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44432
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Brittany Brady is president of Henderson County Economic Development Partnership. Under Brady's leadership, the partnership has shifted it workforce mindset from academics to career and technical education. Currently the county has 8,000 technical and manufacturing jobs with average wages of $66,000, as opposed to its $3 billion tourism industry with average salaries at $30,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 3, March 2025,
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44594
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"Rural superintendents say a growing voucher program puts public schools at risk. Lawmaker disagree." Don Phipps, superintendent of schools in Caldwell County notes he isn't opposed to school choice but rather that any school receiving public funds, regardless of it being church, private or charter, should have to play by the same set of rules.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 9, September 2025,
p10-11, il, por
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44648
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"North Carolina shows few signs of losing its crown as the nation's best state for business. As the meter clicks overt o a new year, though, a disquieting change of factors poses threats to business success and sustainability in our state's rural spaces." The four persistent pain points are: workforce, housing, accessible healthcare and childcare.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, January 2026,
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44458
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"A rural southeast N.C. county, praised for its job recruiting efforts, is fractured by disagreements." On March 28, 2025, Bladen's Bloomin' Agri-Industrial Inc., a nonprofit real estate developer filed a civil suit against the town of Elizabethtown for failing to reply to a public records request. On the same day, the town issued a press release blaming the nonprofit with misinformation.
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