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a GIS-focused Webinar hosted by IEDC
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Featuring SC Power Team's Website GIS Components
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Columbia, SC (May 19, 2016) - The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is hosting a GIS-focused webinar today at 2:30 pm EST. The IEDC selected South Carolina Power Team's Geographic Information System (GIS) components as a feature for illustrating how
GIS
web-based applications are used in economic development and in the workplace. The Digital Age and Business Attraction with GIS webinar presenters include
Keith Cooke,
Local Government Account Executive for Esri, and
Tim Duerr
, Director of Research for
South Carolina Power Team.
"We are honored to have our GIS components featured by IEDC and the opportunity to participate in this webinar. Our site was designed to be an essential tool for our economic development partners when promoting local, regional, and state assets. These data-rich GIS web-based applications are leveling the playing field. Our communities have access to a wealth of data they may not previously had available," explained James Chavez, President and CEO, SC Power Team.
SC Power Team's web applications offered through www.SCPowerTeam.com utilize Esri's ArcGIS platform and provide Esri Business Analyst demographics, as well as, JobsEQ Economic Overviews; a product of Chmura Economics & Analytics. The web applications' capabilities provide increased flexibility and effectiveness for proposal generation; detailed demographic and socioeconomic custom reporting; and a professional presentation of a community's strongest offerings. The site offers an expansive inventory listing of sites, parks, and buildings available in the state of South Carolina. Its strong SC Data & Reporting, SC Data on Target Industries, Workforce, and Education & Training programs are offered through the SC Power Team's website, free of charge to its stakeholders, allies, and partners.
"Through technology we are able to provide truly targeted socioeconomic, demographic, industry and occupation reports containing world-class data from Chmura's JobsEQ and Esri's Business Analyst Online. This expansive data will undoubtedly help grow the Palmetto State," explained Tim Duerr, Director of Research, SC Power Team.
Esri's software, ArcGIS, is a versatile solution that allows a community to tell its story with data, maps, imagery, text and video.
Esri is the market leader in GIS technology. SC Power Team's GIS website applications were engineered by GIS WebTech, a technology company out of Atlanta, GA and website designed by Blue Avenue - Michael Weaver, web designer.
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Showcasing South Carolina through Custom GIS Components
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The webinar will showcase the GIS tools of SCpowerteam.com and how these tools benefit economic development using technologies that allow a site visitor to put together large amounts of data into practical forms, rapidly. The website's user friendly, mobile-centric GIS components feature continuous, real-time data from Esri and Chmura - the premier resources in the industry.
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- Demographic data
- Point, line or shape tool
- Labor Markets data
- Site Selection analysis
- Custom data reports
- Extensive search capabilities
- Faster access to Sites/Parks/Buildings - GIS data
- Geographic locations vs. Sites/Parks/Buildings
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About South Carolina Power Team
South Carolina Power Team is a full-service, non-profit economic development organization representing the state-owned, electric and water utility, Santee Cooper and South Carolina's 20 consumer-owned electric cooperatives. The mission of the SC Power Team is to facilitate the growth of jobs, investment and electric load through the attraction of new industrial and commercial activity, as well as, the expansion and retention of existing businesses and facilities in the service areas of its partners. Visit
www.scpowerteam.com
for more news and project information. Follow South Carolina Power Team on Twitter
@SCPowerTeam
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Fast Facts about South Carolina Power Team
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Helped bring
$13 billion
in announced capital investment and
68,000 new jobs
since 1988
- Committing $30 million over a five-year period, matched by local funds, to create market-ready sites and buildings across South Carolina
- Largest power producer in South Carolina, serving two-thirds of the state
- Partners consist of Santee Cooper, Central Electric Power Cooperative and South Carolina's 20 electric cooperatives
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