DILLON, SC (WMBF) – For one area of the North Eastern Strategic
Alliance (NESA) region, the New Year is off to a good start.
Dillon County's Carolina's I-95 Mega Site was named one of
the top prospective sites in the South for the next "Big Kahuna" project by
Southern Business & Development magazine in its most recent edition.
The site, constituted by a 1,920-acre park with direct
access to I-95, contains many of the accoutrements needed to sustain a
burgeoning project.
According to Southern Business & Development magazine,
the location's access to key areas of travel make it one of the top locations
in the South for a prospective business.
"In addition to highway access, this site will meet just
about every manufacturer's or distribution center's transportation needs," the
magazine said. "The site is just five miles from Dillon County airport, less
than 30 miles from Florence Regional airport and little more than an hour's
drive from the ports of Georgetown and Wilmington, and just over two hour's drive
from the port of Charleston."
The Carolina's I-95 Mega Site is a South Carolina Certified
site, meaning that substantial wetlands, environmental, geotechnical and
archaeological studies have been performed. All utilities, including rail, are
in place, and if needed, the site can be expanded in excess of 2,500 acres.
This park is located in the heart of South Carolina's NESA
region, named for the regional economic development organization representing
the nine counties in South Carolina's northeast corner.
The NESA region boasts a top quality, ready, willing and
able workforce, a business friendly environment in a right to work state, and a
community committed to doing what it takes to bring jobs to the region and help
companies thrive.
Southern Business and Development magazine attributed the
region's low cost of doing business, excellent location and high quality of
life as some of the driving factors behind naming the Dillon County site as one
of the top ten prospective sites in the South.
For more information on NESA and what the NESA region has to
offer, visit nesasc.org or contact us at info@nesasc.org.
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