Accelerate Greenville

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The Greenville economy faces a troubling trend that requires community action. Income growth has slowed significantly in recent years, and the Greenville area finds itself well behind peer communities such as Charleston, Columbia and Greensboro/Winston-Salem on numerous competitiveness indicators. To drive economic growth, Greenville must transition to a more advanced, diversified approach to compete in today's global economy.

To this end, the Greenville Chamber has designed a program of work to ACCELERATE! economic growth. The program employs development strategies that have been proven successful in other top-performing communities and recommended in numerous studies of the Greenville economy.

Official website:

http://www.accelerategreenville.com/Home_Page.html

News articles:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100121/BUSINESS/1210305/1004/NEWS01/Jobs-initiative-aims-to-boost-Upstate-paychecks

http://www.journalwatchdog.com/city/476-greenville-chamber-sets-out-to-increase-per-capita-income

http://www.wyff4.com/news/22283129/detail.html

http://www.gsabusiness.com/news/32555-chamber-launches-4m-fund-raising-campaign?rss=0

Companies/organizations currently involved:

Greenville Chamber of Commerce

WYFF

Oobe

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys and Counselors at Law

AFL Telecommunications

AT&T South Carolina

Laurens Electric Co-op

Minor Mickel Shaw

Rescom Construction

SC Technology and Aviation Center

Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

BP Barber

Bradshaw Gordon & Clinkscales, LLC

Greenville Drive

Greenville Technical College

Wachovia/Wells Fargo

BB&T

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

The Palmetto Bank