Womble Carlyle's Economic Development Digest aggregates news, opportunities and legislation impacting business in the United States.
In this week's Economic Development Digest:
Georgia
- State of the County: Chairman touches on
'unique selling points', Cherokee
Tribune (January 29, 2016)
Cherokee County, Georgia announces in its "State of the County" that it enjoyed a successful year in economic development and that it would focus now on transportation projects and ensuring there is room for projects yet to come in its community planning processes. - Southeast Multifamily Forum Georgia &
The Carolinas, mmatlantaforum (March
9, 2016)
Womble Carlyle's Nelly Shipley will be moderating a panel discussion on multi-family development in the Southeast.
North Carolina
- Site selector survey ranks North Carolina
among top states for business, Triangle
Business Journal (January 28, 2016)
North Carolina ranks among the top five states for business. -
Womble Carlyle's economic development practice earns
kudos from southern business &
development,
wcsr.com (February 3,
2016)
Womble Carlyle has been named one of the tree "North Carolina's Best Economic Development Law Firms" by South Business & Development magazine.
South Carolina
- South Carolina business recruitment tops
$4.2 billion in 2015, midlandsbiz
(February 3, 2016)
From January to December 2015, South Carolina won 150 economic development projects, totaling $4.21 billion in capital investment and 17,280 jobs by new and expanding businesses. - South Carolina Offers Renewable Energy Tax
Credits, bna.com
(February 17, 2016)**
South Carolina is providing income tax credits for certain solar energy and geothermal installations as part of legislation signed into law by Gov. Nikki R. Haley (R).
Virginia
- Grant program to promote regional
cooperation is on fast track in Virginia General
Assembly, The Virginian-Pilot
(February 3, 2016)
Virginia contemplates a grant program to encourage regional cooperation in economic development initiatives. - Blankenship: Cut carbon and generate
revenue for Southwest Virginia, The
Roanoke Times (February 3, 2016)
Virginia considers legislation that would bolster economic development while protecting the environment. - Arlington County proposes more funding to
battle elevated office vacancy, Washington
Business Journal (February 19, 2016)
Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz has proposed setting aside an additional $1.5 million in one-time funds for economic development.
Washington D.C.
- D.C. to direct $82 million to new and
existing affordable housing, The
Washington Post (January 29, 2016)
D.C. Mayer Muriel E. Bowser has allocated more than $82 million from the city's Housing Production Trust Fund for the creation or preservation of more than 800 units of affordable housing.
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