Harnett County Economic Development's Focus in 2024
Harnett County Economic Development team members are spending the vast majority of our time in three areas:
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Existing Business and Industry – Investing time to get to know and support existing companies directly, and/or through partner referrals, is foundational to economic development. This will continue to be an activity in which we are engaged.
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Product Development – For the foreseeable future, this will be a leading activity in which we are focused. In this newsletter, we will separately speak to what we mean when we say, "product development."
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Business Attraction + Recruitment – We will be embarking on a campaign to showcase Harnett County and our available product. Regional, state, and national players with whom we plan to target include, but not limited to, commercial realtors and industrial brokers, state economic developers, utility allies that court new and expanding companies, corporate real estate professionals, and national site selection consultants that currently do - or plan to do - business in North Carolina, the Southeastern United States, and/or the East Coast.
We will also encourage start-ups and transformational community projects and connect resource partners with entrepreneurs and project organizers. Lastly, we will intentionally keep up with what other communities across the region are doing, and how we stack up from a competitive standpoint. Ultimately, the market will tell us exactly how we stack up.
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