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1 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Collaborations with UNC UNC Sponsored Programs & Research Council (SPARC) Meeting: September 19, 2016

2 Who You Gonna Call?

3 Cecilia Holden Chief of Staff Who You Gonna Call? Pat Mitchell Assistant Secretary Rural Economic Development John Skvarla Secretary Ted Brinn Assistant Secretary Employment Security Will Collins Assistant Secretary Workforce Solutions Susan Fleetwood Chief Economic Development Liaison 2016 John Hardin Executive Director Science, Technology & Innovation

4 N.C.'s new Economic Development Partnership sets launch date Now open: October 2014 Economic Development Partnership of N.C. moves into new home 4

5 State-level Commerce Functions BUSINESS RECRUITING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXISTING INDUSTRY SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EXPORT ASSISTANCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TOURISM ATTRACTION RESEARCH, LABOR MARKET STATS MARKETING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FILM, SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES 5

6 Economic Development Partnership of N.C (~60 Employees) BUSINESS RECRUITING Commerce (~1,600 Employees) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXISTING INDUSTRY SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT SECURITY EXPORT ASSISTANCE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TOURISM ATTRACTION RESEARCH, LABOR MARKET STATS MARKETING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FILM, SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INCENTIVES 6

7 Economic Development Partnership of N.C. How do I recruit a new company? A CEO in my town wants to export I need to attract visitors How can I market to site consultants? I d like to attract a soccer tournament How do I tell movie producers our location is great? 7

8 Commerce I need a sewer line to our industrial park We need to rehab a building downtown How do citizens apply for unemployment? Businesses in my city can t find workers What is the average wage for welders in my county? A start-up tech firm needs cash to grow 8

9 Economic Development Partnership of N.C. How do I recruit a new company? Commerce We need to rehab a building downtown A CEO in my town wants to export How do citizens apply for unemployment? I need to attract visitors How can I market to site consultants? I d like to attract a soccer tournament How do I tell movie producers our location is great? Businesses in my city can t find workers What is the average wage for welders in my county? A start-up tech firm needs cash to grow. A start-up tech firm needs cash to grow. 9

10 10 Examples of Commerce-UNC Collaboratio ns

11 Secretary s Office Project Commerce Staff UNC Institutions Commerce executed a statewide traveling tour called the NC Competes for Jobs tour. Included 20 stops, touched over 2,200 people and all 100 counties. Several staff, including the Secretary Western Carolina University, Appalachian State University, & several community colleges hosted events Dates Most of 2016 Outcomes Were able to explain what Commerce does, how we differ from the EDPNC, talk about rural economic development and workforce development, talk about where Commerce was going, what our goals were as a department, and how we could work with these communities to make NC better 11

12 Secretary s Office Project Commerce Staff UNC Institutions General Assembly commissioned an economic feasibility study (Food Manufacturing Task Force) to evaluate food manufacturing s potential in North Carolina John Skvarla, Cecilia Holden, Susan Fleetwood NC State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dates Outcomes Produced strategic report in 2016; recommendations currently being implemented 12

13 Rural Economic Development Description Commerce Staff UNC Institutions Dates Broughton Study: General Assembly commissioned a study and re-development plan for the approximate 54 acres of the old Broughton Hospital Campus and the contiguous state-owned properties of approximately 800 acres located in Morganton, NC Patricia Mitchell and Dave Efird (Legal Counsel) UNC Chapel Hill School of Government (Development Finance Initiative) 2014 to current Outcomes Produced the Reuse Study of the Historic Broughton Campus. DHHS, DOA, DOC and Town of Morganton and County of Burke are collaborating on implementing the study 13

14 Rural Economic Development Description Commerce Staff UNC Institutions Provide facade improvement design plans annually for designated Main Street communities; provide 4 upper story redevelopment plans annually; and provide educational programs on the economic impact of downtown retail layout and design David Peoples, COO UNC Greensboro, School of Interior Architecture Dates March 2016-March 2019 Outcomes Since March, UNCG has provided approximately 4-5 facade improvement designs per month, designed 1 upper story redevelopment plan, and presented an educational program to 70 Main Street directors 14

15 Workforce Solutions Description Commerce Staff UNC Institutions Regionalism Study and Action Plan Southwest Regional Operations Director, Tim Mayes, in conjunction with Centralina, Charlotte Works, and Gaston Workforce Boards UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Dates Outcomes Identified strategies for building a stronger regional approach to workforce services and resources 15

16 Science, Technology & Innovation Description Commerce Staff Governor s Innovation-to-Jobs (I2J) Working Group and University Innovation Council (UIC) John Hardin (Executive Director) & Scott Doron (Associate Director) UNC Institutions All Dates Outcomes Developed action plans to strengthen NC s innovation ecosystem and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of process for commercializing university innovations; recommendations currently being implemented 16

17 Science, Technology & Innovation Description Commerce Staff UNC Institutions Energy R&D Cost-Sharing Program John Hardin (Executive Director) All eligible; NCSU and NC A&T were recipients of grants Dates Outcomes Provided cost-sharing funds for university R&D proposals to the U.S. Department of Energy that have a statutory requirement for cost-sharing 17

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