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GOVERNOR STEIN ANNOUNCES JETZERO SELECTS NORTH CAROLINA FOR $4 BILLION AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING HUB, CREATING 14,500 JOBS IN GUILFORD COUNTY IN LARGEST JOB COMMITMENT IN STATE HISTORY

GOVERNOR STEIN ANNOUNCES JETZERO SELECTS NORTH CAROLINA FOR $4 BILLION AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING HUB, CREATING 14,500 JOBS IN GUILFORD COUNTY IN LARGEST JOB COMMITMENT IN STATE HISTORY

Innovative aviation company to build first commercial all-wing jet
Raleigh, NC – Governor Josh Stein announced JetZero…

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Duke Energy Selects South Carolina Properties

Duke Energy has selected five properties in South Carolina for participation in its 2014 Site Readiness Program to prepare the properties for potential industrial development. The site program is the cornerstone of Duke Energy’s economic development model. The program identifies, evaluates and improves industrial sites in the company’s…

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Optimism Drives Private Company Expansion Plans

Private-company CEOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy is driving plans for expansion, according to PwC US’s latest Private Company Trendsetter Barometer. Sixty percent of the surveyed business leaders are optimistic about the US economy’s 12-month outlook, marking a year in which the majority of Trendsetter…

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Online Course Starts in May: Principles of Community Branding

Ed Burghard of Strengthening Brand America has launched a new online educational program, designed for both economic development professionals, their boards and elected officials.

Given the increased number of communities looking at branding as a strategy to accelerate economic prosperity, the course should prove to be a valuable service.  

Burghard…

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Martinrea International Inc. Selects Kansas City, Missouri

Ontario, Canada-based auto supplier, Martinrea International announces it has selected Riverside, Mo., as the location for its full-service facility, Martinrea Riverside LLC to supply the General Motors facility in Fairfax, Kan. The company will operate in a 275,560-square-foot facility and create up to 290 jobs…

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Aalto Scientific selects Eatonton, Georgia

Aalto Scientific Ltd., which serves the medical diagnostics industry, recently announced it will create 80 jobs and invest $9 million into a new manufacturing facility in Eatonton. The planned construction will be the first project to locate to Rock Eagle Technology Park, a 150‐acre development park located at 1100…

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