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Chamber Position of Support – TCL Workforce Training Center
The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is showing support for the TCL Workforce Training Center. The Chamber's 2024 Public Policy agenda outlines this position: Support the advancement of workforce development efforts to benefit the region’s businesses and...
Legal Reform Advocacy – The Justice Act
The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce is standing up for Legal Reform in the State of South Carolina. A top priority of the 2024 Public Policy agenda is to improve the business climate by enacting law on fair share liability. S.533, titled The South Carolina...
Watch and download the 2023 Economic Forecast presentation
As a follow-up to the Chamber's annual Economic Forecast event, Ian Scott and Richard Tunstall delivered further insight into the most recent demographic data of our region. Click here to download the full presentation. Watch the video to hear all the context...
Parris Island Leads with Resiliency
The Chamber's Military Enhancement recently wrote a response to an article published by independent newspaper Military Times. The goal of the response was to spotlight MCRDPI leadership and resiliency as it plans on a long future of making Marines here in Beaufort....
2023 Economic Forecast – Data, Video, and Reports
At the Chamber's 2023 Economic Forecast, we unveiled the new Beaufort Bright Spots Video, updated the Regional Prosperity Dashboard, and heard a fascinating Economic Update on labor participation, interest rates and more from keynote speaker Laura Ullrich, Ph.D.,...
2023 Public Policy Agenda
CLICK HERE TO REVIEW THE CHAMBER'S 2023 PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OUR PRIORITY IS BUSINESS We are committed to promoting economic prosperity in the Beaufort Region. With the help of our members, we developed our legislative agenda around that commitment. Policy decisions...
Highlights and Headlines from our Region
News recently shared with Chamber members: Labor Churn Leveling – Data released this week from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests the rate of “job churn” is leveling. Job openings were up slightly in December to 11 million, still well above pre-pandemic...
Notes from the President
Each Friday, Beaufort Chamber President Ian Scott shares the "Friday Five" and the blog will now serve as another tool to highlight important information for Chamber and community members. Here's an excerpt from last week's update: Local Leadership in Columbia – the...