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 Spending by Domestic Visitors Jumps to Record $18 Billion

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.

35 Productions to Date Account for $300 Million in Spending, 16,000 Jjob Opportunities

State Grant Helps Company Expand Research in Triangle Park

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