Economic development officials are seeking broad-based support for a new five-year strategy being rolled out to make the Charleston region more competitive for jobs and business investment.
The plan — called One Region — has been in the works for about nine months and is expected to be finalized in a few weeks. It’s based on more than 1,000 hours of research as well as surveys, focus-group sessions and hundreds of interviews with residents, businesses and community leaders.
Image: Aerospace employers such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston (above) remain a high priority under the region’s new five-year economic development strategy. File/Brad Nettles/Staff
