Friday's Internet Edition, September 10, 2010.
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| Amy Litz and Andrew Meadwell from Davie Developmental Services take a peek from the barn loft at Win-Mock. - Photo by Robin Snow |
He has been to a wind generation workshop, to a Canadian trade conference and a biotechnology conference.
And with the help of Mark Schambach, Davie County is touting its positive side online - on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flicker and other outlets called social media. Representatives from one company wanted to know about available industrial space; they could see photos of the property within hours.
“Every time we put something on Facebook, we get a pretty good response,” Schambach said. “We had 8,000 YouTube views in six months.”
They are growing social media views by 20 percent per month.
“I guarantee you these are not all local people, that’s economic development,” he said.
“We’re not just sitting in the office. We’re trying to leverage every media we know,” Bralley said.
He said three companies in Davie County are considering expansion, and regularly new companies call asking what’s available ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.