2014 Annual Report Shows Impact, Breaks Records

Business attraction and expansion. Thought leadership. Image building. Asset development. The Roanoke Regional Partnership continued to be productive in all program areas in 2014. Business attraction/expansion successes created a recurrent annual economic impact of $249 million. Calculating activity of the past three years, the economic impact of Partnership assisted attraction/expansion activities in 2015 is projected to be well over $1 billion.

Records were set in media engagement by reaching more people than ever through the web, social media, and Partnership publications. The number of information requests filled by our market intelligence department increased 14 percent – a new high. And the Blue Ridge Marathon and Go Fest continued to set records in economic impact and participation.

Find the Roanoke Regional Partnership’s 2014 Annual Report below: