OC named Top Performing Micropolitan

The Seneca micropolitan area, which encompasses all of Oconee County, was recently ranked as the top performing micropolitan in South Carolina and eighth overall in the United States. There are 576 micropolitan areas and those are defined by having an urban core of at least 10,000 residents but no more than 50,000. The economic development magazine based their results on the number of economic development projects in the area during the 2014 calendar year. In 2013, the Seneca micropolitan ranked 45th and last year 27th. “This ranking is a testament to the strength of our county, the partnerships in place, and the support of economic development in our area,” stated Richard K. Blackwell, executive director of the Oconee Economic Alliance. Site Selection Magazine is an award-winning economic development trade publication that delivers expansion-planning information to thousands of corporate executives, facility planners and site selectors of rapidly growing firms across the nation. To view the complete list, visit http://siteselection.com/issues/2015/mar/top-micros.cfm.