Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he has selected Donald van der Vaart as the next secretary for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Van der Vaart currently serves as deputy secretary and energy policy advisor for the agency.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory helped Ashley Furniture celebrate a major expansion of its mid-Atlantic manufacturing and distribution center located in Advance.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 11:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory signed House Bill 1031 into law this afternoon.
Published: Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: Christopher Maye
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In Raleigh, the McCrory Department of Commerce is doing quite a bit of cheerleading for special taxpayer-provided incentives to lure business to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, May 26th, 2014 @ 8:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory was in Charlotte today to celebrate the opening of MetLife's new U.S. retail headquarters alongside senior officials from the company. Located in Ballantyne, the new facility will house the majority of the company's U.S. retail employees.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 3:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We are pleased to announce that effective February 17, Kim Genardo will be assuming a new role in the NC Department of Commerce as director of strategic and economic development communications.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 1:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Richard Lindenmuth will become the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 1:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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McClatchy and other mainstream media outlets blew the doors off of The NC Rural Center earlier this year - exposing all kinds of cronyism and corruption to public view.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 12:00 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The military supports 540,000 jobs, including 340,000 in the private sector, according to a new report released today by the N.C. Department of Commerce. The report also found the military boosts the state's personal income by more than $30 billion.
Published: Thursday, November 7th, 2013 @ 11:44 pm
By: David Winstead
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Lee Controls, LLC will locate its manufacturing and headquarters operations in Brunswick County. The company plans to create 77 new jobs and invest $2.46 million over the next three years near Southport.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 12:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that all of the state's 100 counties saw increases in visitor spending in 2012.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 6:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) reports North Carolina merchandise exports increased 6 percent in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, growing from $14.1 billion to $14.8 billion.
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 12:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has released monies for more than a dozen grants funded by the North Carolina Rural Economic Center. The grants total $734,344.18.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 @ 2:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Wright Foods will be expanding its food processing and packaging operation in Montgomery County.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Pat McCrory's administration is repackaging the way it performs economic development efforts, moving the function from the Department of...
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2013 @ 10:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Cape Fear Arsenal Inc. will locate a new manufacturing facility in Robeson County.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory is proclaiming May 4-12, 2013, as Tourism Week in North Carolina, joining destinations across the state to celebrate travel and tourism as a record-breaking industry that is vital to the economic stability and growth of the state.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2013 @ 9:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Both Governor McCrory and our General Assembly reached milestones this week and, as we pundits are prone to do, they warrant marking and remarking about.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Pat McCrory announced plans today to pursue a “Partnership for Prosperity,” an effort to change the way we foster economic growth in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 10:02 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced that Meherrin River Forest Products, a lumber processor, will locate its operations in Halifax County.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 11:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Politicians LOVE to talk about -- and pat themselves on the back about -- job creation and economic development. Though, most rational people know the only sources for job creation are private businesses.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 2:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Did you know that the State of NC Department of Commerce runs a program (in addition to all the other things it does) designed to bring retirees to a specific community?? Which community, you ask??
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 @ 8:31 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The Beaufort County Commissioners were recently approached with a request to approve a study being performed to determine if Beaufort County would benefit from a County Tourism Authority.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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I couldn't believe it when I read that the amount of money that tourists (or is it simply "visitors?) spend in North Carolina in general and Beaufort County in particular is determined through a mathematical model: A proprietary model that the developers refuse to share with anyone.
Published: Monday, December 10th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Beaufort County, long downgraded to a Tier I county, will be upgraded to a Tier II, but do not celebrate just yet.
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2012 @ 10:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina's entire "economic development policy" should be replaced with "economic growth policy."
Published: Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 @ 7:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I learned, in a recent national conference for County Commissioners, that economic development can be "anything you want it to be".
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 8:59 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Still puzzled about how North Carolina can rank so highly on some national measures of business climate, and still have among the worst-performing economies in the country?
Published: Friday, July 27th, 2012 @ 9:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Documents obtained by Carolina Journal show that a plan recently scrapped by the North Carolina Department of Commerce included a provision to pay Cary-based software developer SAS $1.5 million in federal funds meant to assist low- and moderate-income families.
Published: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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