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"A storied Irving Park mansion has been home to three leaders who shaped Greensboro over the past 90 years. The house was originally built and designed for textile titan J. Spencer Love. The house featured the first central air conditioning system in North Carolina. BenjaminCone became the second owner occupying the house from 1941 to 1977..
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 8, August 2023,
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Wake Technical Community College recently received a federal grant to jumpstart the college's Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence's electric vehicle training program. The state is emerging as a center for electric vehicle technology. North Carolina is also a key source for lithium used in EV batteries.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 4, April 2023,
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Totaling 520 establishments, North Carolina's golf courses and connected entities contribute 53,000 jobs and a combined wages of $1.3 billion to the state's economy. A statistical list of the state's top 100 courses is provided.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 4, April 2023,
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Historically, Methodists have had a profound economic and social impact on North Carolina. In the past year, however, a major breakup has occurred with 500 churches in the state leaving the denomination. The conflict largely centering around LGBTQ marriages and openly gay clergy.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 10, October 2023,
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"canton looks for a new role after the shuttering of its landmark." When Pactiv Evergreen paper mill closed in May, about 1,050 jobs with yearly salaries ranging above $80,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 10, October 2023,
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Nickols' Southern Lion was created off the premise of a popular marketplace venture, BlackLion, which closed after a 27 year run. Located in a 55,000 square foot facility, previously housing the first level of Sears at Carolina Place Mall in Pineville, Southern Lion is believed to be the largest 100% black-owned retail business in the southeast.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 2, February 2024,
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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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Aldersgate originally began as The Methodist Home in 1945 to serve retired preachers and widows. Viewed for many years as an upscale facility, critical financial problems in November 2022 forced the organization to discontinue a major expansion project. A correction plan is currently underway through the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The retirement complex includes Mecklenburg County's oldest home built in 1774.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 2, February 2024,
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"As North Carolina marches toward a clean energy future, the local electric cooperatives are at the forefront of innovation." North Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Randolph Electric Membership Corp and the North Carolina Zoo have partnered recently for gathering performance measurements with regard to deploying electrified equipment on farms throughout the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 2, February 2024,
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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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"Despite setbacks, Nash and Edgecombe Counties are ready to shine." The area saw a major setback in December 2021, with a fire that took ou the QVC plant. Touted currently, the Carolina Gateway Partnership in Rocky Mount, the Carolina Gateway Partnership, the Middlesex Corporate Center, the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal, enrollment of over 16,000 at Nash Community College and other.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 12, December 2023,
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"First Citizens' bold conquest raised the stakes and profile of the family controlled bank." First Citizens acquired Silicon Valley Bank last spring. It was the second time it had essentially doubled its size in the past three years. Raleigh based First Citizens was created in 1898 in Smithfield in Johnston County. It took its current name in 1929. The institution is at present the largest family owned bank in the United States. It has made a habit of buying distressed banks since the real estate depression 15 years ago that caused hundreds of banks to fail. Frank Holding Jr. is CEO.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 44 Issue 2, February 2024,
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"The automotive giant has ambitious defense contracting plans. A Concord factory is helping revive a proud legacy." Since 2020, GM Defense has been working on a military contract to produce infantry squad vehicles and a contract with the US Department of State to produce heavy-duty sport utility vehicles.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 5, May 2024,
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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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"Mixing business moxie with an appeal for traditional values turns High Point University into a conqueror." Immigrating from Lebanon, Nido Qubein graduated from High Point University in 1970. His business success since that time has been phenomenal. In 2005, he accepted the call to lead then struggling High Point University from a campus of 1,400 to today's enrollment of nearly 6,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 5, May 2024,
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