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Welcome
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Business Climate
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Workforce
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Transportation
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Please note:
This tool is designed to provide a quick search on a limited number of criteria.
While it's useful as a quick and easy way of identifying prospective
communities, we strongly encourage you not to overlook the many wonderful
counties in the Carolinas whose best attributes may not be represented in the
search criteria. How do we rank
counties?
Welcome to Community Search!
This tool will walk you step-by-step through a series of questions that will
help you identify communities that match your business' needs.
Rate each question on a scale of 1 to 5 according to its importance to you. If
the question doesn't matter to your business, then leave it set to "Ignore."
Some questions have choices that will help you refine the criteria according to
your particular business' needs.
Click "Finish" whenever you're ready for results. You'll get a list of
communities ranked according to your criteria. You'll then be able to save them
to your personal list of prospects or search for available sites and buildings
within the communities.
If you have questions about the relevance of a question, try reading the helpful
tip to the right.
Tip: If your business is highly dependent on your
suppliers, it may save you time and money to locate near them.
Data Source: HarrisInfo Source Selectory, Twinsburg, OH
How important is it to be near your suppliers?
If important, who are they?
NAICS codes:
Tip: If your distribution network is regional, you
will better meet your customers' demands if you locate near them.
Data Source: HarrisInfo Source Selectory, Twinsburg, OH
How important is it to be near your customers?
If important, who are they?
NAICS codes:
Tip: Industry clusters can be fertile grounds for
growing and expanding your business. Take advantage of supply price
competition, abundant skilled labor and readymade customers.
Data Source: HarrisInfo Source Selectory, Twinsburg, OH
How important is it to be near your competitors?
If important, who are they?
NAICS codes:
Tip: Higher unemployment rates can be good
indicators of available workforce.
Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2008
Please rate the importance of a high unemployment rate to your business.
Tip:Locating near institutions that teach the
skills and knowledge needed by your business is an excellent way to recruit
talent. This item will help you locate in communities where the greatest
amounts of degrees that matter to your business are being conferred.
Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2002
Survey
How important is a certain kind of college degree to your business?
If important, which type of degree is most important to you?
Tip:Find communities where the wage rates are
lowest for your industry. Combine this question with Occupations to find
communities with the most affordable and abundant labor.
Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, June, 2008
How important is a low average wage to your business?
If important, what is your industry?
Tip:The presence of occupations relevant to your
industry is a good indicator of availability of the skilled workforce you'll
need. Combine this question with Wages to find communities with the most
affordable and abundant labor.
Data Source: Applied Geographic Solutions, Thousand Oaks, CA,
2008 Estimates
How important is the presence of a certain occupation?
If important, please select an occupation:
Tip:The Carolinas are crisscrossed with 6 major
interstates (I-85, I-26, I-77, I-95, I-20 and I-40) and over 140,000 miles of
state highways. For this question, communities are ranked for the miles of
interstate within their borders.
Data Source: TeleAtlas
Does your business need to be near an Interstate?
Tip:Six international airports, along with 14
regional airports, provide a global gateway to and from the Carolinas. This
question will help you find a community near a major airport.
Data Source: TeleAtlas
How important is it to be near an Airport?
Tip:Four Class I railroads with 37 freight lines
operate over 5,500 miles of track throughout the Carolinas. For this question,
communities are ranked for the miles of railroads within their borders.
Data Source: TeleAtlas
How important is it to be near a Railroad?
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