W. Stuart Ames, the economic development manager for Progress Energy in South Carolina, discusses the need for an economic development alliance to bring about unity throughout the region when pursuing new and expanding businesses as well as how NESA benefits the region from a facilitation standpoint.
On Tuesday, March 5, the North Eastern Strategic Alliance (NESA), an economic development organization encompassing South Carolina's northeast region, held its 2013 legislative reception in Columbia.
On Monday, Feb. 11, the North Eastern Strategic Alliance will be hosting its first Economic Development Regional Review and Resources Conference at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center.
When I tell some of my constituents about NESA and my role with them, the response I most often get is, What is NESA?; I often find it hard to believe that the economic development organization founded nearly ten years ago is so sparsely known throughout the area.
Dillon County's Carolina's I-95 Mega Site was named one of the top ten sites for prospective businesses in the South by Southern Business & Development magazine.
$10.6 million investment expected to create 80 new jobs
