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GREENVILLE & SPARTANBUG CHAMBERS
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
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INTERCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP VISIT RALEIGH/DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Message from The Chambers
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Intercommunity Leadership Visit Sponsors
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BACKGROUND Successes from Prior Visits
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WHY RALEIGH-DURHAM Selection of Location 7 Raleigh-Durham By The Numbers 8 TRIP HIGHLIGHTS & THEMES Takeaway & Strategy 10 DELEGATE SURVEY RESULTS Attendee Feedback 13 TAKEAWAYS & TESTIMONIALS Attendees and UBJ Article 14 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP Our Commitment 15 STRATEGY Breakdown of Next Steps 16 CONCLUSION Moving Forward Together
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2017 INTERCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP VISIT DELEGATES
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If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
GREENVILLE AND SPARTANBURG CHAMBERS
INTERCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP VISIT
Dear Upstate and Community Business Leaders: On behalf of the Greenville and Spartanburg Chambers, we are pleased to present this overview of our 2017 Joint Intercommunity Leadership Visit to Raleigh-Durham. This effort between our two Chambers was the first endeavor in many years to bring leaders from across the region together to spend several days thinking about how our separate communities can come together when opportunities and challenges arise. Spartanburg and Greenville each have distinctive, but very complementary, personalities. How can we reimagine our collaboration to help us build the most vital and prosperous region in the Southeast? We hope this document will deliver some ideas for effective “collabotition” between Greenville and Spartanburg that our delegates and the entire business community will find inspiring. Some follow-up activity is already underway while other proposed ideas are still in their conceptual phase. We know that there is a lot of opportunity ahead of us. What’s next? We hope you will consider becoming part of this growing group of business and community leaders engaged in the process.
W. C A R LO S P H I L L I P S President/CEO, Greenville Chamber 4
ALLEN SMITH President, Spartanbug Area Chamber of Commerce
Acknowledgements No Intercommunity Leadership Visit can happen without the active support and participation of business and community sponsors. The 2017 visit to Raleigh-Durham was no exception. We would like to thank the following firms for their support of this effort. We would especiallylike to thank Robert Hughes of Hughes Development and Geordie Johnson with Johnson Development Associates. Without their support a joint trip would most likely not have taken place. In addition, we would like to thank the many investors, allies and stakeholders who took time out of their busy schedules to participate in the event. PRESENTING SPONSORS
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BACKGROUND Intercommunity Leadership Visits are a prevalent means for Chambers of Commerce to strengthen their business and community leadership networks, benchmark best practices and build support for their own strategic initiatives. United States
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Successes From Prior Visits: Birmingham, England and Valencia, Spain (2000): The visiting delegation explored riverfront development and engaged with world-renowned architects. This visit directly impacted the development of Falls Park and Liberty Bridge, a truly transformative project for Greenville. Providence and Boston, Massachusetts (2001): This visit featured a strong community development/housing component which was then being explored by United Way and the City of Greenville. That visit inspired changes in how the City works with neighborhoods which has resulted in very positive outcomes for their community development strategy. Dublin and Galway, Ireland (2007): During this visit, the attendees visited the Digital Hub, an historic Guinness Brewery warehouse that had been repurposed to house a burgeoning group of digital technology firms. This experience helped to inform the thinking of local leaders regarding the development of the NEXT Innovation Center which, in turn, helped the community understand the value of supporting entrepreneurial firms. Chattanooga (2016): The OneSpartanburg plan identified Chattanooga, TN as a peer community. A visit was planned and they examined downtown development, economic development, entrepreneurship and talent. Findings from this visit continue to influence the OneSpartanburg initiative.
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Why a Joint Intercommunity Leadership Visit? The Greenville Chamber and Spartanburg Chamber have been partnering for a number of years through the Upstate Chamber Coalition, a body of 11 chambers, 8,000 member businesses and over 200,000 employees. The UCC is the voice of Upstate business concerns and devoted to improving our region's business climate. The two Chambers have also partnered on development opportunities such as the recruitment of Southwest Airlines in 2010. Beyond that, few concrete partnerships existed. The 2017 visit would be an opportunity to build bridges between staff, board and community leadership for the two Chambers. Why Raleigh-Durham? A twin city was chosen because if we are to compete on a global scale, we would need to collaborate as a region. We wanted to explore how regional partnerships are developed and maintained. Top contenders were: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Dallas-Ft. Worth, St. Petersburg-Tampa and Raleigh-Durham. Given that it was an initial attempt at a joint visit, it was decided that the visit should be in a more proximate location to the Upstate.
Accolades for Raleigh-Durham
"TOP 10
Up & Coming Cities for Entrepreneurs" - Forbes
"TOP 10
Most Educated Cities in the US" - Yahoo
"TOP 10 Cities for Creatives" -Smart Assets
"TOP 10
Best Places to Live" - US News & World Report
"STRONG
Example of an 18-hour Market" - Urban Land Institute
"#2 AMONG The Next Top 10 Cities for Tech Jobs"- Fast Company
"#7 US
Market to Watch: Overall Real Estate Prospects" - Urban Land Institute
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DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BY THE NUMBERS 346,000 Square Feet of New Retail Space
3,672 New Residential Units
$1.75 BILLION
1.5 Million Square Feet of New Office Space
1,000 New Hotel Rooms
Current Pipeline of Investment
NOT TO BE OUTDONE, DURHAM IS ALSO BOOMING Funding Secured by Entrepreneurial Firms at American Underground
$80
MILLION
+1 Million Square Feet of Mixed-Use Space at American Tobacco Warehouse
$100 MILLION
27-Story, One City Center Tower is Under Construction
$26.7 MILLION
Investment in New Innovation DistrictDurham.ID
REGIONAL COLLABORATION BY THE NUMBERS
$3.2
30,894- Net New Jobs
100 Acres Make Up the New Park Center Project
BILLION
2016 Capital Investments
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7,000 Acres Comprise Research Triangle Park
Creation of the RDU Airport
$3.3 Billion-10 Years of Infrastructure
Raleigh and Durham are two cities with distinct personalities in an economically vibrant region that have worked together for many years to gain mutual advantage. They worked together to develop solutions to transportation infrastructure challenges; now they are focused on creating more entrepreneurial and innovation-based opportunities as well as attracting and retaining talent. We agreed to focus on several key themes: • Collaboration • Development • Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Transportation & Infrastructure • Workforce, Talent & Higher Education The Intercommunity Leadership Visit would be a unique opportunity to bring back key action items supporting a partnership between Greenville and Spartanburg. As the age old saying goes… If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Trip Highlights Without going into details of every session, regional leadership had a focus on a few key themes. Collabitition – A value-adding process by which communities in a region work together on issues of mutual interest and compete on other issues. Communities most effectively collaborate when there are shared levels of interest. As Harvey Schmitt, former CEO of the Raleigh Chamber and Greenville Chamber, stated, "Collaboration is like a table whose legs are levels of interest by communities. The table really only functions if there are similar levels of interest for each community. If there is not a level top, the table will not function." That approach to collaboration is natural and appropriate for twinned cities. You cannot force collaboration where there is not perceived mutual interest. In addition, both formal and informal communication platforms should exist between leadership in each community. This could be something as simple as having periodic joint meetings between organizational leadership, or something more structured such as the creation of an independent body of leaders as demonstrated by the CEOs Roundtable to drive change in Raleigh. Entrepreneurial Energy Several key highlights of the visit were engagements with local entrepreneurs. In Durham, both the American Underground and Durham ID provided strong examples of what could be done to create vibrant entrepreneurial spaces. In Raleigh, delegates saw the continuum of spaces – from start-up space at HQ Raleigh to a new cutting-edge headquarter facility for Citrix, an entrepreneurial success story for that community. In both cities, there were committed, engaged leaders focused solely on meeting the needs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem at any stage of their development.
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Laser-Focus on Transformative Projects When an issue arose that demanded prolonged engaged attention, the Triangle leadership was not afraid to commit resources to the effort. The most salient example in Raleigh was the creation of the Regional Transportation Alliance more than 15 years ago. The RTA serves as the voice of the regional business community on transportation, identifying opportunities, providing focus, and uniting businesses to make the Triangle region move faster. RTA leverages the strength of 100 leading member companies and 23 member chambers of commerce working in concert with regional transportation partners to advance strategic, innovative solutions to get results. They focus on a handful of priorities: expansion on NC540 to I-40, funding Raleigh’s master plan, pushing regional transit and providing congestion relief. Talent-Driven Approach Both Durham and Raleigh were eager to attract talent to their respective communities and develop home-grown talent. However, they understood the value of having a strong regional brand. To do this, Wake County Economic Development, in partnership with regional economic development organizations, has begun laying the groundwork for a proactive talent initiative, called “Work in the Triangle, Smarter From Any Angle.” The campaign’s goal is to showcase the Triangle nationally and internationally as one of the top destinations for talented professionals in the next five years. This mission supports the talent recruitment initiative of EDGE 5 – The Leading Edge, a program of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, that aims to expand the number of highly skilled employees in target industry sectors and is one of five strategies designed to bring prosperity and growth to the region.
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Willingness to Change- Innovation from Park to Downtown Groundwork for the Triangle’s strong brand was laid almost 60 years ago with the creation of the Research Triangle Park (RTP) spanning both Durham and Wake Counties. With many years of strong success, it seemed that the recipe for economic development success had been mastered. However, needs and desires of business changed and regional leadership is adjusting. In the beginning, RTP was very much a suburban-focused park with large lots and plenty of privacy for each of their tenant firms. Interaction of personnel outside the walls of their particular companies was not a priority. Since that time, the model for innovation has shifted. It now emphasizes creating collaboration zones and a built environment that maximizes the opportunity for talented staff to engage with others in their daily activities. Given these changing needs, several shifts have occurred. First, RTP is now focused on creating a “city center� to their sprawling, massive park by creating a live, work, play environment. Second, other models of development have begun as well. Centennial Campus provides a unique environment for companies to collaborate directly with higher education partners. Finally, a vast amount of downtown-focused innovation and entrepreneurship space was evidenced in both Raleigh and Durham.
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Delegate Survey Results Somewhat Very
13%
16% 87%
Event Satisfaction
100%
84%
Likely to Recommend
Said the event MET or EXCEEDED expectations
Reasons for participation:
50% Networking
27% Learning
25% Positive Prior Experience
Key Terms From Survey Takeaways:
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Delegate Takeaways: "The Upstate thinks city first, region second. The Triangle thinks region first, city second. It is one of the main reasons they are seeing so much success." "My biggest takeaway was the importance of our region focusing on recruiting talent to the area. If the Triangle has to do it with all the top universities in their area, then we have no choice. It has to become a TOP priority." "The focus on the Regional Transportation Alliance was great – identified the major needs and focused on the solutions – again being laser focused and not trying to be all things to all people." "The idea that we’re all stronger as a region and if we recognize that success is best reached when egos are off the table and everyone recognizes the value of their neighbors. I noticed that most of our speakers referenced other speakers – how their organizations came together, how one organization benefits form the work of another, etc." You don't have to do everything together, you just have to move in the same direction.
QUOTED: Adrienne Cole President/CEO Raleigh Chamber of Commerce “Success has a lot to do with natural resources. Ours is brain power. We’ve simply been good stewards of the benefits we have.”
Phillipe Charles Director of Communications and Member Experience American Underground “We’re solving the real estate problem for entrepreneurs. We’re just answering a call.” And when asked about the Triangle’s diversity he says, “The startup capital of the South is the counter-story to Silicon Valley.” 14
Our commitment to partnership: •We will collaborate on issues that impact the entire region. •We will not force collaboration where interests are not well-aligned. •We will build the long-term business leadership capacity of the region. •We will take a leadership stance on these issues and provide guidance for other business organizations if and when they become engaged in these strategies.
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FOCUS AREAS
TALENT ATTRACTION AND RETENTION ABOUT: -Regional Talent Attraction Portal
STATUS: -In Process LEADING ORGANIZATIONS: -Greenville Chamber, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Upstate SC Alliance, Ten at the Top, Anderson Chamber, & others
DETAILS/EXAMPLES:
-www.workinthetriangle.com
ENHANCED AIR SERVICE ABOUT: -How Chamber and othe leaders engage with GSP to be
STATUS:
determined -Other communities convene corporate travel professionals on a regular basis to provide input and guidance to recruitment -In Process: Upstate has had an Air Service Task force -Considering re-energizing this group
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS: -Greenville Chamber, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, GSP Airport
REGIONAL ECONOMIC SCORECARD ABOUT: -Focused on Greenville with mobility to expand to the entire region -Greenlink working with Greenville Chamber to demonstrate the feasibility of transit meeting workforce challenges
STATUS: -In Process: Discussing creation with USC Upstate’s Metropolitan Studies Institute
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS: -Greenville Chamber, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, USC Upstate Metropolitan Studies Institure, Ten at the Top 16
DETAILS/EXAMPLES: -www.charlestonchamber/regionaleconomicscorecard.org
ECONOMIC MOBILITY ABOUT:
improve economic mobility for youth -More work can be done in this area STATUS: -In Process -Communities engaged met in the spring in Greenville
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS: -Greenville Chamber, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, Network for Southern Economic Mobility, MDC in Durham, Spartanburg Foundation and others
DETAILS/EXAMPLES:
-www.gvlnsem.net
UPSTATE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ABOUT: -While almost every community/Chamber has a localized
program, and there are programs at the state level, nothing
STATUS: -In Exploration
-Aiming for 2020
LEADING ORGANIZATIONS: -Greenville Chamber, Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, and other local Chambers
DETAILS/EXAMPLES:
-www.leadershiptriangle.com
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Conclusion The 2017 Intercommunity Leadership Visit laid groundwork for strengthening relationships between our communities and identifying potential opportunities for collaboration. Not every idea identified will be acted upon, nor will every action be led by one of the two Chambers of Commerce. Some of these ideas are better led by other organizations. We hope that the ideas sparked and conversations had as a result of the visit impact initiatives regardless of local Chamber involvement. Communication was a key concept in this year’s visit. We want to find ways to increase communication between our Chambers, our boards, our leadership and the general business community. This may be something as simple as taking a group to visit new developments in downtown Spartanburg, holding joint board meetings, creating new ad hoc regional committees as issues arise or holding another Intercommunity Leadership Visit to another twinned city. We hope you will consider participating as we move forward. Let's go far together.
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2017 Intercommunity Leadership Visit Delegates NAME
COMPANY
Ryan Heafy Terrance Ford Stacy Brandon Jon Chilton James Bakker Jennifer Evins Rachel Williams Nancy Whitworth Knox White George Fletcher Julie Horton Natasha Pitts Mitch Kennedy Alan Jenkins Todd Horne Max Allen Kyra Lobbins Ryan Johnston Stuart Stenger Ed Zeigler Tommy Huycke Meg Terry J. Michael Taylor Linda Hannon Brad Bechthold Chandra Dillard Barret Foust Cherington Shucker Brittney Kessler Ebony Austin Hank Hyatt Megan Campbell Carlos Phillips Liz Horton Jason Zacher Whitney Hanna Brenda Thames Anne Ellefson Wendy Walden Sylvia S Stewart David Edwards Kyle Snipes David Wise Camille Reams Adela Mendoza Gage Weekes Robert Hughes Sam Erwin James Jordon Claudia Albergotti Alex Powell Steve Querin
6AM City, LLC AT&T Bank of America BB&T BF Spartanburg, LLC Chapman Cultural Center Chapman Cultural Center City of Greenville City of Greenville City of Greenville City of Greenville City of Spartanburg City of Spartanburg City of Spartanburg Clayton Construction Clemson University Clemson University Community Journals Craig Gaulden Davis, Inc. Craig Gaulden Davis, Inc. Dority & Manning, P.A. DP3 Architects DP3 Architects, Ltd. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Furman University Furman University Goodwin Foust Custom Homes Greenville Center for Creative Arts Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville Chamber Greenville County Schools Greenville Health System Greenville Health System - GHS Greenville Technical College Greenville Technical College Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District Harper Corporation Harper Corporation Health Plans, Inc. Hispanic Alliance of South Carolina Hollingsworth Funds Hughes Development Corporation IBERIABANK JCC General Contractors Johnson Development Associates Johnson Development Associates Johnson, Smith, Hubbard & Wildman LLP
TITLE Director of Operations Regional Director AT&T Greenville Market President Market President Managing Member President & CEO Director of Marketing & Communications Economic Development Director, Deputy City Manager Mayor City Council Intergovernmental Relations Manager Minority Business Development Coordinator Community Services Director City Councilmember Vice President of Business Development Vice President & Chief of Staff Director, President's Leadership & Strategic Initiatives Publisher Shareholder President/CEO Attorney Principal Managing Principal District Manager Director, Continuing Education Director of Community Relations Partner Executive Director Accelerate Portfolio Manager Events & Special Programs Director SVP, Economic Competitiveness Marketing & Communications Director President & CEO EVP SVP, Business Advocacy Coordinator of Community Collaboration Executive Vice President and Provost Deputy General Counsel for Academics and Community Affairs Associate Vice President of Executive Affairs Community Volunteer President/CEO Director, Business Development President Sr. Vice President, SC Markets President Senior Vice President President Region President President Executive Vice President Development & Leasing Manager Partner 19
Scott May Karen Calhoun K.J. Jacobs William Gray Jason Lathrop John Moore Phillip Kilgore Dixon Harrill Laura Ringo Jacki Berkshire Lauren Briles Megan Finnern Ralph Settle Tim Justice Jason Moore Terrance Horomanski Courtney Warren Jody Bryson Stephen Ross Kim Bowman Mike Spitzmiller Mike Coggin Robert Thompson III John Easterling Charlianne Nestlen Naomi Sargent Jalitha Moore William Rothschild Jansen Tidmore John Kimbrell Allen Smith Betsy Sikma Henry Giles Alyssa Mulliger Crystal Pace David Sundermann Maria Williamson Heather Abolfathi Ame Sanders Rod Nease Matt Cotner Ken Cummings Cal Hurst Dean Hybl Jami Wood Emory Nancy Halverson Anna Mitchell Steven Buckingham Luke Connell Troy Hanna Kevin Shoemake Jennifer Harrill 20
LS3P ASSOCIATES McMillan Pazdan Smith McMillan Pazdan Smith McMillan Pazdan Smith Melloul-Blamey Construction SC Ltd. NEXT, LLC Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Park Sterling Bank Partners for Active Living Presbyterian College Primrose School of Greenville Quality Business Solutions, Inc. RealOp Investments Rescom Construction Rodgers Builders, Inc. Rodgers Builders, Inc. Rosenfeld Einstein, a Marsh & McLennan Agency SC Technology and Aviation Center Sherman Construction South Carolina Governor's School Foundation South State Bank South State Bank Southern First Pulliam Investment Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Downtown Development Partnership Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce Spartanburg Community College Spartanburg Herald-Journal Spartanburg Marriott Spartanburg Marriott Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System State of Inclusion, Inc. Sunbelt Rentals SunTrust - McBee Avenue SunTrust Bank TD Bank Ten at the Top The Children's Museum of the Upstate The Children's Museum of the Upstate The Greenville News The Law Office of Steven Edward Buckingham The Palladian Group The Spartanburg County Foundation Thomas & Hutton United Way of Greenville County
Principal Principal & Director of Business Development Principal Associate, Project Designer Senior Project Manager CEO Shareholder Group SVP Executive Director VP, Advancement Franchise Owner marketing director Vice President of Development CEO Business Development SVP, Construction Operations Risk & Insurance Consultant President & CEO Director of Business Development CEO SVP Upstate Regional President EVP Greenville Market Executive Chairman Director of Resource Development Director of College Town & Quality of Place Strategic Implementation Coordinator, OneSpartanburg Vice President, Strategic Communications Executive Vice President, DDP EVP President & CEO, VP, Talent & Economic Inclusion Director of Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development President Reporter Sales Manager/ Community Liason General Manager Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Marketing Coordinator President Senior Vice President Senior Vice President Vice President/Senior Commercial Relationship Manager Regional Vice President Director Director of Development President & CEO Reporter Owner Chief Communications Officer President & CEO Vice President Vice President
Jay Dugaw Danielle Besser Ann Angermier Dr. Kathleen Brady Mo Djerdjouri Chris Stone Josh Lonon Mike Pennington Alita Webster Maurie Lawrence
University Center of Greenville Upstate SC Alliance Upstate Workforce Board USC Upstate USC Upstate VisitGreenvilleSC Wyche, P.A. Young Office Young Office Wyche, P.A.
Director of Operations Public Relations Coordinator Executive Director Chancellor Dean President Attorney Business Development Manager Director of Sales Attorney
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If you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Joint Intercommunity Leadership Visit September 27–29, 2017 Agenda Hotel Information 21C Museum Hotel- Durham | 111 Corcoran St. Durham, NC 27701 Wednesday, September 27 6:30 am
Arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
7:00 am
Load Buses to Depart for Durham, NC
12noon
Arrive at Durham Bulls Stadium for Lunch Presentation
12:15pm
Welcome by Carlos Phillips and Allen Smith
12:20pm
Welcome by Claudia Albergotti, Johnson Development Associates
12:25pm
Welcome by Robert Hughes, Hughes Development Associates
12:30pm
Speaker Introduction, Robert Hughes
12:30pm Regional Collaboration- Setting the Stage- Jim Goodmon, Capital Broadcasting 1:00pm
Speaker Introduction- Mayor Knox White
1:05pm
Regionalism Collaboration and the City of Durham- Mayor Bill Bell
1:45pm Break 2:00pm
Speaker Introduction, John Moore, NEXT
2:05pm Entrepreneurial Development in Downtown Setting- Phillipe Charles, Director of Communications and Member Experience, American Underground and Tim Horton, COO, GoldenKey
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2:30pm
Group splits off into different tours, round robin style, each lasting about 45 minutes per stop with 10 minutes walking in between
American Underground Tour with AU staff facilitating Tour Leads: Molly Demarast, Senior Director of Operations and Finance, American Underground Garrett Wood, Real Estate Operations Analyst, American Underground Harold Hughes, Founder & CEO, Bandwagon 2:30 am Duke University: Town and Gown and Innovation Districts Moderator: Drew Medlyn, Measurement Durham Panelists: Scott Selig, Vice President, Capital Assets & Real Estate, Duke University Kip Frey, Interim Director, Duke University Entrepreneurship & Innovation 4:15pm
Check into Hotel
5:30pm Bankers Welcome Reception with Durham Leaders- 21C Museum Sponsor Speakers: Cal Hurst, TD Bank Stacy Brandon, Bank of America 7:00pm
Dinner in Durham
Thursday, September 28 7:00am
Breakfast in 21C Gallery Space
8:15am
Load Buses- Depart Hotel
9:00am
Arrive at NC State- James B. Hunt Library
9:10am
Sponsor Comments, LS3P Architects
9:15am
Session 1: Regional Collaboration to Accelerate Economic Growth
Welcome: Dennis H. Kekas, Interim Director, NC State Centennial Campus Partnership Office and Clemson University Research Foundation Board member
Moderator: Ryan Combs, Executive Director, Research Triangle Partnership Panelists: Joe Milazzo, Executive Director, Regional Transportation Alliance Mike Landguth, President & CEO, RDU Airport Scott Levitan, CEO & President, RTP 10:15am Break
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10:30am Session 2: Regional Collaboration to Address talent and Workforce | Town & Gown, Talent Retention and Talent Attraction Moderator: Corey Savage, Director of Deployment, College of Arts and Sciences, NC Central University Panelists: Jennifer Bosser, Senior Business Retention & Expansion Manager, City of Raleigh and Founder of Work in the Triangle Talent Initiative Pamela Thorpe-Young: Director of External Affairs, NC Central University, 3rd Panelist from NC State to be identified by Tom White 11:45am
Load Buses and Depart for Raleigh City Club
12:15pm
Business Advocacy Lunch- Driving Business Engagement in the Policy Arena
Welcome: William Mckinney, General Counsel, NC Governor's Office
Moderator: Andrea Weigl, Associate Producer, Markey Media, A Chef's Life Panelists: NC State Senator Jay Chaudhuri NC State Representative David Lewis David Horne, Partner, Smith Anderson 1:30 pm Break 1:40pm
Leave for Capital Club
2:00pm
Raleigh: Local Development, Issues and Opportunities for Collaboration
Moderator/Leader: Ryna Johnston, UBJ Speaker: Orage Quarles, Interim President & CEO, Downtown Raleigh Alliance and former publisher of the Raleigh News & Observer
3:15pm
Groups Split for Tours
Tour 1: HQ Raleigh and other co-working space Group will meet HQ Raleigh staff in Capital Club space begin tour Participants: Christopher Gergen, Co-Founder, Forward Impact Todd Olsen, CEO/Founder, Pendo Tour 2: SME CEO Engagement Discussion at NC Museum of History, Demonstration Gallery Speaker: Dale Jenkins, CEO, Medical Mutual
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Tour 3: Citrix HQ Tour
4:45pm
Reception sponsored by Ogletree | City Club
6:30pm
Load Bus- Return to Durham (those interested in stayin in Raleigh for dinner can Uber or Lyft back)
Friday, September 29 7:45am Bring luggage downstairs to bus/ room will be pre-checked out/ head to ballroom 8:00am
Breakfast in ballroom of 21C with Presentation
8:25am
Speaker introduction- Gage Weekes, Hollingsworth Funds
8:30am
Economic Mobility & Regional Development, Jenna Bryant, Project Manager, MDC
9:30am Break 9:45am
Session Introduction- Carlos Phillips and Allen Smith
10:00am
Fostering Regional Collaboration from a Chamber Perspective
Moderator: Harvey Schmitt, President Emeritus, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Panelists: Geoff Durham, Presiden & CEO, Durham Chamber Adrienne Cole, Predient & CEO, Raleigh Chamber 11:30am
Load Buses to return to Greenville Spartanburg Airport (lunch on bus)
4:00pm
Arrive at GSP Airport
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#GSP2RDU @dharrill1 Chamber economic development tour. Great day of networking and learning! #GSP2RDU @socialjenkins Kekas: “I think the answer to all this is how you collaborate.� #GSP2RDU @CarlosPhillips Economic mobility: Kids born into poverty in SE USA less likely to climb into highest economic level. Upstate must do better! #GSP2RDU Partners for Active Living Cool bike-car at American Underground in Durham #gsp2rdu Jason Zacher Regional vision and collaboration. "Coopetition" How do we Go Far Together? Key group of RDU leaders telling #GSP2RDU about how it has worked here. Upstate Chamber Coalition Time to depart on the Greenville Chamber / Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce joint ILV to Raleigh-Durham. Go farther together! #GSP2RDU Upstate Chamber SC Great to see more than 100 Upstate business leaders in Raleigh-Durham learn how to Go Far Together. #GSP2RDU chapmanculturalcenter Chapman Cultural Center is joining other Greenville and Spartanburg leaders on the Intercommunity Leadership Visit to the Raleigh-Durham area. We've been here only one day and have already seen some amazing public art! #GSP2RDU greenvillechamber We loved spending time in Raleigh & Durham last week learning how the Triangle communities work together. #GSP2RDU 26
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