Record #:

24806

Author(s):

Dodson, Jim

Abstract:

McAdenville is known throughout the country as “Christmas Town USA” due to the vast number of Christmas lights on display. This article discusses how McAdenville got its nickname, the town history as a mill town, and its current growth.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p8-10, il, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gaston County--Description and travel; Christmas decorations--McAdenville

Record #:

24807

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In this Meeting and Tourism Round Table, tourism industry experts gathered together to discuss tourism’s role in the state’s economy in the coming years.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p26-31, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tourism--North Carolina; North Carolina--Industry; North Carolina--Economic conditions

Record #:

24822

Author(s):

Williams, Allison

Abstract:

National Wiper Alliance Inc. is recognized as the 2015 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year. Company president, Jeff Slosman, founded National Wiper in 1996 when looking for a way to reuse a dilapidated textile mill building in Swannanoa. National Wiper produces nonwoven wipes for restaurants, military contractors, and nursing homes, employs eighty-five, and projects 2015 revenues at $95 million.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p54-57, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Buncombe County--Industry; Small business; Textile industry

Record #:

24823

Author(s):

Mildenburg, David

Abstract:

Club Canine is a runner-up in the 2015 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Traci Whiteside opened the Caldwell County business in 2006 because she wanted to offer better care for dogs whose owners were on vacation. Club Canine provides day care and training for dogs and employs thirteen.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p58-59, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Caldwell County--Industry and agriculture; Small business; Dog trainers

Record #:

24824

Author(s):

Walker, Cameron

Abstract:

Color Masters Painting Inc. is a runner-up in the 2015 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Zeb Hadley opened the Raleigh business in 2003 after hearing a friend brag about making $400 in a weekend power washing houses. Color Masters Painting provides commercial painting for major corporations and small businesses, employs sixteen, and expects to make $8 million in 2015.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p60-61, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wake County--Industry; Small business; Painters--Wake County

Record #:

24825

Author(s):

Williams, Allison

Abstract:

Geological Resources Inc. is a runner-up in the 2015 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Henry Brown started the Monroe-based company in 1971 while employed as a marine science professor at N.C. State University. Geological Resources provides environmental consulting for companies, employs twenty-eight, and expects to make $5 million in 2015.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p62-63, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Union County--Industry; Small business; Environmental monitoring--Laws and legislation

Record #:

24826

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

The Amazon Wind Farm US East in Northeastern North Carolina is the region’s largest economic-development project and is the first commercial-scale wind farm in the Southeast. This wind farm brings to light the debate over government’s role in promoting alternatives to natural energy resources like coal, gas, and nuclear power.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p64-69, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina, Eastern--Industry; Energy industry--North Carolina; Renewable energy

Record #:

24827

Author(s):

Moriarty, Jim

Abstract:

Bob Page’s Greensboro-based business, Replacements Ltd., began in 1981 as a metal box of note cards cataloging his collection of dishes. The businesses transformed into a company that does $75 million in annual sales of old and new china, the largest retailer of its kind in the world.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p70-75, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Guilford County--Industry; Tableware

Record #:

24828

Author(s):

N.C. Community College System

Abstract:

North Carolina businesses are now teaming with the state’s Community College System to train skilled workers in the fields they need. Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, for example, teaches students upholstery, pattern-making, and assembly skills to train for the furniture industry in Catawba County. Other community colleges are tailoring their programs for their respective county’s industries.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015, p76-80, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Community colleges; Industry; Skilled labor; North Carolina--Education