Area Chambers Grassroots Program Contributes to SC Chamber 2025 Competitiveness Agenda
Last week, the SC Chamber released their annual Competitiveness Agenda outlining the business community’s top policy priorities for the 2025 legislative session. The Competitiveness Agenda was developed after the SC Chamber engaged with nearly 800 local business leaders from over 30 local chambers, including the Greater Florene Chamber, during their 22-stop Grassroots Tour throughout South Carolina.
The Competitiveness Agenda, developed annually, consists of policy solutions to challenges impacting job creators and businesses across industries and throughout the state. The SC Chamber board approved the 2025 Competitiveness Agenda after conducting extensive grassroots outreach to hear directly from business leaders across S.C. about their most pressing issues.
The seven areas indicated by business leaders that they would like the General Assembly to focus on during the 2025 legislative session are:
- Reducing Business Tax Burdens & Modernizing the Tax Code
- Bringing Fairness to an Unfair Tort System
- Addressing South Carolina’s Future Energy Needs
- Addressing Barriers to Workforce Participation
- Ensuring Continued Economic Growth & Prosperity
- Establishing a Flourishing & Resilient Talent Pipeline
- Letting Businesses Do Business
