Investors
Representing the private partnership known as Advance Dorchester, our investors are a group of the area’s top, business-level leadership that recognizes the need to support the marketing and existing industry activities of Dorchester County Economic Development. This fundamental support enables the marketing strategies and campaigns developed each year to best position Dorchester County as the Lowcountry’s premier location for business.
Leadership Council
The Leadership Council is comprised of Advance Dorchester’s top-level investors. This group receives unique opportunity to convene with DEDC Staff and Board throughout the year. This allows for enhanced engagement, networking, and insight sharing, which contributes to the Council’s primary role as trusted professional advisors to ensure abundant success in Dorchester County.
Vanguard
17A Associates
17A Associates
Bridge Commercial
Choate Construction
Edifice
Forvis
The Greater Summerville Chamber
Home Telecom
Knights Companies
Landmark Construction
Lee & Associates
M&M Staffing
OLTC
Parker Poe
Peak Construction
Pinnacle
Resonac
Rev Federal Credit Union
Samet Corporation
Sanders Bros
Thompson Turner
Tony Pope State Farm
Trident Construction
Trinity Capital
Advance Dorchester
DEDC is proud of the diverse representation of companies and organizations of all sizes and of every industry that comprise our membership. Partners of every level receive exclusive benefits and make a valuable impact on the development of Dorchester County.
Innovators
- Alliance Consulting Engineers
- Brigadier General Henry Taylor, USAF (Retired)
- Burr & Forman LLP
- CBRE
- Dominion Energy
- Evans General Contractors
- First Citizens Bank
- Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
- Hill Construction
- Hitt Contracting, Inc
- J Davis Construction
- James R. Vannoy & Sons Construction
- King Kozlarek Law
- M.B. Kahn Construction
- McMillan Pazdan Smith
- Miller Valentine Construction
- NAI Charleston
- North Point Development
- Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative
- Port 95 Joint Venture
- Renfrow Industrial
- Santee Cooper
- SC Biz News
- Seamon Whiteside
- South Carolina Ports Authority
- Summerville Medical
- Synovus
- Terracon
- The Bank of South Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton
- THS Constructors
- Tupco
- Waste Management
Advocates
- Agracel, Inc
- Appraisal Services of SC
- Argos USA
- Avison Young
- Berkeley Electric Cooperative
- BID Group
- Bill Hearn Attorney at Law, PA
- Brantley Construction
- Brown & Brown of SC
- Carlisle Associates
- CBC Atlantic
- Cityvolve, LLC
- Coastal Coffee Roasters, Inc
- Colliers International
- Contract Construction
- Cypress Engineering
- Davis & Floyd
- ECPI University
- ECS Southeast LLP
- Edcon General Contractors
- Edisto Electric Cooperative
- First National Bank of PA
- GEL Engineering
- Heritage Landcare
- HLA, Inc
- Hussey Gay Bell
- Insight Group
- K-Con
- Little Diversified Architectural
- LS3P
- Marlboro Development Team
- Mashburn Construction
- MAU Workforce Solutions
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Pattillo Construction
- Robbins Construction Group
- S&ME
- SC Power Team
- Scott Insurance
- SGA | Narmour Wright Design
- South State Bank
- Southern First Bank
- Stantec Consulting Services
- Stevens Funeral Home
- Summerville Rotary Club
- TD Bank
- Thomas Calcote
- Tri-County Regional Chamber
- Truist
- United Community Bank
- W.K. Dickson