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5 results for Business North Carolina Vol. 40 Issue 9, September 2020
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42820
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A new $300 casino promises much for Cleveland County's economy. Gov. Roy Cooper spoke out against the plan in his 2016 gubernatorial race. Likewise, the Cherokees who operate thriving casinos in Cherokee and Murphy are suing in Federal court, arguing the proposed site is on their historical land.
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42825
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SteelFab is one of the nation’s largest fabricators of structural steel and ranks No. 18 among North Carolina’s largest private companies. Located in west Mecklenburg County, it was founded 65 years ago by former sharecropper and mill worker, J. Glenn Sherrill.
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42826
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Alex Lee Inc. ranks No. 6 among North Carolina’s largest private companies. Owner Brian George is steadily maneuvering dramatic changes and increasing competition running the company’s 74 store retail chain, Lowes Foods and its Hickory based wholesale food distributor, MDI, which supplies more than 600 grocery stores globally. Moses George started the company initially in 1931 and by 1956, it had become Merchants Distributors Inc.
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42827
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Richard Boyd owns Tanjo, a Carrboro-based artificial intelligence company which uses virtual simulations and machine learning to improve market research and assist organizations in spotting redundancies in their internal processes. Tango’s clients include insurers, banks, the North Carolina Community College System and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. among others.
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42828
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In June 2020, Mary Penny Kelley became executive director of Hometown Strong, a partnership between North Carolina state and local governments to support economies and health outcomes of rural communities. The program was originally launched in 2018 by Gov. Roy Cooper.