Creating Wake with Business NC

Business NC: Michael Haley, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, and Kyle Touchstone, director of Raleigh Economic Development, spoke with Business NC on a wide variety of subjects related to the rise of Wake County. Nothing was left on the table as Michael and Kyle discussed talent, growth, the region, and more with Kathy Blake.

“As part of the famed Research Triangle Region, we’re all about access — access to talent and technology, access to fast-growing markets and access to a jaw-dropping network of resources designed to help people and companies prosper,” he says. And those efforts are attracting attention.

“We looked at that and said, ‘secondary city?’ We aren’t New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, but we’ve always been a city that’s punched above our weight class,” he says. “When we compete for new business, we’re competing with those larger cities, like Dallas, New York, Boston, and we’ve always been able to succeed in those recruitments. We have amazing talent coming out of our colleges, and we have the quality of life. People can have a house with a yard. They can access parks easily and still have those tech jobs and finance jobs. That’s what makes us a hotspot. People want to be here.”

You can read the full article on the Business NC website.