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Creative EDC consults on a wide range of projects with an even wider range of clients. The diversity of work keeps our creative juices flowing – a necessity for us and a benefit for you.

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Dorchester County Strategic Plan

Dorchester County is a fast-growing community in the Charleston region where preserving land for industrial development is needed as the housing market booms. The strategic plan calls for investments in product and talent to develop the clusters of aerospace, automotive, bioscience, technology and design, advanced logistics, and marine. The plan also calls for reducing workforce …

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Burke Development Spec Building Feasibility Study

Burke Development Incorporated launched a feasibility study to determine if a spec building program would be successful in Burke County, and if so, where to locate the building. Burke County has many assets to attract new and expanding companies. However, the county lacks an inventory of available industrial buildings. Creative EDC researched local, regional, and …

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Chatham County Competitiveness Position Analysis

Chatham County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) undertook a competitive position analysis to define the county’s position to attract new investment and retain expanding companies. Recent record-setting private sector announcements in Chatham County could leave the impression on businesses looking to relocate or expand that there is no more room for new development – that the …

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Virginia’s Heartland Economic Development Alliance

Through the Commonwealth Regional Council, seven Virginia localities engaged Creative EDC to advise on structuring a new regional economic development organization (REDO) and to develop a strategic plan for the new REDO. The timing was right for the seven counties to work together to advance the economic prospects of the region. By adding capacity to …

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North Carolina Biotechnology Center

NCBiotech was awarded a U.S. Economic Development Administration Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant to further strengthen North Carolina’s existing life sciences manufacturing cluster by expanding, connecting, and promoting training and career opportunities to underserved and distressed communities, including historically excluded populations. The life sciences manufacturing cluster is at a critical point in North Carolina, …

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Onward NRV Strategic Plan

The mission statement validated in the strategic plan for Onward NRV, the economic development organization for the New River Valley region in Virginia, is: “Attracting and retaining world-class jobs, investment, and talent to the New River Valley by marketing the region as a premier destination to live and do business.” The strategic plan has four …

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Wake County Economic Development

Creative EDC completed a site identification study for Wake County Economic Development that identified the best industrial site in each municipality. Given the rapid pace of development across the county, Wake County Economic Development and its municipal partners wanted to identify industrial land so they can put strategies in place to preserve and develop it …

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Small Business & Technology Development Center

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Small Business and Technology Development Center to rapidly pivot all aspects of service delivery, technology, and operations. The strategic plan update for 2021-2023 addresses the changing times with goals and strategies that focus on talent, clients, the UNC connection, and thought leadership. The plan takes advantage of the accelerated expansion …

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Town of Leland Strategic Plan

The Town of Leland is a growing and thriving community in southeastern North Carolina, adjacent to Wilmington. The Town of Leland engaged Creative EDC to create an economic development strategic plan with a vision to promote business expansion and economic diversification within the town. Through the planning process, Leland identified four priorities for economic development, …

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Electricities Economic Development Strategic Plan

ElectriCities launched its first strategic plan for economic development. The plan expands programs and services and creates new opportunities in public power communities across North Carolina. The strategic plan has four goals that raise the marketing program to a new level, leverage investments in site development, and expand technical assistance. It adds new services to …

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Golden Leaf Foundation Strategic Plan

Creative EDC partnered with Economic Leadership to facilitate a strategic plan for Golden LEAF, one of North Carolina’s most important economic development institutions. Golden LEAF’s new strategic plan is designed to increase the Foundation’s effectiveness, efficiency, and impact, establish priorities, provide organizational direction, communicate to internal and external stakeholders, and simplify decision-making. It positions Golden LEAF as a source …

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Recent CBOSS Projects

Creative Back Office Suite of Services, CBOSS, provides quick turnaround consulting services.  One example is supporting the City of High Point Economic Development Corporation while they were short-staffed. Our team supported grants, social media content, developing an incentives process, and other back office projects. Another example is creating a regional inventory of infrastructure needs to …

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Executive Searches

Creative EDC has recently supported executive searches in Transylvania County, Onward New River Valley, Chatham County, and Wilkes County. Our services included developing the Ideal Candidate Profile, identifying candidates, developing evaluation tools, and facilitating the search committee’s selection process.

Economic Impact and Return on Investment

Creative EDC uses IMPLAN, and our own analysis of impacts not estimated by IMPLAN, to estimate the impact of a wide range of projects. We have completed several economic impact analyses for ElectriCities of N.C., Inc., North Carolina’s Southeast Partnership, local EDOs, and corporate clients. In recent years, we have completed economic impact studies of …

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Board Retreat Facilitation

Creative EDC has facilitated recent board planning retreats for Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development, Charlotte Regional Business Alliance Economic Development Advisory Council, SouthernCarolina Alliance, Realtors Commercial Alliance, Economic Development Authority of Amherst County, and others. In one example, the focus of the Henderson County Partnership 2021 retreat was board development and prioritizing activities for the …

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