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November 30, 2011

North Carolina’s Southeast Economic Development Partnership

Local Developers

North Carolina’s Southeast

Allies

NC Department of Commerce

Clients Successful Economic

Development

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

Mission: Provide strong economic development leadership in southeastern North Carolina through innovative marketing and collaborative regional initiatives that will create new jobs, generate capital investment, and secure new business locations.

Since 1996… •8,626 industry jobs created •$904M private investment •105 industry locations • $1 state appropriation = $64 private investment

INDUSTRY CLUSTERS

North Carolina’s Southeast is centrally located on the east coast.

• The longest east-west and north-south interstates in the country (I-40 and I-95) •Four international ports within two hundred miles •Access to 2/3 of the country’s population within a two day drive •Five airports with adjacent industrial sites and three with uncontrolled air space.

MAP OF NCSE MID-ATLANTIC PROXIMITY

MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA’S SOUTHEAST REGION 11 Counties > 7,500 Sq. Miles > 1.08 M Population > 500,000 In Workforce

FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES

•NC Port at Wilmington •Fort Bragg & military presence •Transportation/distribution access •Agricultural base •Diversified manufacturing/industry base •Expanding entrepreneurship base •3 State Universities & 2 private colleges •Community Colleges •I-40, I-95, and I-74 •2 International Airports

NCSE KEY REGIONAL ASSETS

•North Carolina Port Enhancement Zone Legislation

NC PORT AT WILMINGTON

PORT OF WILMINGTON GROWTH

BUSINESS COMMUNITY

NCSE’s STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR AVIATION AND AEROSPACE

DEFENSE SECTOR

POPULATION GROWTH

COMMUTER PATTERNS 2009

COST OF LIVING 2010

AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES

Leads 116 Projects 95 Project Recommendations 74 Visits 48

• 74 of 95 projects (72 Generated, 23 Assisted) had recommendations of one or more counties

• 48 projects visited the region or met with NCSE staff at company location

• Projects represent 8,953 potential jobs and $ 2,280,129,500 potential investment

• 58% of projects that needed port and/or rail visited the region

• Average employment per project was 105 jobs and average investment per project was $ 26,825,053

MARKETING RESULTS FY 2011

LEAD GENERATION SOURCES

INDUSTRY SECTOR ACTIVITY

Marlowe Building 175K SF Warehouse and Distribution

Bladen’s Bloomin’ Agri-Industrial, Inc. (BBAI)

BLADEN COUNTY

US Marine Building

BRUNSWICK COUNTY

Southeast Industrial Park Rail Served

International Logistics Park of NC 1,100 Acre Site Two County Industrial Park

COLUMBUS COUNTY

I-95 Distribution Center (3) 300K SF Buildings

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Hoke County Industrial Park Dual Rail Served County Owned

A&R Railroad System Map Connection to CSX and NS

HOKE COUNTY

Call/Data Center Buildings Plug & Play Extensive Telecommunications

Class A Office Space

NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Pender County Shell Building

40K SF Ready October 2011

PENDER COUNTY

UCO Building 560K SF

Pinehills Industrial Park Hamlet CSX Rail Yard

RICHMOND COUNTY

I-95/US 74 Biggs Industrial Site 1 of 6 Certified Industrial Sites

Rimption Building

ROBESON COUNTY

Bay Valley Distribution Bldg. 502,034 SQUARE FEET Cooler Space

I-40 Exit 355 Industrial Site County Owned

SAMPSON COUNTY

Laurinburg Maxton Airport Site

SCOTLAND COUNTY

•Distribution & Logistics Initiative

•Defense and Security Contracting Marketing •Aviation/Aerospace Industry Sector •Bio-Fuels Center of NC

•NC Biotechnology Center

•Woody Biomass Analysis

•Regional Workforce Analysis

REGIONAL INITIATIVES

•Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development

•Regional Loan Program

•International Marketing

•Specialized Sub-Regional Marketing •Enhanced Value Added Services to Counties

•Redesigned and More Robust Website

ACTIVITY GROWTH

Project Industry Jobs Investment Toybox Defense 160 $ 75,000,000 Triumph Energy 100 $170,000,000 Class Energy 80 $150,000,000 Sneaker Manufacturing 200 $ 50,000,000 PA 2 Defense 50 $ 5,000,000 Jerry Aviation/Aerospace 150 $ 20,000,000 Rodeo Food Processing 25 $ 1,000,000 Cover Metalworking 25 $ 3,000,000 Apollo Agri-Business 50 $ 5,000,000 General Defense 230 $10,000,000

Totals 1070 $ 489,000,000

ACTIVITY PIPELINE

What can North Carolina’s Southeast do to help you land companies in

Southeastern North Carolina?

North Carolina’s Southeast Steve Yost - Director

Joe Melvin - Director of Business Development Bart Richardson-Research Developer