Press Releases

Merchandise export sales already outpacing 2011 by 5 percent

, NC -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) announced recently new export data that shows North Carolina merchandise exports increased 5 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, growing from $13.4 billion to $14 billion.

State Grant Helps Company Locate in Charlotte

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.  North Carolina also received this accolade in 2005 and 2006.

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. Cherryville, Elizabethtown, Richlands, Saluda and Spencer were selected through a competitive application process that included ten communities from across the state. Designation of these five new towns brings the total number of the state’s Small Town Main Street communities to 44.