$5.5 million in Rural Center grants to create 660 jobs
For immediate release (4/25/13)
Contact: Matt Ehlers, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH -- The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center announces $5.5 million in grants to create jobs, provide clean water and assist with economic development in rural counties. The 36 grants will create 660 jobs and assist projects benefiting more than 32 counties.
Grant to aid textile network in Catawba Valley region
For immediate release (4/25/13)
Contact: Matt Ehlers, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH -- The N.C. Rural Center announces a grant of $125,000 to Burke Development Inc. The grant will help fund a new initiative to retain and create textile jobs in the Catawba Valley region.
Robeson County welcomes sweet potato processor
For release 4/11/13
Contact: Matt Ehlers, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH -- A new $12 million sweet potato processing plant is on its way to Robeson County, bringing with it more than 100 jobs and a high-tech process to monetize one of the state's most important crops.
Trinity Frozen Foods will build its plant in the Carolina Commerce Technology Park in Pembroke, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Thursday. The announcement came after fierce competition with a rival site in South Carolina.
Grant to Columbus County to aid manufacturer's expansion
For immediate release (4/10/13)
Contact: Garnet Bass, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH -- The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center announces a grant of $194,504 to Columbus County. The grant will support building renovations for the expansion of Ply Gem Industries' manufacturing facility in Fair Bluff.
Under the grant, the company has committed to creating at least 39 full-time jobs but says it anticipates adding 127 at the plant and others at its headquarters. The Fair Bluff plant currently employs 32 workers. The jobs will offer an average salary of $45,241 and benefits that include 70 percent of the cost of health insurance. The total project cost is $1,442,451.
$4 million in Rural Center grants to create 450 jobs
For immediate release (3/5/13)
For more information, contact Matt Ehlers, 919-250-4314
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center announces $4 million in grants to create jobs, provide clean water and assist with economic development in rural counties. The 31 grants will create 451 jobs and assist projects benefiting more than 30 counties.
The grants were approved by the center’s board of directors Feb. 27 and made possible by appropriations of the N.C. General Assembly and state Clean Water Bonds.