SC – Economic Development Boards, Alliances, Associations

South Carolina SC Economic Directory SC Economic Development Boards

Also see: South Carolina Downtown Development Associations

SC Statewide Economic Development Organizations

• Centers for Economic Excellence - supporting research and technology
• Citizens for Sound Conservation - advocates development and economic growth - favors incentives over government regulations to protect the environment
  
• Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development
• Clemson University Advanced Materials Center
  
• Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research
  
• Main Street South Carolina - revitalizing communities
  
• Municipal Association of South Carolina
• New Carolina - SC Council on Competitiveness
  
• Palmetto Institute - SC economic research team
• South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture - market and promote SC agricultural products
  
• South Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
  
• South Carolina Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network
  
• South Carolina Climate, Energy, and Commerce Advisory Committee - studying the impact of global climate change
  
• South Carolina Economic Developers' Association
• South Carolina EPSCOR/IDeA Program - Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research & Institutional Development Awards
  
• South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority
• South Carolina Market Maker - SC food producers and businesses that carry local products
  – Search the database - use pull-down menu to select type of business then additional pull-down menus will open to narrow search further including by geographic area
  
• South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership - helping SC companies improve their competitiveness, performance and profitability
  
• South Carolina Power Team - industrial parks, sites, and buildings
  
• South Carolina Technology Alliance
• Southern Association for Financial Empowerment - providing loans in low income communities of SC
  
• Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership - Clemson University
  
• Swamp Fox - Southeastern Innovation Corridor news
  

SC Local & Regional Economic Development Organizations

• Aiken-Edgefield Economic Development Partnership
• Alliance Pickens
• Anderson County Office of Economic Development
• Andrews Revitalization Association
• Appalachian Development Corporation - Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg counties
  

• Bamberg Economic Development Commission
• Barnwell County Economic Development Commission

• Central SC Alliance
• Charleston Angel Partners
• Charleston Regional Competitiveness Center - statistics
• Charleston Regional Development Alliance
• Cherokee County Development Board
• Chester County Economic Development Office
• Chesterfield County Economic Development Board
• Clarendon County Development Board
• Colleton County Economic Alliance
• Columbia SC Development Gateway - City of Columbia
  – Commercial Revolving Loan Fund - helps small businesses obtain financing with reasonable rates
  

• Darlington County Economic Development Partnership
• Dream It Do It South Carolina - collaborative among Upstate technical colleges to promote manufacturing careers
  

• Economic Development Alliance of Pickens
• Economic Development Partnership - Aiken, Edgefield counties
  
• EngenuitySC - Columbia

• Fairfield County Economic Development Department
• Florence County Economic Development Partnership
• Fort Mill Economic Council

• Georgetown County Economic Development Commission
• Greater Beaufort-Hilton Head Economic Partnership
• Greater Richburg Association
• Greenville Area Development Corporation
• Greenville Economic and Community Development Department
• Greenville Forward
• Greenwood Partnership Alliance
• Greer Development Corporation

• Hampton County Economic Development Commission

• Innovista - Columbia - research and innovation district for public and private sector
  
  
• Kershaw County Economic Development Office

• Lancaster County Economic Development Corporation
• Laurens County Development Corporation
• Laurens First
• Lee County Economic Development Alliance
• Lowcountry Local First - North Charleston - supports community-based businesses and encourages consumers to purchase products from local providers
  

• Marion County Economic Development Commission
• Marlboro County Economic Development Partnership
• Michelin Development - funding, expertise for Upstate businesses
  
• Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corporation

• Newberry County Development Board - PDF
• Newberry County Economic Development Office
• NextStart - Upstate summer entrepreneur development program
  
• North Eastern Strategic Alliance - Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg counties
  

• Oconee County Economic Development Commission
• Orangeburg County Development Commission
• Our Region, Our Plan - public forum for future development in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
  

• Rock Hill Economic and Urban Development Corporation

• South Carolina Shrimp Industry Partnership - creating sustainable shrimp industry
  
• SouthernCarolina Regional Development Alliance - Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Hampton counties
  
• SRS Community Reuse Organization
• Sumter County Development Board

• Union County Development Board
• Upstate Alliance

• Williamsburg County Development Board

• York County Economic Development Board

Southern Regional Economic Development Organizations

• Southern Economic Development Council
• Southern Growth Policies Board
• Southern Rural Development Center