Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation

EDC launches redesigned website

Nov 16, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Crystal France
Director of Marketing/PR
Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation
276.403.5940
cfrance@yesmartinsville.com


Martinsville-Henry County EDC launches redesigned website
~YesMartinsville.com to function as organization’s ‘hand-shake’ to prospective companies~


Martinsville, VA (Nov. 16, 2006) – The Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation (M-HCEDC) has completed a redesign of its website www.YesMartinsville.com.

The website, launched today, was designed and developed by dot.org Group, based in Charlotte, NC. dot.org works exclusively with non-profit and government agencies to provide solutions for web and digital image cataloging.

YesMartinsville.com contains information pertinent to existing and prospective companies such as area demographics, business climate information, a listing of the area’s available sites and buildings, and small & minority business resources.

“This will become our most important marketing tool as a majority of the pre-screening process for selecting a community is now done via the web,” remarks Mark Heath, M-HCEDC President/CEO. “We don’t usually know a company is even looking at us until we’re on the ‘short list’ of 2 or 3 potential communities. The website is our method of introducing ourselves; it’s our hand-shake.”

In addition to YesMartinsville.com, Martinsville-Henry County EDC contracted with dot.org to implement VisitMartinsville.com, a website primarily targeted at tourists and promoting the area’s attractions, and Reel-Scout™, a project and location management application that will allow the M-HCEDC to market Martinsville-Henry county locations to production companies around the world looking for locations for feature films, television series, commercials, etc. The packaging of the two sites and Reel-Scout™ allowed M-HCEDC to partner with one vendor, thus streamlining the development process as well as allowing for focused customer service in the future.

The mission of the Martinsville-Henry County Economic Development Corporation is to create new job opportunities and expand the tax base for the area. The organization strives to support and develop local industry, as well as market Martinsville-Henry County globally as an exceptional place to live, work and play.

The EDC is a public-private partnership between the City of Martinsville, Henry County, the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce, the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber’s Partnership for Economic Growth (C-PEG) and the Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont.

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