SEIDA Annual Report 2014

SEIDA 2014 SEIDA WORKS TO CONNECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS WITH POWERFUL RESOURCES CREATING RELIABLE SERVICES.

The Southeast Industrial Development Association (SEIDA) is a regional economic development association that partners with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and eleven local power distributors to provide economic development services throughout a three-state, twenty-two county region in north Georgia, western North Carolina, and southeast Tennessee.

Services provided include assistance with business locations and expansions, identification of financing opportunities, infrastructure development, and marketing and demographic research.

SEIDA is a region on the move and continues to be “Your regional source for sites, facilities, and financing.”

Industrial Recruitment and Expansions within the Region New Locations 5 Capital Investment $1,632,050,000 Jobs Created/Retained 6,576 Existing Industry Expansions/Retention 19 Athens Utilities Board ▪ Blue Ridge Mountain EMC ▪ Chickamauga Electric System ▪ Cleveland Utilities ▪ Dayton Electric Department ▪ Electric Power Board ▪ Etowah Utilities ▪ Murphy Power Board ▪ North Georgia EMC ▪ Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative ▪ Tri-State EMC

Business & Industry Grants and Administration ED staff packaged and administered the following industrial projects throughout the year:  City of Chattanooga Amazon EDA  Wacker State Endowment Grant  Prologue Fast Track Grant  Shaw Industries Fast Track Grant  Jasper Materials Fast Track Grant

Entrepreneur and Small Business Development Entrepreneurs and small business owners from across western North Carolina were invited to an Entrepreneur Resource Rally event co-sponsored by the Andrews, Cherokee, and Clay County Chambers, Blue Ridge Mountain EMC, Job Link Career Center, Tri-County Community College and the Southeast Industrial Development Association held at TriCounty Community College on March 28.

Regional Familiarization Tour SEIDA staff planned a 3.3.1 (3 Days, 3 States, 1 Region) Regional FAM Tour on June 11-13, 2014. The tour provided participants the opportunity to meet face to face with local economic developers and to visit/tour available industrial sites and buildings within SEIDA’s 22-county, three state region.

Industrial Building in Southeast TN

Regional Conferences and Sponsorships The Tennessee Valley Authority's 9th Annual Economic Developers’ Forum was held February 2728, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. “Invest in Success” offered ED professionals insight to Get Past Go through sessions such as Getting Your Workforce Pieces in Place, How to Get Out of Jail & Overcome Deal Stoppers, Making Your Way Around the Board...Landing a Great Website, New Business Networking: Understanding Effective Business Networking in 2014, Sell More Properties with InvestPrep, and Take a Chance on Site Development...Reap the Dividends.

SEIDA attended the 7th Annual Southeast United States Canadian Providence (SEUS-CP) Conference on May 4-6, 2014 in Raleigh, NC. The conference offered opportunities to network with key global leaders and more than 250 Canadian and U.S. business leaders. Staff met with three businesses during the B2B matchmaking sessions.

The 61st Annual Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development was held November 14-15, 2014 in Nashville. The conference included keynote speaker, former University of Tennessee head football coach, Phillip Fulmer.

The “Tennessee Story” offered sessions such as How to Define Your Brand Through Storytelling, Innovative Partnership in Workforce Development, Market-Ready Industrial Properties and Positioning Your Community for Success, Re-Thinking Economic Development Marketing– People Don’t’ Use Pay Phones Anymore, Site Selectors Confidential: Hits and Misses in Selling Your Story, Successes in Storytelling, The Anatomy of a Deal: Project Victor, The Art of the Pitch, Why Maximizing Social Media for Your Community Is Important, Your People, Your Brand.

Keynote Speaker: Former UT Head Coach, Phillip

75th Anniversary Celebrations Congratulations to several of our local power distributors in celebration of their 75th anniversaries.

Serving the Region 1939-2014  Cleveland Utilities  Etowah Utilities  Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative

Professional Economic Development On February 20-21, staff completed the Tennessee Economic Development Finance course provided by the Tennessee Certified Economic Developer Program.

On March 5, staff completed Adobe InDesign CS6-Part 1 at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers. The program is designed to strengthen our marketing capabilities by creating professional brochures and other marketing materials.

Staff completed the Tennessee Basic Economic Development Course provided by the Tennessee Certified Economic Developer Program, which was held on April 28-May 1 in Nashville, TN. In August, staff attended the SEDC Annual Conference in Memphis, TN and also the TCED Entrepreneur & Small Business Course in Jackson, TN. In October, staff attended the TEDC Fall Conference in Jackson, TN and also Development Authority Training in Gordon County, GA. In November, staff attended the TDEC Managing EDOs Course in Chattanooga, TN.

Greater Chattanooga Regional Growth Initiative—Thrive 2055 SETDD and SEIDA continue to partner with local governments, businesses and citizens in THRIVE 2055, the regional initiative whose mission is to proactively engage the people of our region in creating an action plan to make the most of our economic opportunities while preserving what we love most about our home communities.

In the second year of THRIVE, the theme was “Dream Together and Set the Bar.” During this phase, over 6,500 people from all 16 counties participated in outreach and engagement opportunities to help determine the top priorities of our citizens. From all the input, four areas emerged as the most important issues impacting the next 40 years: Regional Economic Development, Regional Transportation, Education and Training, and Natural Treasures.

Initiative groups in each of these priorities have been meeting to gather information, research best practices, and convene key stakeholders across the region to begin developing an overall strategic actions plan. Convened, for the first time, groups including tri-state school superintendents, higher education institutions, county sheriffs, tourism professionals, the three major Metropolitan Planning Organizations, environment and conservation entities, multiple chambers of commerce and key economic development professionals from the 16-county region to participate in shaping strategies towards our region’s future.

As we enter the third year of THRIVE, the charge turns to ACTION! Implementation of some elements of the strategic action plan will begin while we Educated people with good jobs means providing an continue to build new partnerships and opportunity for children and adults to follow a path of expand citizen participation in the ongoing education and training that fits their unique capabilities and prepares them for long term and process. While the initial 3-year planning rewarding employment opportunities at home. Living means having safe, healthy, fulfilled, and enriched process of THRIVE will come to an end, lives. Great place means a region filled with strong the ongoing work of building a region and resilient special and unique communities; preserved and conserved natural resources; and known for “Educated People with Good infrastructure that links the region together.

Jobs Living in a Great Place” will continue!

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” ~Henry Ford

2014 Regional Company Announcements ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪

Alstom Expansion Amazon Expansion Audia International New Location Babock & Wilcox Intech Expansion Chattem Expansion Coca-Cola Expansion/Ground Breaking Ceremony Convergys Expansion Denso Manufacturing Expansion Evergreen Ringgold Expansion HP Pelzer Grand Opening LG Hausys Expansion MidLab Inc. Expansion/Ground Breaking Ceremony Old Dominion Expansion Ortwein Signs Expansion Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors, LLS New Location PolyTech Fibers New Location Resolute Forest Products Expansion Shaw Industries Expansion Southern Champion Tray Expansion Tranco Logistics Expansion U.S. Calvary/ERMC New Location Van de Weile, Inc. New Location VW Expansion WNA Chattanooga Expansion

Your regional source for sites, facilities and financing.

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