Local Company Earns Sustainability Award in Annual Industry Competition INDIANAPOLIS – Cape Fear Precast of Jacksonville, N.C., earned a first place award in the National Precast Concrete Association’s annual Sustainability Awards competition. The award was given on March 2 in Cleveland, Ohio, during The Precast Show 2017. The award recognizes the company’s work to preserve [...]
On February 6th, Onslow County Commissioners broke ground on the second industrial shell building for Onslow County. This industrial shell building will be located at Lot 22 on Luther Midgett Road, in Burton Business & Industrial Park. It will be a 30,000 SF building expandable to 60,000 SF with 30ft ceilings. The County Commissioners and [...]
On February 10th, Armstrong Marine Inc., launched their first of two passenger ferry boats they contracted for the Hampton Road Transit system located in Virginia. The Elizabeth River Ferry IV (pictured above) is a 150 passenger ferry that will travel between Portsmouth and Norfolk, and they feel this is an economical way to offer a [...]
JOED held an event to recognize and thank the Onslow County Commissioners for their vision and dedication to the economic growth of Onslow County. Their proactive action to expand the road into the industrial area of Burton Park will give access to the remaining 250 acres available. In addition, the recent awarding of the contract [...]
North Carolina’s State Budget Director Andrew Heath visited Onslow County to discuss the welfare of North Carolina’s budget and the priorities of the Office of the Governor. He discussed four main areas of the budget: education, health and human services, justice and economic resources, and fiscal responsibilities. Director Heath stated that NC is trying to [...]
NC State Budget Director Andrew HeathDirector Heath will be visiting Onslow County on October 18th, 3-5PM, at the Onslow County Government Center. He will be addressing North Carolina’s economy, state budget priorities and the Connect NC bond which includes many projects in our region.Director Heath is a member of Governor Pat McCrory’s senior leadership team [...]
Pictured: Sheila Knight, Rep. Phil Shepard, Asst. Sec. Dr. Pat Mitchell, Sec. John Skvarla, Asst. Sec.Will Collins Governor McCrory's NC Competes for Jobs Tour stopped in Onslow County on April 6th. The Tour sought to inform community leaders on recently enhanced NC economic development tools available to communities: grants and loans; assistance to plan and [...]
Dennis Wicker, Rep. Jason Saine, Sheila Knight, Sen. Harry Brown, Ernest Pearson Senator Harry Brown (R-Jones, Onslow) and Representative Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) were announced as Legislators of the Year at the 2016 NCEDA MidWinter Conference held March 8-9 in Pinehurst, N.C. The awards are given to a member of the N.C House of Representative and [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that North Carolina has become the ninth state to surpass the 10 million mark in population. Estimates released by the bureau on Tuesday said that by adding an average of 281 people per day during the last year, North Carolina's population topped the 10 million threshold, making it the ninth-most populous state in the U.S. with 10,042,802 people.
Forbes – North Carolina moves up one spot to third. People have descended on North Carolina for the past decade, and it boasts one of the highest net migration rates in the U.S. Many are chasing jobs. The state’s unemployment rate was stuck above 10% for most of 2009 through 2011, but was down to a recent 6.7% and the outlook is bright. North Carolina has the smallest union workforce in the U.S. in percentage terms. The resulting benefit is labor costs that are 16% below the national average-third lowest in the country. North Carolina has ranked in the top five overall each year of our Best States study.
