Council of Governments | Labor Market Information | Business Development Resources | Local Economic Development Contacts | International Business Organizations | International Cultural Organizations
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Workforce Development Boards
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Centralina Workforce Development Board
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board
Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board
Region C Workforce Development Board |
Gaston County Workforce Development Board
Catawba Workforce Investment Area
Pee Dee Workforce Investment Area |
Council of Governments
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Centralina Council of Governments
Western Piedmont Council of Governments |
Isothermal Planning & Development Commission 111 West Court St. Rutherfordton, NC 28139 (828) 287-2281 |
Labor Market Information
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N.C. Labor Market Information (919) 733-2936 |
S.C. Labor Market Information (803) 737-2660 |
Business Development Resources
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The U.S. Small Business Administration
Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
Packard Place - Innovation. Entrepreneurship. Community |
North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center
Foreign Trade Zone Administrator
Charlotte World Trade Association |
Local Economic Development Contacts
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Alexander County
Anson County
Cabarrus County
Catawba County
Cleveland County
Gaston County
Iredell County – City
Statesville Regional Development
Lincoln County
Mecklenburg County |
Rowan County
Stanly County
Union County – City Contact
Union County – County Contact
Chester County
Chesterfield County
Lancaster County
York County
State of North Carolina |
International Business Organizations
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African Chamber of Commerce
Arab Chamber of Commerce
British American Business Council of NC
Brazil Carolinas Network
Charlotte Taiwanese American Association
European-American Business Forum |
French-American Chamber of Commerce
German-American Chamber of Commerce
International House
Latin American Chamber of Commerce
Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
World Affairs Council of Charlotte |
International Cultural Organizations
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Alemannia Society of Charlotte
Alliance Française de Charlotte
American Turkish Association of North Carolina
Austrian Cultural Society of Charlotte
Friends of Scandinavia
Irish Society of Charlotte |
Japan-America Society of Charlotte
Japanese Association in Charlotte
Korean Association of Charlotte
Latin American Women's Association |
Honorary Consuls:
Honorary Consul, Dr. David B. Funderbruk, Albania - (910) 692-8291
Honorary Consul, Dr. Edward Lee Paul, Jr., Belize - (910) 256-6689
Honorary Consul, Dana M. Hicks III, Canada - (704) 333-7790
Honorary Consul, Dr. Takey Crist, Cyprus - (910) 353-4970
Honorary Consul, Laura Meyer Wellman, France - (704) 973-4962
Honorary Consul, Kurt Waldhausen, Germany - (704) 372-2172
Honorary Consul, Steven Kropp, Guatemala - (704) 333-5958
Honorary Consul, Dr. Claudio Carpano, Italy - (704) 373-2867
Honorary Consul, Ghassan George Eldiri, Lebanon - (919) 863-4306
Honorary Consul, Wayne Cooper, Mexico - (704) 394-2190
Honorary Consul, Florin Pindic Blaj, Moldova - (828) 396-2220
Honorary Consul, Peter Romary, Namibia - (252) 413-6151
Honorary Consul, Gerard Ter Wee, Netherlands - (919) 645-1100
Honorary Consul, Gilberto Bergman, Nicaragua
Honorary Consul, Dr. Alvin M. Fountain II, Poland - (919) 637-7069
Honorary Consul, Maria Goarmon Lewis, Portugal - (919) 471-3634
Honorary Consul, Magnus Natt Och Dag, Sweden - (919) 531-0062
Honorary Consul, Heinz Roth, Switzerland - (704) 292-1237
Honorary Consul, Michael Teden, OBE, United Kingdom - (704) 332-0002
