The city of Columbia, South Carolina, is crafting an innovative strategy to woo high-tech industries in conjunction with a new downtown research campus.
A group of city and business leaders is crafting a new marketing strategy to "sell" Columbia to the high-tech companies and the workers they will need to compete in the new knowledge economy.
The group is considering "establishing a "closing fund" -- a pot of money used to cover incentives to offset offers made by other cities vying for the same technology companies as Columbia" and "working with the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, University of South Carolina and others to attract knowledge-economy conventions to Columbia."
"Part of the challenge is attracting not only the companies but also the well-educated professionals, known as 'knowledge workers,' who would comprise their work force."
Thanks to A. Lamar Calloway
FULL STORY: City crafts new pitch to attract companies
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