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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with the Chair of the North Carolina Economic Development Association Foundation Dr. Patricia Mitchell via Zoom and filmed an episode of Critical Conversations.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 9:16 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Economic developers will tell you that you can’t sell from an empty wagon, you have to have a product to sell.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 7:49 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Custom Alloy Corporation (CAC), a heavy manufacturer of pipe fittings and forgings has selected Stanly County for a new industrial operation, creating 40 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 @ 2:15 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The high price tag leaves a bad taste for some
Published: Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 @ 2:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the NC Competes Jobs Plan today, a key component of his comprehensive strategy to build and strengthen North Carolina's economy by putting more people back to work.
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 6:08 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Fulfilling the core government function of providing for the safety and security of our citizens, and supporting those who defend our freedom.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that AvidXchange will expand its headquarters operations in Charlotte. The company plans to create 603 jobs in Mecklenburg County by the end of 2018 and invest more than $21.4 million.
Published: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 6:11 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Jobs remain the most important issue facing North Carolina. Our government does not create jobs; however, it creates the environment in which job creators flourish.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has proposed reinvesting $16.8 million in savings generated by community colleges into additional funding for the state's 58 community colleges to train workers in high-demand fields such as health sciences, engineering, construction, manufacturing, transportation.
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 12:58 am
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 North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker recently announced that USA InvestCo plans to create 100 jobs and invest more than $15 million in a new cold storage facility at the Port of Wilmington.
Published: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 @ 6:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 @ 6:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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An audit by State Auditor Beth Wood released today has come down on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center for gaining $20 million in...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the McCrory administration is hailing an overhaul of the way North Carolina recruits business, open government advocates worry that...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement today in response to the News & Observer article on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center on Saturday's front page.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Appoints Brigadier General Anthony Tata (U.S. Army, Ret.) as Secretary of Transportation; Sharon Decker as Secretary of Commerce; Bill Daughtridge as Secretary of Administration; Neal Alexander as Director of the State Office of Personnel
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 12:48 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 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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Every policy and decision by government has economic costs, and more so when the policy interferes with or, worse, prevents some market choices. Such negative economic effects are what make even more pernicious the practice of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Less than a month after North Carolina legislators approved more money for the state's film tax incentives program, a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight Report pans film incentives as a clear example of cronyism.
Published: Friday, July 20th, 2012 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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efore states began film tax incentives programs, North Carolina was a popular off-Hollywood destination for film crews.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 11:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For starters, a recent Heritage Foundation report criticized North Carolina's congressional delegation for failing to support free trade agreements that would help companies export their products.
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2012 @ 2:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto last summer? Liberal activists predicted economic disaster.
Published: Monday, February 20th, 2012 @ 1:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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