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40617
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Profiles of products like timber and pork, along with statistics showing its international trade potential, help explain North Carolina’s number eleven ranking among exporting states in the US.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 3, March 2019 ,
p20, 22
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28597
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Oak Island has a reputation as a low-key oceanfront hideaway. Tourism is its main industry and the Cape Fear Regional Jetport on mainland Brunswick County is the busiest general-aviation airport in the state. The county is one of the fastest growing in the state. The residents of the island want smart growth to maintain the lifestyle and culture that Oak Island and Brunswick County have worked to create.
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39783
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The author underscored the delicate balancing act: on one side, protection of wildlife and environment of coastal counties like Carteret; on the other, prosperity of the region's tourism industry and its hotspots like the Shackleford Banks.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 12, December 2016,
p39-40, 42-45
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43885
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"An elite coastal beach club preps to become the East Coast's finest." Coral Bay Club at Atlantic Beach began in 1958 and has a current membership of 625, an elite power list from across North Carolina. The renovation project is expected to cost $20 million.
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39763
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Pitt County’s future progress largely rests upon contributions from its county seat. Business ventures that may yield economic growth and development include the 10th Street Connector, East Carolina University’s four research campus sites, a burgeoning biomanufacturing industry, and the merger of Vidant and ECU Physicians into VECU.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 11, November 2016,
p70, 72, 74-79
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Greenville--Warehouse District--Prichard-Hughes Warehouse; Greenville--Warehouse District--American Tobacco Co. ; Greenville--Warehouse District--Export Leaf Tobacco Co. ; Pharmaceutical industry--Greenville; Biomanufacturing industry--Pitt County; Infrastructure--Greenville--Tenth Street Connector ; Mayne Pharma; Pitt County--Economic conditions; Pitt County--Industry; Greenville--Warehouse District--National Register of Historic Places; VECU Medical Group Inc. (Greenville)
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43962
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"Gaston County is revitalizing its down-towns while strengthening foundations in healthcare, education and manufacturing." A number of multi million dollar projects are in the works, touching on all municipalities in Gaston County. The following article gives summary.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 1, January 2024,
p80-86, il
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43153
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Hickory Furniture Mart, representing nearly 200 furniture companies reminas a mecca in Catwaba County. Hickory Chair Furniture Co.makes 90 percent of its furniture in Hickory. the company is part of the Shuford family's parent company Rock House Farm. There are over 36,000 worker in the state's furniture industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 9, September 2021,
p40-42
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36265
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With an increase in elderly populations, facilities such as CCRCs, home health agencies, assisted living centers, and nursing homes are all the more a must. Illustrating the need and benefits of these services are statistics related to elderly populations, changes in socio-cultural values related to the heightened need, and profiles for facilities such as River Landing in Wallace.
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27687
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Duke Energy has adjusted to the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to reduce the emission of Carbon-dioxide from coal-fired electric generation plants. The company has found other ways to create energy for its customers, including using solar power, building natural-gas plants, and using nuclear energy.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 1, January 2017,
p38, 40-41, il
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38217
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A combination of work and pleasure has long been offered by businesses to improve company productivity. What is newer is resorts creating the synthesis of work and pleasure now labeled as bleisure. The new version of an established business practice can be defined as employees experiencing the city’s local flavor through resorts amenities and services, in addition to engaging in team building initiatives.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 3, March 2018,
p78, 81-82, 84, 86, 88
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42824
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“Businesses are sprouting up in Nash and Edgecombe Counties, where agriculture was once the top economic producer. Reaping that bounty took a lot of sowing, including workforce training, small-business assistance and some urban amenities.” Norris Tolson is president and CEO of Rocky Mount-based Carolinas Gateway Partnership, an economic booster for Edgecombe County, Rocky Mount, Nashville and Tarboro.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 11, November 2020,
p70-75
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43321
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"A perennial agricultural powerhouse, eastern North Carolina is turning new leaves. It's refocusing and expanding , cultivating assets to create a bountiful future." Greenville based NCEast Alliance identified work-force and entrepreneurial development as needs for its 20 county area. Todd Edwards of the Farmville Group cites the importance of interstate roads in the region.
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43026
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"The Raleigh-Durham area has tremendous momentum with a combination of top universities, highly skilled labor and advanced manufacturing. For Research Triangle Park's 7,000 acres and surrounding 11-county territory of innovation, manufacturing and technology, new construction and incoming business keep the commerce hub ticking."
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42906
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The North Carolina Civil War& Reconstruction History Center will expand and replace Museum of the Cape Fear. Both city and county have provided funding for the $80 million endeavor. The center will explain the Civil War through written history, stories and legends passed down through generations.
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39660
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Collaborative endeavors between East Carolina University and Pitt Community College are making a positive economic and occupational impact, particularly in local industrial and private sectors. Countywide collaborative yields include PCC’s Walter and Marie Williams Science and Technology Building; VECU, a fusion of ECU and Vidant Health’s 80 medical practices; Farmville’s East Carolina ArtSpace gallery; and Ayden's Quilt Lizzy US LLC.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 11, November 2017,
p73-74, 76, 78, 80-83
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East Carolina University--Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences ; Pitt Community College--Walter and Marie Williams Building ; Vidant Health; Mergers--East Carolina University and Vidant Health--VECU; Mayne Pharma; Thermo-Fisher Scientific Inc. (Greenville); Patheon NV (Greenville) ; Golden LEAF Foundation (Rocky Mount); East Carolina University. Brody School of Medicine; NC Global Transpark (Ayden); Downtown revitalization--Farmville Shark Tank