The weather was perfect in Holly Ridge last Friday morning (7/24/2020) for the Crete Solutions groundbreaking ceremony! Our thanks to all who joined us in this celebration! L-R Onslow County Commissioners Mark Price and Royce Bennett, Bill West of Crete Solutions, Holly Ridge Mayor Jeff Wenzel and John Allen of Crete Solutions. Commissioner Bennett and [...]
Bringing valuable training to local businesses that export, JOED hosted an Export Controls Seminar on November 14th, 2019 in Jacksonville.JOED partnered with the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina and Allocca Enterprises. Allocca Enterprises, Inc is the premier provider of on-site & web based international trade compliance education and training. The seminar, facilitated by Mike [...]
Collaborating with the Jacksonville Board of Realtors, JOED hosted an Opportunity Zones workshop on December 13th, 2019. The QOZ program encourages economic growth in underserved communities through tax incentives for investors who utilize “Opportunity Funds” to invest in the Zones. During the workshop, presenter Ashley Tison, CEO and Founder of the ŌZ™ Group of Companies, provided [...]
L-R: Brent Nash, Phillip Baker (both with Nash Building Systems); Brad Knight, Robby Brown (both with Onslow Bay Boatworks), Mayor Anita Dingler, and Susan Edwards (JOED Chairman). In early August, the Town of Holly Ridge hosted a ground breaking ceremony at Camp Davis Industrial Park for its newest business, Onslow Bay Boatworks. The construction of [...]
JOED Announces Winter Custom Yachts moves to Onslow CountyWinter Custom Yachts was launched in 2006 in Apex, NC. But Tim Winters’ passion for boats and fishing began when he was a youngster growing up in Eastern NC. His family fishing outings led to sketching boat designs and building skiffs in the family garage. In high [...]
Onslow Bay Boatworks has been manufacturing high end fishing boats since 2005 for tournament fisherman. Founder Brad Knight is a second-generation boat builder and avid competition angler. He started Onslow Bay with a very specific goal – to build the best tournament center consoles on the water. He was successful in his design of a [...]
ContactUS Communications celebrated its new Jacksonville, NC center with a ribbon cutting on June 20th. The company brings new life to a vacated office space in West Park Shopping Center. Like its two other centers in Columbus, Ohio and Grindstone, Pennsylvania, this new center will provide ContactUS’ suite of omni-channel contact center outsourcing solutions, including [...]
When traveling on Highway 17 through Holly Ridge, it is easy to miss one of the community’s oldest employers. The town of Holly Ridge is home to J&J Snack Foods, a savory foods producer for companies including Walmart, Aldi, Burger King Puerto Rico and Mexico, and Disneyland in California--to name just a few! Their longest running [...]
Last week, gun magazine writers from around the country came to Swansboro, NC to join High Speed Gear and partner-guest Sig Sauer, to utilize and review High Speed Gear’s equipment. High Speed Gear hosted the event in Onslow County because of the community’s connection to the Marine Corps and the military. A shooting event married [...]
The JOED Board of Directors extends its thanks to guest Tom Looney for his presentation at last week’s board meeting. Mr. Looney discussed a new initiative, Driving Sustained Economic Development in Coastal NC with Oyster Mariculture. As a member of the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s Board of Directors and President’s Council, Tom emphasized that oyster [...]
