In June, our Government Affairs Chair, Elizabeth Fulk, and our Board President, Matt Burton, met via Zoom with the office of Rep. Jim Clyburn. Congressman Clyburn represents the 6th district of SC, which falls under BOMA Greater Charlotte's region. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss H.R. 1491, which is one of BOMA International's Advocacy priorities. This bill targets the Carbon Compliance Mandates and high interest rates we are seeing by increasing the Small Business Administration's 504 loan program cap from $5.5 million to $10 million. Elizabeth and Matt provided an overview of the CRE industry in the Carolinas, our support of H.R. 1491, and asked for the Congressman's consideration for co-sponsoring this bill.

If you would like to learn more about BOMA International's Advocacy efforts at the Federal, State and Local levels, check out the BOMA International Advocacy page.  Also, if you're interested in Government Affairs and would like to join our local committee, please reach out to Elizabeth Fulk at Elizabeth.Fulk@fox.com.