
Scott Millar
Scott Millar, CEcD, is President of the Catawba County Economic Development Corporation in Hickory, North Carolina.
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Oct 7, 2026
Golden LEAF Critical Conversations: Partnerships for Rural Economic Growth
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Scott MillarGUEST
They don't matter because they just don't exist in the way that people typically like to put them in those nice little boxes.

Scott MillarGUEST
I'll reference in those years, I have been, we travel collectively a lot of times, economic developers, to go to places to try and uncover opportunities.

Scott MillarGUEST
And I've been in Germany in a boardroom for an adjacent county to land a project, and I've sat in that boardroom and attempted to help or did help try and negotiate a package, a closing package for that company to locate.

Scott MillarGUEST
Guess what? People from Burke County don't have a Toyota dealership over there.
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Scott HamiltonHOST
And then Scott, to build off of that from what Reginald was talking about, 'cause it's a great segue from what he has just set up to my last question to you, is when a new employer comes to Catawba County or Wilson County or Beaufort County or anywhere, what does it take to turn that one project into an economic win for really the broader region? And do you have an example of that? And I bet you do, or two.