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EXPERIENCEMEET THE MOMENTUM MEET CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE SEE WHY MAJOR COMPANIES TAP INTO CHARLOTTE’S ENERGY TO ESTABLISH NEW HQS. MOMENTUM. Charlotte teems with activity. This is a city that is luring new residents by the day and major new corporate headquarters practically by the month. Why is Charlotte such a kinetic environment? The pillars of talent to propel healthy businesses, low cost of living to attract young workers, ENERGY. proactive city government to encourage innovative companies, and an environment that appeals to weekend adventurers and new families alike. CHARLOTTEIt’s a city that works hard and plays well, with a booming corporate IS landscape that welcomes newcomers and makes them feel as if they’re DYNAMICPOSITIVITY. being ushered into an inclusive and highly desirable community. 02 06 INDUSTRIES 05 HEADQUARTERS & HISTORY 07 COMMERCE IN CHARLOTTE

09 TALENT & AFFORDABILITY 10 INNOVATION

11 EDUCATION & JOBS 12 UNIVERSITIES

14 CHARLOTTE LIVING 13 CHARLOTTECOMMUNITY-DRIVEN & WORLDIS CLASS 16 CHARLOTTE CULTURE 19 PUTTING CHARLOTTE 17 TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESSES ON THE MAP TABLE OF CONTENTS

21 RESILIENCE & RESOLVE 22 COMMUNITY RESPONSE

DYNAMIC23 MOMENTUM & VISION 25 CONTACT US 04 CHARLOTTE’S HERITAGE TARGET INDUSTRIES TARGET OPERATIONS FUELS ITS MOMENTUM A CITY OF INDUSTRY The office buildings and warehouses of Charlotte bustle Charlotte is a city built on commerce. Growing healthy, groundbreaking businesses FINANCE HEADQUARTERS with activity. Buttoned-down bankers collaborate with is at the core of Charlotte’s DNA. The energy that flows through Charlotte’s business freewheeling fintech experts changing the future of community starts with its students and young workforce and continues up to C-Suites. TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMER SERVICE & finance, fueling the momentum of America’s fastest BACK OFFICE SUPPORT We are a city for leaders—in banking and fintech, pharma and engineering, up-and-coming tech scene. Start-ups buzz with new energy and manufacturing. When a company wants to innovate and set ideas about everyday living in these new times. TRANSPORTATION standards, it makes Charlotte its HQ. In fact, Charlotte has double the & LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL FIRMS Companies manufacture goods to fulfill the needs of American national average of people working in headquarters operations. and global consumers from their home bases in Charlotte. ADVANCED STARTUPS & They have access to superior transportation options, well- MANUFACTURING ENTREPRENEURS located warehouse space and real estate, and an economic development team that puts business first. Today, Charlotte is a diverse network of businesses in an interconnected, HEADQUARTERS growing city, a city that shines brighter every day. HEADQUARTERSAND

HISTORY “ The one factor that was most important was just livability.

BY THE NUMBERS A desirable location. A place you’re going to be able to recruit HISTORYtalent. A place people are going HQ + HISTORY to say, Yes, I want to be there.” 18 425 NO. 1 —Darius Adamczyk FORTUNE 1000 NATIONAL & GLOBAL STATE FOR BUSINESS CEO of Honeywell (in Charlotte Business Journal) HEADQUARTERS Headquarters (Forbes, 2019) in the Charlotte region

06 Sources: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, , Wikipedia

1755 1763 1768 1780 1835 1852 1874 1893 1908 1927 1936 1958 1974 Surveyor Thomas Polk builds Mecklenburg County is Charlotte is A skirmish during the The The Charlotte and Bank of America’s Atherton Cotton Union National Bank opens in Charlotte, Branch of US Charlotte Municipal Airport opens; it The first section of I-85 opens At age 39, Hugh McColl a house at an Indigenous formed, named in honor of chartered, taking American Revolutionary of the early 1800s leads oldest heritage bank opens, helping growing as the city’s railroads and Government’s Federal becomes Charlotte Douglas International in Mecklenburg County, a step becomes President American trading crossroads the hometown of King George its name from the War, the , to the establishment Railroad opens, in Charlotte, the establish Charlotte’s textile industry boom; the bank Reserve opens, bringing Airport in 1982 and is now the 7th busiest in connecting Charlotte to of that eventually becomes III’s wife, Charlotte Sophia Queen of England takes place on what is of the , establishing the city as Commercial National textile industry eventually purchases Wachovia and prestige to Charlotte airport in the world by aircraft movement , Durham and beyond National Bank Trade and Tryon in what is of Mecklenburg-Strelitz now the site of the Bank approved by President a of commerce Bank of Charlotte, rebrands under that name, then is now the heart of Uptown and Queen of England of America Tower is founded acquired by Wells Fargo in 2008

CHARLOTTE POPULATION GROWTH

HEADQUARTERS1950 // 1960 // 1970 // 1980 // 1990 // 2000 // 2010 // 2020 // 197,052 615,714 741,118 855,482 1,024,643 1,330,448 2,217,012 2,657,910* *2019 Projection

1983 1991 1999 2000 2004 2007 2008 2014 2016 2018 2019 2019 2020 HQ + HISTORY Now CEO of NCNB, McColl NCNB acquires a newly merged Charlotte Area Transit System is AvidXchange, a pioneer in what came The start of Charlotte’s most Charlotte’s The global financial crisis Fortune 500 Lending Tree makes several Fortune 77 company, BB&T and Suntrust Lowe’s announces Centene announces East bank with ties to Norfolk and HISTORYto be known as fintech, is founded in prolific population boom—for the system opens, the first takes its toll on Charlotte, company, Sealed Air, acquisitions, expanding merge and become Charlotte as home for makes a series of acquisitions founded; today, it’s the largest Honeywell, announces Coast HQ and 3,000+ jobs, of smaller banks from Atlanta, and the new entity public transit system between Charlotte, later becoming the city’s first next decade, Charlotte will be the and only light rail line as locally headquartered announces relocation its presence in business, global headquarters Truist, selecting its global technology the largest addition of jobs around the becomes NationsBank Washington DC and Atlanta unicorn, valued at $1 billion and employing fastest-growing city in the nation in the state, creating Wachovia becomes a of headquarters personal, student and other relocation to Charlotte Charlotte as its hub, adding over 2,000 by an incoming company 2,400 through an HQ expansion in 2018 over $2.5 billion of casualty and is absorbed to Charlotte loans, then announces headquarters new technology jobs in the state’s history private investment by Wells Fargo a $47 million Charlotte along the route expansion and doubling of its local employee base COMMERCE IS IN OUR DNA 08 THE PLACE TO BE FOR A YOUNG, AMBITIOUS WORKFORCE INNOVATION Young workers gravitate toward Charlotte in search of good jobs, affordable living and a connection to HAPPENS HERE friends and family. Between 2012 and 2017, 20% The status quo won’t fly in Charlotte. This of the city’s total population growth was people in is a city of innovators and always has been, their 20s—the second such highest growth rate in from textile pioneers who transformed the nation. This talent pool feeds Charlotte’s top this from a mill town to banking and AND industries. These companies benefit from highly energy executives and workers who built TALENT educated and innovative talent eager to work at a Uptown. Technology and start-up business cost that is more affordable than in our peer cities. incubators thrive here, in a city where Salaries simply stretch further in Charlotte, keeping hackathons to solve upward mobility are employers and employees happy and engaged. as ubiquitous as food trucks. It’s a city that encourages entrepreneurs young and old. What makes Charlotte the third fastest-growing big Charlotte is where innovation happens. TALENTcity in the U.S.? The businesses that create jobs, AFFORDABILITY yes, and affordability—ranked at 2% below the average national cost of living. This combination attracts 120 people per day to the Queen City. TALENT + AFFORDABILITY

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“ Charlotte has proven to be a huge win in terms of attracting talent nationally. Charlotte is seen as having 120 NO. 3 NO. 1 43% $315K $1,150 2% NO. 1 NO. 1 a very attractive cost-of-living, climate PEOPLE people FASTEST-GROWING BEST STATE for OF CHARLOTTEANS AVERAGE home cost AVERAGE RENT for 2BR LOWER COST OF LIVING than TECH TALENT FOR STEM GROWTH and geographic set of factors.” move to the Charlotte Big City (U.S. Census, 2019) Businesses and have a Bachelor’s Degree (Realtor.com, 2020) apartment (Apartment List, 2019) the national average (C2ER, 2020) GROWTH (CBRE, 2019) (RCLCO, 2020) region per day Careers (Forbes, 2019) or Higher (EMSI, 2020) —Aaron Marcus Head of Global Human Resources, Dimensional FundAFFORDABILITY Advisors 10 Map Source: Charlotte Regional Business Alliance UNIVERSITIES FUEL A TOP-TIER TALENT SUPPLY Charlotte is at the center of an education super-region with 24 top-tier universities within a 200-mile radius, training the next generation of workers—many of whom look to start their careers in Charlotte. The growth of tech, “Charlotte has a lot going 23 an influx of headquarters and a favorable business climate have made Charlotte a top-5 center for job creation, for it—strong businesses and and recent graduates and millennial transplants flock to neighborhoods like South End and Uptown to experience 24 one of the top-rated big cities for low cost of living in the U.S. universities, a strong health- 22 10 The concentration of large headquarters operations and data-intensive industries—such as financial services, healthcare, care and service sector. It’s 11 energy and advanced manufacturing in the region—led to the creation of the Data Science Initiative at UNC Charlotte. It been one of the most exciting 8 12 is the largest and most comprehensive technology program in North Carolina and one of the largest in the U.S. 21 13 markets to watch grow. The 1 4 7 EDUCATIONAND common thread amongst 2 5 9 EDUCATION SUPER-REGION: YOUR FUTURE WORKFORCE IS HERE 3 6 20 14 any quality organization is its 18 1. University of North 9. 17. Tech 15 19 Carolina at Charlotte 10. University of North 18. University of Georgia people...You’re really starting 16 2. Johnson C. Smith University Carolina at Chapel Hill 19. Clemson to see the investment flourish.” 17 3. Johnson & Wales University 11. North Carolina State University 20. University of South Carolina —Greg Carmichael 4. Queens University 12. 21. The University of Tennessee Chairman, President and CEO, Fifth Third Bancorp EDUCATION5. Northwestern University 13. JOBS 22. Tech 6. 14. UNC Wilmington 23. University of Virginia 7. Gardner Webb University 15. Georgia State University 24. Virginia Commonwealth 8. Appalachian State University 16. Emory University University EDUCATION + JOBS BY THE NUMBERS

RESULTING IN: 24,000 NO. 3 17% 24 48,344 54% NO. 1 DEGREES and certifications conferred by colleges METRO for attracting JOB GROWTH in last 5 Years NATIONALLY RANKED BUSINESS DEGREES awarded OF UNCC GRADS UNCC is the fastest & universities in the Charlotte region (EMSI, 2020) tech talent (CBRE, 2020) (EMSI, 2020) UNIVERSITIES within annually within this super-region stay in Charlotte growing university a 200-mile radius in North Carolina JOBS 12 A BIG, BOOMING CITY WITH THE SPIRIT OF A SMALL TOWN Tree-lined streets where neighbors wave to one another surround our City Center CHARLOTTE LIVING THE GRASS IS LITERALLY GREENER HERE employment hub’s 40-story office buildings. You can have it all here, from a local diner where everybody knows your name to an international airport that brings the The workweek in Charlotte feels like it does in many of the world’s world to Charlotte’s front door. Walk to dinner, take the light rail to work, hop on the great cities. There’s a sense of purpose, of people caring about 70+ 10 460+ greenway for a workout, meet up with friends at a brewery or to see a live music what they do, and a palpable energy to the work that’s happening BREWERIES & WINERIES LAKES WITHIN 120 FITNESS & performance. Charlotte has all the perks of big city life but instead of feeling like here. But the weekend is when the advantages of living here in the Charlotte region miles of Charlotte recreation centers they’re in a “rat race,” people are genuinely happy to live, work and play here. really shine. There’s an incredible array of activities for outdoor adventurers, exciting restaurants and breweries, getaways to quaint mountain towns or Atlantic Ocean beaches, world-class golf and cool neighborhoods to explore.

Trails abound with hiking, mountain biking and trail running accessible via greenways with connections throughout the city COMMUNITY-DRIVEN and from surrounding parkland. “Lake Life” is a way of life, with 1,300 52 COMMUNITY-DRIVENAND nearby lakes Norman and Wylie and another 10 lakes within a ACRES of protected land at 15 MILES of greenways and 3-hour drive—perfect for getaways or close-in remote working. the U.S. Whitewater Center, NEIGHBORHOODS trails—and Mecklenburg an Olympics-style practice with a walk score above 60 County plans to expand Charlotte is home to the U.S. National Whitewater Center on facility with more than 30 (Walkscore.com, 2020) the system by another COMMUNITY-DRIVEN + WORLD CLASS the shore of the , hardcore workouts at the local recreational activities 30 miles by 2023 Barry’s Bootcamp locations and fulfilling yoga classes at Charlotte WORLD CLASS favorite Y2 Yoga. All work and no play? Not in Charlotte!

BY THE NUMBERS “ Charlotte is one of America’s fastest growing cities and now a burgeoning 200 2 70 food capital, with some of the top NEW restaurants HOUR DRIVE to the GOLF COURSES chefs, mixologists, and bakers in the and bars opened in mountains; 3-hour and host to the 2021 PGA Charlotte since 2018 drive to the beach Wells Fargo Championship NO. 6 3 6 NO. 4 1K+ 35% 1 IN 8 country making it their homes.” ON U.S.WORLD NEWS & CHARLOTTE DESIGNATED QUALITY OF LIFE FOREIGN- MORE RACIALLY CHARLOTTE CLASS WORLD REPORT’S NEIGHBORHOODS Historic District Index (Numbeo, 2019) OWNED firms DIVERSE population RESIDENTS were —Food & Wine magazine “Best Places to rank in Top 100 Neighborhoods than the national born in another Live” ranking, 2020 Best Places to Live average (EMSI, 2020) country in America (Niche, 2019)

14 CHARLOTTE CULTURE PULL UP A SEAT FOR WORLD-CLASS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Charlotte offers professional sports action with a passionate fan base and a diverse arts and culture scene with something for everyone. The city is home to the NFL’s , the NBA’s , the Triple-A team , the championship-winning minor-league hockey team the and in 2022, the new MLS team Charlotte FC. The hosts three major NASCAR races each year. And arts and culture abounds, with world-class museums, Charlotte Symphony, Charlotte Ballet and Opera Carolina, as well as offerings for kids such as Discovery Place and for history buffs, the Levine Museum of the New South. COMMUNITY-DRIVENThese organizations are an important part of Charlotte, and in turn, there is a strong philanthropic movement, led by the Foundation of the — one of the largest community philanthropic COMMUNITY-DRIVEN + WORLD CLASS organizations in the U.S. Our support of the arts, the underserved and the community at large is just another example of that great Charlotte culture—a spirit of teamwork to help the city grow and succeed.

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WORLD CLASS3 4 $5.2B 35+ MAJOR-LEAGUE MINOR-LEAGUE ECONOMIC IMPACT MUSEUMS and Professional sports teams Professional sports teams of sports and hospitality in historical sites Mecklenburg County

16 CHARLOTTE’S DEDICATION TO MOBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IS PAYING DIVIDENDS

In Charlotte Douglas International, NoDa, Uptown and South End, and the Queen City has built one of the down to the South Carolina border, best-connected international airports and an additional 25-mile planned in the world, serving 50.2 million Silver Line by 2030. Additionally, the travelers in 2019. It is the seventh- CityLynx gold line connects eastern busiest airport in the world by aircraft and western neighborhoods to TRANSPORTATIONAND movement—allowing executives to Uptown. Next up: An Amtrak station travel conveniently and transport their is in the works for Uptown that will cargo with ease—and the second- connect to light rail and extend largest hub for American Airlines. the city’s regional reach, and the Charlotte 2040 Comprehensive Plan The commitment to transportation will fulfill a vision of a more walkable, TRANSPORTATIONruns deep. Charlotte invested in its inclusive and sustainable future. airport in the 1980s and then again in TRANSPORTATION + INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE 2015, with the approximately $3 billion The City of Charlotte also has a Destination CLT capital plan. Charlotte Strategic Energy Action Plan (SEAP) built a light rail system, the LYNX Blue that includes a goal to reduce Line, that is the envy of other growing emissions from its fleet to 100% cities. The nearly 20-mile north-south zero carbon sources by 2030. route connects UNC Charlotte to

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178* 700+* $3.1B 20 30K 90 $7.5M $2.1B NONSTOP DAILY Flights INVESTED in improvements MILES of light rail; DAILY RIDERS MILES of bike lanes INVESTED ANNUALLY INVESTED by the state in INFRASTRUCTUREdestinations in Charlotte Douglas 25 additional miles on light rail in improving walkability roadway improvements by 2023 offered at CLT International Airport by 2023 planned by 2030

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UPTOWN | 130,000 JOBS SOUTH END | 16,500 JOBS CLT AIRPORT SUBMARKET | 50,900 JOBS North End 29 Charlotte’s “Downtown” and central business district has Anchored by the Lynx Blue Line, a warehouse district with West Charlotte has grown along with Charlotte Douglas International a daytime workforce of 130,000 and 30,000 residents restaurants, breweries, boutiques and art galleries, South End Airport, which makes it an appealing location for logistics and advanced FreeMoreWest NoDa living in the city’s most urban neighborhood. has become a hot residential and commercial neighborhood. manufacturing companies and other businesses that take advantage UPTOWN Now, 16,500 employees work in South End, which is also one of of the proximity to one of the world’s busiest transportation hubs. Optimist Park • Headquarters of Bank of America, Duke the youngest neighborhoods in Charlotte, with 75% of residents UPTOWN Energy, Honeywell and Truist between ages 18-35—a talent pool that appeals to employers, • CLT Airport alone has $16.2 billion impact on the area’s economy Historic Gold District like Lowe’s, LendingTree and Dimensional Fund Advisors. CLT AIRPORT West End Plaza Midwood • Notable HQs include Sealed Air, Compass Group USA, SteelFab Inc., Bojangles’ • Served by LYNX’s north-south blue line light River District rail and the gold LYNX east-west streetcar SUBMARKET SOUTH END 27 Elizabeth • Adaptive reuse projects are converting Swarehouses in West • Easy access to Uptown, anchored by the light rail, Y OR SOUTH END • Home to professional sports with Bank of America Charlotte micro-neighborhoods FreeMoreWest, adding Wilmore with over $2.5B in private sector investment K

diversity employment options on the westR side 16 27 Stadium (Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC), D • Active after-work community with brewpubs, S • Completed I-85/I-485 Interchange expansion servesY 120,000 vehicles per day FEATURES Center (Charlotte Hornets), running clubs, yoga studios OR FEATURES (Triple-A Charlotte Knights), NASCAR Hall of Fame FEATURES • Largest industrial submarket in the Carolinas 74 K

• Hub for the city’s cultural institutions, arts, • Located directly on an interstate system that connectsR you SOUTHPARK Park Road 16 and Charlotte Convention Center to over 50% of the US population in a day’s driveD TRANSPORTATIONSOUT H CAROLIN A Ayrsley/Whitehall BALLANTYNE | 46,900 JOBS SOUTHPARK | 25,600 JOBS UNIVERSITY CITY | 75,000 JOBS 74 Located in South Charlotte, adjacent to the 485 belt loop, this An upscale residential neighborhood just 7 miles from the center Charlotte’s 2nd largest employment center and home to the University of SOUTHPARK prominent office community is home to over 30 Fortune 500 city, SouthPark has long been the heart of retail in Charlotte and North Carolina Charlotte, University City is growing as both a major regional Steele Creek companies and is surrounded by suburban neighborhoods a major center for employment. With the largest regional mall employment center and a diverse residential neighborhood—one of the with great access to the CBD, airport and Lake Wylie. between Atlanta and Washington DC, SouthPark offers the comforts city’s largest. The workforce is 75,000 and 171,000 residents live here. SOUT H CAROLIN A and convenience of a growing, mixed-use city neighborhood. • Charlotte’s 4th largest employment center with a • Centene is building a $1 billion campus for its East Coast HQ mix of high-rise and corporate campus facilities • Coca-Cola Consolidated, Nucor, Albemarle Corp. and other here with 3,000 initial jobs and another 3,000 planned LYNX BLUE LINE (COMPLETED) Fortune 500 and 1000 companies are headquartered here BALLANTYNE • A new master plan for the center of the district, • Home to University Research Park and Innovation Park with large CITYLYNX GOLD LINE (COMPLETED) Ballantyne Reimagined, will create a new center of • SouthPark Mall is the largest in the Carolinas corporate campus homes to TIAA, Wells Fargo, and Allstate activity, expand commercial and residential offerings, and one of the most profitable in the country, South Charlotte MAJOR EMPLOYMENT LYNX BLUE LINE (PLANNED) • LynxBlue light rail line connects neighborhood to DISTRICT add parks and trails, and improve walkability with $700 per square foot in sales Uptown or a quick 17 minute drive away CITYLYNX GOLD LINE (PLANNED) FEATURES

• Ballantyne is a 535-acre campus featuring 4.4 million • Easy access to Uptown, South End, Charlotte FEATURES FEATURES • 23 Fortune 500 regional offices NOTABLE MARKETS square feet of office space surrounded by Douglas International Airport, Ballantyne LYNX SILVER LINE (PLANNED) suburban residential neighborhoods, golf courses and • Nearly 5 million square feet of LEED-certified office space with over 3 million more square feet planned or under construction lifestyle centers with dining, shopping and services INFRASTRUCTURE LYNX RED LINE (PLANNED)

20 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, CHARLOTTE GETS GOING Charlotte doesn’t tolerate “in these troubled times” type of thinking. During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the city forged forward, investing over $154M of CARES funding in our community. Through the Open for Business initiative, the city supported our business & workforce community, deploying over $50M of capital in four months through small business grants, an innovation fund, a StreetEATS program, and workforce and RESILIENCEAND hiring grants. We even launched a new program to upskill residents into skilled trades with guaranteed job placement.

During social justice protests and through difficult discussions, our city leaders, our police department and our residents RESILIENCEworked together to reimagine policing, and are working RESOLVE proactively to prevent violence in our communities. The city is also developing comprehensive strategies to uplift traditionally underserved communities and neighborhoods to create a more equitable and successful environment for all residents.

With these challenging times, Charlotte stands strong, RESILIENCE + RESOLVE relentless in our commitment to provide good jobs for our

BY THE NUMBERS residents. The city’s diversified industries and fast-growing startup culture make it more resilient than ever. Even during this pandemic, the city worked hard to secure major Charlotte Star Room | @CharlotteStarRoom job announcements from Centene and Chime Solutions. In a post-pandemic world, Charlotte’s livability, and its NO. 10 9 $50M+ $273M 20 investments in infrastructure and workforce training, drive MOST DIVERSIFIED GRANT PROGRAMS DEPLOYED FROM RAISED IN THE public and MEMBERS ON THE Leading createdRESOLVE to support home the point that Charlotte’s momentum is built to last. economy among major metros COVID-19 community relief fund private sectors for affordable On Opportunity Task Force, an businesses, jobseekers, and community partners housing through Foundations agency whose mission is to improve impacted by COVID-19 for the Carolinas economic mobility in Charlotte 22 2020 2020 2019-2020 2019 THE FUTURE KEEPS GETTING BRIGHTER We have a strong vision for the future of Charlotte. We are making intentional investments to achieve ambitious goals to continue the momentum that makes this city so attractive for 3,240 JOBS 300 JOBS 1,200 JOBS 430 JOBS EAST COAST HEADQUARTERS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER OFFICE EXPANSION businesses and residents. Our groundbreaking EXPANSION client-service-driven approach to economic development has led to impressive job growth and a diversifying roster of industries. Pilot 2019 2019 2019 AND incentive programs are attracting innovative and MOMENTUM versatile startups and companies to our market. We are strategically investing in building our technology workforce; after undergoing a tech talent study, we’re deploying new strategies to build a pipeline that will bring innovation and energy into your company. Inspired by the companies we work 200 JOBS 1,000 JOBS 1,600 JOBS VISION with, this team and our city’s relentless pursuit to HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION CORPORATE OFFICE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY HUB challenge the status quo is yielding strong results. MOMENTUMWalk through the streets of Charlotte and you can feel the momentum rippling through our city. Come meet Charlotte. Let us be a part of your success! 2019 2018 2018 2018 MOMENTUM + VISION

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“ Charlotte has all the elements of a great city: successful schools, impressive infrastructure, great diversity and SINCE 2018, THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT TEAM HAS CREATED tremendous opportunity for upward economic mobility. 2,000 JOBS 750 JOBS 430 JOBS 1,220 JOBS GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION HEADQUARTERS EXPANSION Those are values shared by Centene and we are VISION RELOCATION committed to continue to grow with this community.” 10.6K 3.8K $100.7K $1.45B NEW Jobs JOBS Retained AVERAGE ANNUAL IN CAPITAL investment —Michael Neidorff SALARY of new jobs Chairman/President/CEO, Centene 24 READY TO MEET CHARLOTTE? Come experience Charlotte and see why it is the best choice for your business and your employees to call home.

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