Initiative targets job creation in existing industries – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

With the help of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the Carolinas Gateway Partnership has launched an initiative to augment job creation by retaining and growing existing industry, Chairman Frank Harrison announced recently. (Read more)

Poultry plant opponents weigh legal options–Rocky Mount Telegram

Southern Nash County residents have hired a law firm to investigate whether there are grounds to overturn the county’s rezoning of property that would allow a poultry processing plant to be built there.

T.C. Morphis, an attorney with The Brough Law Firm in Chapel Hill, has asked county officials for meeting minutes and other documents related to the county Board of Commissioners Nov. 1 rezoning of the property at the southeast quadrant of N.C. 97 and Interstate 95. ( Read more)

Note: The city of Wilson set aside 1 million dollars to fight this project. What the hell is that all about? C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

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This is some very good information. I am glad to see that property taxes is not an issue for companies who may want to locate in Edgecombe County. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Along with those developments, Gessaman said that other important developments for local economies are how hospitals and medical facilities can become economic drivers.

"(They) could qualify as a base industry" because they draw people from outside the immediate communities, Gessaman said. (Daily Southerner)