This Golden LEAF grant provided funding to Columbus County to renovate the county-controlled Business Development Center in the Tabor Industrial Park to accommodate RadixBay. RadixBay is a Charlotte-based business IT consulting and solutions company that located an IT support center in Columbus County. The company’s owner, a Columbus County native, believed that the business could successfully compete with offshore customer support centers by hiring rural workers at wages that are competitive in their home communities. The company had contracts for which it expected to hire 25 employees over two years at this Columbus County location. These jobs were expected to pay over $39,000 annually, significantly more than the county average wage of $32,292. Golden LEAF funds were used to renovate and improve the facility for lease to the business.
