SouthernCarolina Economic Development Alliance of South Carolina
What is Certified Business Ready ?
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How Does Certified Business Ready Benefit You?

Certified Business Ready means a lot of important tasks associated with site selection have been completed, in advance, minimizing your risk with the bonus of substantial cost savings.

We have examined and certify that our program elements meet strict standards, are readily available, reliable and comprehensive.

What does “Certified Business Ready” mean?

• Certified Labor
• Certified Sites
• Certified Approval
• Certified Incentives
• Certified Acceptance
• Certified Assistance

In short, the Certified Business Ready program conveys efficiency, low cost, credibility and the best possible conditions for the client in all of the factors identified as important to prospects.  This program gives our rural area an edge in today’s competitive economic development arena with thousands of economic development organizations competing for fewer and fewer projects.

Certified Labor
     Refers to our ability to deliver a qualified workforce for the prospective client and highlights our innovative regional WorkKeys certification and testing program.  For workforce availability, wage rates, demographics or any specific data needs for your project, contact us at sca@southerncarolina.org

Certified Sites 
         10 STATE certified industrial parks in the area.   This comprehensive process eliminates risk and delays for the prospect, from zoning to environmental, and is based over 20 factors including infrastructure, ownership, cost, environmental, utilities,  and transportation related issues

Certified Approval
   Advocates our ability to map out the permitting process and provide the state’s leading experts to handle permitting and environmental questions for the client, with free upfront legal and engineering advisory service to our projects

Certified Incentives
    With a total of 51,highest in the State of South Carolina, with clearly identified qualifying triggers, you can be sure that your project will be given the greatest advantages by locating in our region

Certified Acceptance
  Our local communities have an established history of working with state of the art industries and welcome these innovative industries.  We have planned industrial areas for industries with specific site requirements, such as buffered locations with rail access or isolation from heavy residential or retail areas.

Certified Assistance
  Certified Assistance refers to SCA’s hands-on approach to walking the client through the project and providing a staff of full-time, trained economic development professionals.

What Does The SouthernCarolina Alliance
Certified Business Ready Program Mean For YOUR Company?

• Low Cost        
• Low Risk        
• No Hassle Proximity to Rapidly Growing Markets

Call 803.541.0023 for More Information