Corridor History
The Beaufort Digital Corridor is the response to a request by the City and the citizens of Beaufort to grow a high-wage economy while further diversifying her economy.
The following represent a few milestones in the development of the Beaufort Digital Corridor.
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BDC Milestones
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January 4 - Featured article in Hilton Head Monthly, "Information Highway"
January 10 - First time hosting the Chamber's Business After Hours event
January 15 - First Entrepreneurship Series seminar with USCB CSci/ACM students
February 7 - First Member/Sponsor Town Hall
March 15 - Iris Telehealth worker locates to BASEcamp
March 18 - First full-time coworker subscription
April 5 - participates in Charleston Digital Corridor's annual iFiveK
April 25 - participates in Don Ryan Center for Innovation's Trail to Ale 5K
April 15 - Maron Law Group - startup software company locates to BASEcamp
May 1 - Dr. Robert LeFavi, Dean of USCB Beaufort campus, joins BDC Board
May 6 - announces two summer camp offerings of Game On! in June and July
May 10 - participates in Beaufort Cultural District "Sit-In' project designing a bench for shuttle pickup location
June 1 - BASEcamp offices reach capacity, additional co-working area added to existing space
June 3 - Life Launcher - entrepreneurial students from the College of Charleston ImpactX accelerator locate to BASEcamp for Live Work Mentor program
July 1 - Jason Williamson, founder of CIRTEMO, locates to BASEcamp
July 8 - hosts SC Commerce Innovation/Scribble Pen to Paper Tour
July 18 - First WHHI-TV 843TV at BASEcamp episode (BDC Executive Director, Wave Sciences, Life Launcher)
July 28 - Bridge Fund announced, partnership with Savannah's Creative Coast and Bluffton's Don Ryan Center
August 8 - attends SC Commerce/Scribble Sketch Room event in Columbia
August 15 - hosts its second bi-annual member meeting
August 19 - Health technology worker locates to BASEcamp
August 20 - BDC Board Chair attends VentureSouth meeting
August 21 - attends press event for Bridge Fund with GA Rep. Buddy Carter at Creative Coast in Savannah
August 26 - feature on The Beaufort News Business Report with Carlton Dallas
August 28 - announces CODEcamp Beaufort Fall 2019
September 19 - SC Business Incubator Assoc. (SCBIA) inaugural meeting at BASEcamp
September 20 - on The Beaufort News for CODEcamp
October 3 - announces Fall at BASEcamp Gallery: Emily Scott Pack
October 16 - BDC Board Chair attends Venture Atlanta
October 22 - WHHI-TV 843TV at BASEcamp episode with USCB partnership focus (Dr. Bob LeFavi, USCB website-1212 Design/Mindflint, BDC Executive Director)
November 1 - Lowcountry Analytics - data analytics startup locates to BASEcamp
November 7 - booth at MCAS Career Fair
November 12 - BDC Board Chair attends Charleston Venture Conference
November 14 - inclusion in Regional Economic Forecast hosted by the Beaufort County Chamber
November 15 - 'New Co' - software development company locates to BASEcamp
November 20 - attends SC Commerce/Scribble MIT Venture Mentoring Service strategy session in Columbia
November 21 - TECHconnect 2nd Anniversary, the last of the year celebration
November 26 - inclusion in City of Beaufort Economic Development video release
December 3 - Featured article in Lowcountry Weekly, "Investing in Tech"