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Metro Leadership Visit
Lasting Connections While Driving Solutions

The Metro Leadership Visit, a highly sought-after leadership experience, takes a delegation of 65-75 community and civic leaders to visit other cities throughout the nation to explore issues facing our region.

Strategic relationships with other business leaders are forged throughout the 2-3 day experience, providing lasting value and ROI. Exclusive access to other cities’ public and private sector leaders and organizations adds unparalleled business knowledge and insight.

For the 2023 Metro Leadership Visit, we are heading to Austin, TX! Registration now open!

This year’s trip in Austin will explore:

  • Building an innovation economy
  • Infrastructure: Overcoming bad decisions and anti-growth mentality
  • Unique approaches to attainable housing and inclusive growth
  • Integrating equitable transit-oriented development
  • Creating workforce readiness opportunities to meet labor demands
  • And more…

The immersive experience:
Provides an exclusive experience to deepen bonds between dynamic regional leaders who play a significant role in shaping the Charleston region.
Enhances our region’s future performance by embracing actions we can import – these lessons are used to advance the Chamber’s key priorities.
Metro Leadership Visit 2023

Let’s explore the Live Music Capital of the World together for Metro Leadership Visit 2023! We’re headed to Austin! MLV offers an exclusive opportunity to experience Austin, both their challenges and successes. Along with hearing lessons learned and best practices, attendees will engage with fellow leaders and influencers from our region, creating and building important relationships.

Registration now open!

"Metro Leadership Visit is a one-of-a-kind experience, allowing you to experience a comparable city alongside 70+ regional leaders and influencers."

- Mamie Bush, Boeing

MLV 2022: Boston

Propelling a Resilient Community

Two cities founded around the same time, while on the surface may not seem all that similar, actually share both a long history and many of the same challenges. For Metro Leadership Visit 2022, nearly 90 business and community leaders headed to Boston for two and a half days of immersion into the community, their challenges and successes.

Read more about MLV 2022

Metro Leadership Visit Team

Therese Gordon
Associate Vice President of Leadership
843.805.3007
Contact Therese