Have we got a story to tell about economic perseverance. It’s been almost seven years since Oconee County purchased a 400-acre farm property with the goal of creating an industry and technology park. It was one of those deals that could be a head scratcher to the average person because there was no immediate payoff. […]
Vermon NDT is locating a new sales and small-scale manufacturing operation in Walhalla, South Carolina. The Oconee Economic Alliance, through its Tri-County Entrepreneurial Development Corporation (TCEDC), helped to facilitate this location decision that will yield new jobs and investment for the area. Vermon is headquartered in Tours, France and will be opening a “soft landing” […]
At the recent annual meeting of the Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA), a record crowd of over 120 supporters heard how 2017 was one of the best years on the economic development front for Oconee County. This meeting took place at The Lighthouse conference center on the banks of Lake Keowee and featured speakers from the […]
The most recent edition of the Southern Business and Development Magazine names South Carolina as the lowest cost state for manufacturing operating costs in the country. The column references a study released by The Boyd Company earlier this summer. In it, the topic of companies looking to re-shore their manufacturing sites in the United States […]
There’s an old Chinese proverb that states “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now”. The same is true for community planning and development. Oconee County has made tremendous strides when it comes to rethinking and reimplementing its economic development policies in the past five years, […]