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The Beaufort County Economic Development Advisory Board will meet on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM at the Beaufort County Skills Center located at 705 Page Road, Washington, NC
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Economic Development Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for 3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 9, 2017, at Beaufort County Skills Center, 705 Page Road
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 5:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On April 3, 2017 at 5:30P, or soon thereafter, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners (County) will hold a public hearing to receive public comments on a proposed public-private economic development partnership with the Beaufort County Committee of 100 (C-100)
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 8:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On March 6, 2017 at 5:30P, or soon thereafter, the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners (County) will hold a public hearing to receive public comments on a proposed public-private economic development partnership with the Beaufort County Committee of 100 (C-100).
Published: Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Due to issues with flooding the October Economic Development Advisory Board meeting is canceled for this Wednesday 10/12/16
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 @ 3:37 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Economic Development Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for 3:00 PM on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 1:12 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The Economic Development Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for 3:00 PM on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at the Beaufort County Skills Center, 705 Page Road
Published: Saturday, July 9th, 2016 @ 3:35 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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There was an interesting Editorial in the Tampa Tribune a few days ago (10/28/2013) about economic development..
Published: Monday, November 4th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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I want to add my thanks for Bob Huets to that of Delma Blinson. Bob has done a great job in moving us one step closer to ending the disaster that the EDC has created with the industrial parks.
Published: Sunday, March 17th, 2013 @ 2:22 am
By: Warren Smith
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Beaufort County's Commissioners will meet Monday, February 25, 2013, to discuss economic development, including two public hearings on the transfer of county property.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Often referred to as the "Blue Goose" because of the special colors it had been painted, it had become a "bad joke" and a financial black mark for Beaufort County.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 12:37 am
By: Betty Murphy
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Economic development, as envisioned in Beaufort County, is the poster child for bureaucratic ineptitude and crony capitalism.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 10:39 am
By: Warren Smith
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The Beaufort County Commissioners met in closed session today to decide the future of the ill-fated Quick Start II, "shell building", resting on 6 acres in Beaufort County's Industrial Park.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 1:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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We gave away over $1,250,000 in expenses, salaries and crony capitalist subsidies and guarantees between June 2011 and June 2012 while maintaining and funding an empty QSII, an undeveloped Folly on Frederick Rd, and an unoccupied Skills Center.
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 @ 11:06 pm
By: Warren Smith
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I learned, in a national conference for County Commissioners, that economic development can be "anything you want it to be".
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 11:44 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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There is nothing to economically develop at the county level in so far as new industry. That reality applies to every county in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Viewing the tape of the July 2, Beaufort County Commissioner's monthly meeting I thought I had been transported to another world.
Published: Thursday, July 5th, 2012 @ 3:26 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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And while this is my byline, and while all of words expressed below may have well been mine - they are not - most are from citizen Warren Smith.
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 @ 6:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Economic Development, or the lack thereof in Beaufort County, is a major issue.
Published: Monday, June 18th, 2012 @ 9:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The recent suspension of Mr. Tom Thompson’s pay until he meets his requirement to prepare and present the Economic Development Commission’s annual report for 2011 is long over due.
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2012 @ 1:15 pm
By: Warren Smith
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During the last few months the City of Washington has sponsored and applied for several grants, none of which will require any funding to be provided by local taxpayers.
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2012 @ 8:43 am
By: Warren Smith
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The Beaufort County Commissioners, at their regular monthly meeting May 7, 2012, discussed reorganizing the Economic Development Commission and its Committee of 100.
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 5:15 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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In a surprise announcement today, April 18, 2012, Tommy Thompson, Executive Director of the Beaufort Economic Development Commission and the Beaufort County Committee of 100, has resigned.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 2:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ever wonder why that woman wants to lay half naked on the beach or why the 70 year old wants that new sports car. We will not get into explaining those things here but we will try to shed some light on what makes the Economic Development Council (EDC) tick.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 12:12 am
By: Hood Richardson
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The Economic Development Commission's activities can be sorted into two separate periods, the period between 2001 and 2005 and the period between 2005 and the present.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Monday night (3-19-12) was a very special occasion. "An evening with Tommy Thompson". In fact it was so special that he was the only one on the program.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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The documents handed out by the Economic Development Commission on March 19, 2012 have grants double counted, grants postponed, grants not generated in the accounting period, jobs which are inconsistently accounted for within the EDC own documents.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
By: Warren Smith
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The Beaufort County Economic Development Commission will have a group of talking points, which we have listed here below.
Published: Monday, March 19th, 2012 @ 2:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Pursuant to the Special Called Meeting for Monday night at 6:00 pm, March 19, 2012, we have received this press release from Beaufort County Employee, Laura Tetterton, to Committee of 100 Members for that aforementioned county commissioner meeting.
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 7:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Economic Development Commission's By-Laws of July 3, 2001 require convening an annual meeting in March. At this meeting there is to be a formal presentation of an annual report. Was such a meeting held in 2011? Are these meeting not covered by the Open Meeting Laws?
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 7:54 pm
By: Warren Smith
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It is rumored that the property initially earmarked for the incentive land grant to P&G/A&E Manufacturing has not qualified for the state funded sewer grant necessary to improve the property for the construction of A&E's 50,000 sq. ft. building.
Published: Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 @ 4:36 am
By: Warren Smith
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The I-95 corridor is no stranger to the disastrous mistakes of economic developers.
Published: Sunday, March 4th, 2012 @ 6:56 pm
By: Warren Smith
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The Economic Development Commission's budget and the Industrial Parks have combined to remove $8,494,000 from the available cash balances of Beaufort County government since 2002.
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 @ 9:58 pm
By: Warren Smith
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