Press Releases

The N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street Center announced today that 25 of the state’s local Main Street organizations have been designated as accredited National Main Street Programs for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Trust Main Street Center®.  

State Grant Helps Company Expand in Asheville

State Tax Receipts from Visitor Spending Now More Than $1 Billion

-- Gov. Bev Perdue is proclaiming Wednesday, May 16, 2012, as Tourism Day in North Carolina, celebrating travel and tourism as a major industry that is vital to the economic stability and growth of the state. For the first time, state tax receipts as a result of visitor spending topped $1 billion in 2011 and have increased more than 50 percent in the last 10 years.

Merchandise Exports Grew More than 8%

Film Industry Booming After Passage of Expanded Film Credit

State Grant Assists Company with Forsyth County Expansion

State Grants Help Company Locate to Advance

State Grant Helps BRP Expand in Spruce Pine

State Grant Helps Company Expand its Service Center in Pikeville