Greenville's economic growth continues

Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenville County's economic development continues.

WE’RE TOLD SOMETIME ON THURSDAY.WELL, IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A YEARSINCE THE WORLD HEALTHORGANIZATION NAMED COVID-19 AGLOBAL PANDEMIC PUTTING MANYDEVELOPMENTS OR BUSINESSEXPANSIONS ON PAUSE BUT INGREENVILLE COUNTY ECONOMICGROWTH CONTINUES OUR HAN AWARDSHARES WHAT BIG ANNOUNCEMENTSARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR.EVEN AMID A PANDEMIC GREENVILLECOUNTY’S ECONOMY HAS REMAINEDSTRONG.DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS SAY IS WELOOK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE.THAT FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT.NO ONE KNEW HOW 2020 WOULDIMPACT THE ECONOMY ALONG WITHOUR EVERYDAY LIVES, YOU KNOW,IT’S INTERESTING LAST YEAR ABOUTTHIS SAME TIME.WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUTTHE ACTIVITY LEVEL BECAUSE ITWAS SLOW.AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF THEYEAR.WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP ANNOUNCINGA RECORD LEVEL OF NEW INVESTMENTIN GREENVILLE.GREENVILLE AREA DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION IS VERY HOW 2020TURNED OUT SOME COMPANIES HAVEDONE REALLY WELL IN FACT, SO ITHINK IT’S GOING TO BE ACONTINUED GOOD YEAR.FOR THE KIND OF ACTIVITY THATWE’RE GOING TO SEE IN DIFFERENTAREAS LIKE AVIATION.BIOPHARMA, WE’VE SEEN A LOT OFACTIVITIES MEDICAL PRODUCTSTHOSE KIND OF THINGS OUTSIDEINVESTORS CONTINUE TO SEE THEIRMONEY GO A LONG WAY INGREENVILLE COUNTY GIVING THEMCONFIDENCE TO INVEST BUSINESSLEADERS IN GREENVILLE COUNTIESSAY BIG PART OF WHY OUR ECONOMYIS NOT SUFFERED DURING THEPANDEMIC IS BECAUSE OF OURMANUFACTURING FOOTPRINT HAD OVER600 MANUFACTURING COMPANIES INGREENVILLE AND MOST OF THEM HAVEDONE.AS WELL OR PRETTY WELL ANDDURING THIS PERIOD AND BECAUSEOF THAT WE’VE BEEN SHELTEREDFROM ECONOMIC DOWNFALL HAD IN2021 GREEN.VILLE SAYS THERE’S TO LOOKFORWARD TO WE HAVE SEVERALCOMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TOANNOUNCE.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANTJOB CREATION PROJECTS SOME GOODEXPANSIONS.YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN REALLYEXCITED ANYTIME A LOCAL COMPANYCHOOSES TO REINVEST IN YOURCOMMUNITY.TESTAMENT TO THE ECONOMICVIABILIT