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For Immediate Release
KMKC to Provide Strategic Advice for $32 Million Advantage Carolina Flagships
Cincinnati, December 15, 2000- KMK Consulting Company (KMKC) is proud to announce that it has been retained by Advantage Carolina, Inc. to provide strategic advice with respect to its $32 million private sector initiative to capitalize the Advantage Carolina Flagships. KMK Consulting had previously been retained to provide a major analysis focusing on financial modeling, priorities, timing, and leadership succession.
The Advantage Carolina strategic plan is designed to strengthen the ability of the region's public and private sector to accelerate economic growth. The Advantage Carolina Flagships are eighteen initiatives to ensure Charlotte's continued economic prosperity. They focus on a variety of different issues in several industry clusters: education; transportation; financial services; high growth manufacturing; professional services; innovative technology; travel and entertainment services; environmental concerns; and workforce development.
The eighteen Advantage Carolina Flagships are: CMS Partners for School Reform; Workforce Development Continuum; UNC Charlotte to Research University; 21st Century Intermodal Transportation Complex; Financial Services Institute; Land of Opportunity-Inner City Development; Housing Our Workforce Initiative; A Unifying Brand for the Charlotte Region; IT Collaborative; Venture Capital Forum; Destination Charlotte; Regional Center for Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Supplier Development Initiative; Regional Planning for Sensible Growth; Voices and Choices; Center City 2010; Charlotte Reads; and Headquarters Recruitment. Learn more about the Advantage Carolina Flagships on the Internet at http://www.charlottechamber.org/advantage/index.html.
Under the direction of the Advantage Carolina Leadership Board, a group of 40 of the most prominent Charlotte businesspeople, significant progress is being made on the initiatives presented in the plan. The current phase is being led by Ken Thompson, CEO First Union, Jim Hance, CFO of Bank of America, and Ed Shelton, CEO The Shelton Companies.
Jim McGraw, Managing Director of KMK Consulting said, "First of all, few cities in the U.S. could ever attempt something this aggressive, requiring this much leadership collaboration. Second, the combination of Bank of America and First Union as co-chairs demonstrates the unprecedented importance of this effort.
About KMK Consulting
KMK Consulting provides specialized business consulting services, primarily to corporate, entrepreneurial, not-for-profit, community and executive clients. KMKC specializes in advisory services in connection with company restructuring; business formation; acquisitions; strategic issue analysis; strategic planning; leadership development; economic development; government affairs; marketing strategies; business alliances and public/private partnerships. Collectively, the KMKC team has expertise with all types and sizes of corporations including experience serving on boards of directors of a variety of enterprises from family businesses to publicly held global companies. Learn more on the Internet at www.kmkconsulting.com. |
