Approximately 70 Columbia-area business leaders and elected officials will travel to Columbia, South Carolina from September 30 through October 2 for the annual leadership visit. Columbia Chamber of Commerce president Matt McCormick joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”. While the Columbia/Boone County contingent is expected to visit the University of South Carolina, Williams-Brice Stadium and other destinations, Mr. McCormick tells listeners there are other things there that grab his attention. “They’re doing some really cool things around downtown safety. They just did a convention center feasibility study and building (a) convention center. Revitalization of some of their streets,” Mr. McCormick tells listeners. Columbia is South Carolina’s capital city. Other popular destinations people visit there are the University of South Carolina and Riverbanks zoo and garden. The Columbia Missouri Chamber of Commerce has about 1,000 members representing about 50,000 employees in Columbia and the region. Mr. McCormack and Mr. Parry also discussed numerous other topics, including the growing homeless population in downtown Columbia and near Flatbranch park. They also highlighted the Chamber’s workforce development initiatives, which McCormack says involves a shortage of employees. “And so for us it’s everything from retention to recruitment. Upskilling is a lot of it. You know taking the great work that Job Point does and then how can we continue to build on top of things like that,” he tells listeners. Matt McCormick was born in Texas and graduated from Stephen F. Austin. He’s now been in Columbia for 13 years:

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