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Economic Development Handicapped By Zoning
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2025 @ 12:07 pm
By: Dave Hudson
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State officials to attend SEUS/Japan Economic Development Conference and meet with Japanese officials and business leaders
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 8:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Good Jobs Challenge is funded by the American Rescue Plan to develop the clean energy workforce
Published: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022 @ 9:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Economic development incentives divert taxpayer money to politically favored companies at the expense of the rest of the state
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2022 @ 10:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), more than 1,400 short-term, occupational skill training courses are offered across the state to train, retrain, and upgrade workers for current or future job skill requirements or certifications.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Missing Money Found in NCCash.com Returned to Economic Development Group
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2022 @ 8:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Alliance will streamline development of offshore wind resources in Southeast and Mid-Atlantic region
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 10:34 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Economic Development Advisory Committee will hold a web based meeting on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 3:00 PM.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2020 @ 12:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Economic Development Advisory Board will meet on May 20, 2020 at 3:00 PM.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2020 @ 4:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Economic Development Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 has been cancelled.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Public invited to Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement’s open house
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 1:28 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Mike Van Scott, senior associate vice chancellor for East Carolina University’s Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement, has been appointed interim vice chancellor for the division effective Dec. 16.
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 11:33 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Beaufort County Economic Advisory Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at the Beaufort County Skills Center located at 705 Page Road, Washington.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beaufort County Economic Advisory Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 3:00 PM.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 9:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Three North Carolina regions will receive technical assistance and coaching to boost key industries in their communities, Governor Roy Cooper announced.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 9:34 am
By: Governor's Office
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Aetna, a CVS Health business, is growing its presence in North Carolina and will add more than 300 new employees in High Point by the end of 2020, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 @ 11:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Design Foundry, LLC, will open a new furniture manufacturing facility in Catawba County, creating 202 new jobs over five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 @ 1:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Catawba County will see a total of 237 new jobs and more than $43.4 million in private investment from economic development projects with manufacturing companies, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Friday, December 21st, 2018 @ 8:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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It's a safe bet that state Rep. Jonathan Jordan agrees with Republican colleagues Bill Brawley, Susan Martin, and Scott Stone much more often than he agrees with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the incoming New York congresswoman and newly elevated champion of the political left
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After more than a year dangling the carrot to Raleigh and other communities Amazon finally announced their choices for their HQ2 project. Once again Raleigh didn't win the proposed 50,000 jobs and $5 billion investment. Curiously, we can't find many really upset about it
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 8:08 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced 49 appointments to various state boards and commissions for North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2018 @ 1:50 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) supported passage of the bipartisan Farm Bill, which included an amendment co-sponsored by Senator Tillis supporting rural economic development. The bipartisan legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 86-11
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 11:33 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Sensus USA, Inc., a provider of advanced metering technologies to utilities and municipalities, will expand its current operations in Durham County, creating 301 new jobs over five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Friday, June 1, 2018, the President signed into law.
Published: Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If North Carolina Democrats hoped - and North Carolina Republicans feared - that a Roy Cooper administration would represent a clean break from the administration of former Gov. Pat McCrory, both sides have good reason to revise their expectations
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the City of Washington (Beaufort County) received a $30,000 grant from the State to help InterMarket Technology expand its business by acquiring a generator to insure against interruption of power
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced 13 new appointments to various North Carolina boards and commissions, including the North Carolina Board of Education, the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina and the North Carolina Council for Women
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 @ 4:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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80 of North Carolina's 100 counties are considered rural, understanding the definition to be a county in which the population density is less than 250 people per square mile
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The "help wanted" sign is popping up all over North Carolina, and while it is a good sign of a healthy economy, it also portends some larger problems
Published: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 @ 2:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A new program aimed at improving worker health in the automotive, aviation and manufacturing sectors in Western North Carolina launched today, Governor Roy Cooper announced
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 @ 12:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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President Donald J. Trump knows that entrepreneurship is the economic backbone of communities across America
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 9:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rural communities will soon have access to $12 million to get industrial sites ready to attract new jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 1:04 am
By: Governor's Office
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Amid little fanfare, yesterday Governor Cooper’s announced his new Hometown Strong initiative to help rural North Carolina communities
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2018 @ 2:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Cooper this week declared that "not enough is being done to help rural N.C. counties build roads, expand high-speed internet, train people in job skills and find other ways to improve the economy."
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 6:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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