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"Growth-minded Atrium Health is staking the construction market with $2.2 billion in Charlotte area and Triad expansions." At current time, the amount of capital investment being put up by Atrium Health is unprecedented in North Carolina's history. A list of current major projects on tap is given in addition to other projects at its 67 hospitals
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 9, September 2023,
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Nearly decimated in population by the early 20th century, the American Bison has since made a comeback with nearly 400,000 now in North America. Jerry Nelson raises around a 100 bison on his Polk County farm in Green Creek.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 9, September 2023,
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43886
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"Flour Mill expansion highlights Johnston County's diverse economic landscape." Though the county has experienced tremendous growth relevant to pharmaceuticals, it remains heavily invested in agriculture and food processing. An example is the recent $28 million expansion of the state's largest flour mill, located in the Johnston County hamlet of Wilson's Mills. The operation is owned by Kansas City based Bartlett.
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"Burke County natives say their locally-owned weekly can dislodge the incumbent daily." Since 2005, forty-one North Carolina newspapers have ceased operations. Allen VanNoppen and Bill Poteat launched "The Paper" in February in Morganton, whose population is currently 17,500 inhabitants.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 3, March 2023,
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Increased labor costs as well as shipping costs more recently associated with Chinese imports are giving opportunity for a resurgence of North Carolina's furniture industry. Chaddock Furniture Workroom originally started in California and now in Morganton has chosen to target the luxury furniture market.. In 1990, North Carolina had more than 90,000 people working in the furniture industry. By 2009, this number had dropped by more than a half due to a trade agreement that opened up imports from Asia. Kevin Ward is Chaddock's president.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 4, April 2023,
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44091
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Joseph Albert Gaither founded Ridgeview, a sock and hosiery manufacturing business in Newton in 1912. the company closed in 2000, with annual sales around $100 million but struggled to make a profit. Hugh Gaither opened Hickory-based Feetures 22 years ago, selling high performance socks to runners.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 12, December 2023,
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"Travelers through Cleveland County know Shelby for its traffic logjam, not its small town charm." Construction began on the Shelby ByPass in 2013 but more than a decade later, less than half of the project is finished. The price tag for the project has gone up considerably as well from $194 million in 2012 to 313 million.
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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry is one of North Carolina's largest privately held companies, employing a workforce of 2700 across 10 plants in eight states. This includes 530, who work in the new location in Oakboro in Stanly County. Plastics now represent about 60 percent of the firm's business, while the remaining 40 percent focuses on iron pipes. The company opened in 1901. Hooper Hardison is CEO.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 12, December 2023,
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The N.C. Christmas Tree Association notes the honor is more than luck. It's a real competition. Cline Church Nursery in Fleetwood won 2023's honor. A North Carolina tree was first selected in 1966.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 12, December 2023,
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44083
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For the past ten years, Japan has been North Carolina's largest direct foreign business partner. gov. Roy Cooper often points out that over $30,000 North Carolina residents work for Japanese countries. In 2023, pledged investment to create 3,396 jobs in North Carolina.
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44073
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Duke University Hospital tops the list followed by Cone and UNC Medical Center.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 3, March 2024,
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