Press Releases

Southern Business & Development, a leading publication covering and promoting economic development in the American South, announced that North Carolina has been named the “2012 State of the Year.”  North Carolina is being honored as State of the Year based on its performance in 2011. 

Manufacturing Company Poised to Thrive in North Carolina

State Grant Helps Culp Expand in Stokesdale

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Mooresville

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Laurinburg

-- The N.C. Department of Commerce announced today that five new communities have been chosen to participate in the Office of Urban Development’s 2012 Small Town Main Street program.

State Grant Helps Company Expand Research in Triangle Park

State Grant Assists Company with Locating its East Coast Operations in Rutherford County

State Grant Helps Company Locate in Hamlet

The North Carolina Utilities Commission announced today its approval of the proposed merger between Duke Energy Corporation and Progress Energy, Inc. The combined company will serve approximately 3 million customers in North Carolina.