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The First Annual Centralina Day of Giving--Community Service Day
It's that time of year where most people participate in holiday cheer. It's means spending time with your loved ones and receiving gifts, but in the Centralina region it's a time of giving.
This year all 8 of the NCWorks Career Centers (Anson, Cabarrus, Iredell-Mooresville, Iredell-Statesville, Lincoln, Stanly, Rowan, and Union) in the Centralina region decided to do something differently.
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Beth Hollars (Wife of David Hollars) Awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Beth Hollars, of Belmont, was recently awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Beth is a fourth generation native of Belmont and has lived there most of her life. The award was presented by her husband, David, who is the Executive Director of the Centralina Workforce Development Board, at a gathering of friends and relatives celebrating her recent retirement and her birthday.
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Textile Company Will Create 100 Jobs
Textile company opening in Anson County has said it will create 100 jobs.
King Charles Industries, LLC is expected to build a $12.5 million manufacturing site and create the jobs within the next three years, according to a press release from Gov. Pat McCrory's office.
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Safrit Presented Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Lynne Scott Safrit, who was one of the people who helped oversee the development of the North Carolina Research Campus after the close of Pillowtex, received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine during a recent Kannapolis City Council meeting.
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Congressman Richard Hudson visited Kannapolis City Schools' Wonder Welding Program to see the success of the district's education and workforce development partnership.
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AmesburyTruth breaks ground on new Statesville Center of Excellence
Officials with AmesburyTruth broke ground this week on a facility that will combine the company's two Statesville locations into a consolidated "center of excellence," according to reports.
The combining of the two operations into the single 242,074-square-foot facility will initially add about 20 new jobs, company officials said.
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Inside Kooks Headers and Exhaust, Mooresville
Kooks Headers and Exhaust is pleased to showcase their new Mooresville facility and announce that they are open for business. Kooks Headers and Exhaust recently announced a $3.2 million investment into Iredell County.
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MacLean-Fogg Announces Opening of MacLean Curtis Mooresville Plant
MacLean-Fogg Company announces the Grand Opening on
November 3, 2016
of the MacLean Curtis
Mooresville, North Carolina
plant, exactly two years to the day from when MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, a division of MacLean-Fogg, closed on the purchase of the Automotive Division of Curtis Screw Company LLC. For 35 years, the 55,000 square foot
Curtis Cornelius
, North Carolina plant had serviced the automotive marketplace with transmission, power steering, anti-lock brake and other components.
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Rebranding campaign encourages Rowan to a be an original
After more than a year of work, the Convention and Visitor's Bureau on Thursday unveiled the core of its countywide rebranding campaign.
The campaign focuses on three words - "be an original."
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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College's Cabarrus Business & Technology Center To Expand Offerings
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is in the process of expanding and enhancing the offerings at its Cabarrus Business & Technology Center location on Highway 29 in Concord.
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Things are getting interesting in the U.S. workforce.
Companies are hiring more workers, wages are starting to grow, and unemployment was down to 4.9% in July.
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Although location drivers vary across specific manufacturing site selection projects, they typically include a mix of location factors customized around the needs of the company.Site Selection Group, which provides site selection services for manufacturing operations, recommends developing a set of balanced criteria when choosing the location for a new manufacturing plant.
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