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® ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE BUILDING ON A BRAND THE GOVERNOR'S BLUEPRINT FOR MAKING THIS AN EVEN BETTER PLACE FOR BUSINESS TO BE CASE STUDIES: WHY LENOVO, APPLE, GOOGLE AND METLIFE HAVE PLANNED A FUTURE HERE ECONOMIC DATA FOR ALL 100 COUNTIES I S P U B L I S H E D A N N UA L LY B Y Founded in 1925, we know what it takes to do business in the Carolinas. PROJECT STAFF PUBLISHER Ben Kinney EDITOR IN CHIEF David Kinney The Elliott Davis Economic Development SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Peter Anderson Team advises companies considering investments, expansions or relocations MANAGING EDITOR Spencer Campbell in the state of North Carolina. Our ASSOCIATE EDITOR Cathy Martin solutions span economic incentives, CONTRIBUTING EDITORS D. Lawrence Bivins, Steve Byers Vikki Broughton Hodges Edward Martin, Arthur O. Murray government relations, real estate purchases, mergers and acquisitions as well as international, federal, state DESIGN/PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Moira Johnson matters. Are you poised for growth? Let our experience help guide the way. fully engaged for you © 2013 Elliott Davis LLC © 2013 Elliott Davis PLLC and local tax issues and other fnancial ART DIRECTOR James Denk CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Steve Exum, Bryan Regan ACCOUNT MANAGERS Tom Bossard, Melanie Weaver Lynch ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Donna Gocke BUSINESS MANAGER Jean Lee MARKETING COORDINATOR Kelly Perez 700 East Morehead Street • Suite 400 • Charlote, NC 28202 www.elliotdavis.com • 704.333.8881 5605 77 Center Drive, Suite 101 Charlotte, NC 28217 Telephone: 704-523-6987 All contents copyright ©2013 Red Hand Media LLC Cover illustration by James Denk