www.nceda.org No No
           
Winston-Salem Business Metro 27101   www.winstonsalembusinessinc.com No No
Randolph County EDC county 27204   www.rcedc.com No No
High Point Economic Development Commission City 27261     No No
Orange County Economic Development Commission - Hillsborough County 27278

Dianne Reid

919-245-2326

http://www.co.orange.nc.us/ No No
Davidson County Economic Development Commission - Lexington county 27293     No No
Lee County EDC County 27330   www.lcedc.com No No
Rockingham County Partnership for Economic Development and Tourism - Wentworth County 27375     No No
Caswell County - Yanceyville County 27379     No No
Greensboro Economic Development Partnership - city and Guilford County Metro 27409

Dan Lynch

336-691-6482

www.greensboroedp.com No No
North Carolina's Piedmont Triad Partnership Region 27409   www.piedmonttriadnc.com No No
FTZ #230 Piedmont Triad Partnership - Guilford, Forsyth, Davidson and Surry counties FTZ 27409   www.piedmonttriadnc.com/ftz230.asp No No
Town of Chapel Hill - and Chapel Hill Downtown Economic Development Corporation Town 27514

Elizabeth H. Parham

919-843-7306

www.townofchapelhill.org No No
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Chamber 27515   www.carolinachamber.org No No
Cary Chamber of Commerce Chamber 27519     No No
Wayne County Economic Development Commission - Goldsboro NC County 27533     No No
Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments - for Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren counties of North Carolina Regional planning 27536   www.kerrtarcog.org No No
Kerr-Tar Hub - new regional technology park development initiative site development   www.kerrtarhub.org    Report No No
Vance County Economic Development Commission, Henderson NC County 27536   www.vancecountyedc.com No No
Harnett County Economic Development Commission - Lillington NC County 27546   www.harnettedc.org No No
Granville County Economic Development Commission County 27565

Leon Turner

919-693-5911

www.granvillecounty.com No No
Person County Economic Development, Roxboro County 27573   www.personcounty.net    
Town of Selma NC Town 27576     No No
Warren County Economic Development Commission - Warrenton NC county 27589   www.warrencountync.org No No
Franklin County Economic Development Commission - Youngsville NC County 27596 919-554-1863 www.franklincountync.us/EDC/ No No
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School University 27599  

www.unc.edu

www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu

Center for Competitive Economies

No No
Raleigh Economic Development Corp. City 27602     No No
FTZ #93 Raleigh-Durham NC - Triangle J Council of Governments, World Trade Center North Carolina FTZ 27601 919-743-0177   No No
Research Triangle Regional Partnership region 27623

Debbie Lilly

919-840-7372

www.researchtriangle.org Interview No
Raleigh-Durham (RDU) International Airport airport 27623   www.rdu.com No No
Research Triangle Park - Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina Development 27709

Rick Weddle

919-549-8181

www.rtp.org No No
North Carolina Biotechnology Center - Research Triangle Park Cluster development 27709

Dr. Leslie Alexandre

919-549-8805

www.ncbiotech.org No No
Golden Leaf Foundation, Rocky Mount 27804   www.goldenleaf.org No No
Carolinas Gateway Partnership Region 27804     No No
Pitt County Development Commission - Greenville NC County 27835     No No
Northampton County Economic Development Commision - Jackson NC County 27845     No No
Martin County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) County 27892 252-792-2044 www.martincountyedc.com No No
Wilson Economic Development Council County 27893  

www.wilsonedc.org

www.wilson-co.com 

No No
Wilson Industrial Center Industrial property 27864

Judy Southard

252-234-0419

Property Summary : 200,000 sq ft

Fact sheet   Maps   Photos   Layout

No No
Albemarle Economic Development Commission - Elizabeth City 27907     No No
North Carolina's Northeast Partnership Inc. - Edenton Region 27932   www.ncnortheast.com No No
Hertford County Economic Development Commission - Winton County 27986     No No
Stanly County Economic Development Commission - Albemarle County 28001     No No
Cabarrus Economic Development - Concord 28025     No No
Rutherford County Economic Development Commission - Forrest City County 28043     No No
Gaston County Economic Development Commission - Gastonia County 28053   www.gaston.org No No
City of Kannapolis City 28082     No No
Lincoln Economic Development Association - Lincolnton 28093     No No
Union County EDC County 28111   www.unionedc.com No No
Mooresville - South Iredell Chamber of Commerce Chamber 28115     No No
Salisbury-Rowan Economic Development Commission 28144     No No
Cleveland County Chamber County 28151   www.clevelandchamber.org No No
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Metro 28202   www.charlottechamber.com No No

Fayetteville Area Economic Development Corp. - Cumberland County Business Council, North Carolina

Metro 28302

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Phyllis Owens

(910)484-4242 ext.246

www.ccbusinesscouncil.org

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Consultant reports for target sectors :

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Plastics

Automotive

Pharmaceutical

 

Available sites and buildings

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Local companies

 

NC companies

 

Profile

Incentives

HR info

Cumberland County Business Council County 28302   www.ccbusinesscouncil.org No No
North Carolina's Southeast Region 28337   www.ncse.org No No
Duplin County Economic Development Commission County 28349   www.duplinedc.com No No
Laurinburg - Scotland County Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 28353     No No
Robeson County Economic Development Commission - Lumberton County 28385     No No
FTZ #66 Wilmington - NC State Ports Authority FTZ 28402     No No
Columbus County Economic Development Commission County 28472   www.columbusforindustry.com No No
North Carolina's Eastern Region Region 28504   www.nceast.org No No
FTZ # 214 Lenoir County - North Carolina Global TransPark Authority FTZ 28504   www.gtp.net No No
Jacksonville NC - Onslow County Office of Economic Development County 28540 910-347-3141 www.onslowedc.com No No
FTZ #67 Morehead City FTZ     No No
Carteret County Economic Development Council - Morehead City County 28557     No No
Catawba County Chamber of Commerce - Hickory Chamber 28603     No No
Catawba County EDC - Hickory County 28603     No No
AdvantageWest North Carolina - Fletcher Region 28732  

www.awnc.org

www.workready.net

No No
MEDA - McDowell Economic Development Association - Marion 28752     No No
Mitchell County Economic Development Commission - Spruce Pine County 28777     No No
Haywood County Economic Development Commission County 28786     No No
Greater Hendersonville Chamber Committee of 100 - Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development Metro chamber 28792   www.strategiclocation.com

www.hendersonvillechamber.org

No No
Asheville Area Chamber Metro 28802   www.ashevillechamber.org No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above is a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the larger US Mid-Atlantic region, following the same structure as our global contact directories These area representatives would typically include
  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices
Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 

 

Contact information for relationship leaders at GDI Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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