Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online that the state’s recent push for an auto plant featured a megasite that was not ready for development. The Daily Journal urges Republican…
In Person County: Person, which is north of Durham County and borders Virginia, has the fifth megasite in North Carolina. The sites are designated by the state because they have…
Surely by now you’ve heard North Carolina and its Greensboro-Randolph megasite lost out to Alabama for the Toyota-Mazda joint auto manufacturing plant: North Carolina lost out because it does not…
Triad Business Journal ran a story today with the headline, Developer pushes agtech ‘mega campus’ forward in Research Triangle Park. This is good news! I’ve written before about why it’s a…
At last night’s meeting Randolph County commissioners approved a land swap deal that would give the county “one contiguous piece of land” it can market for other purposes just in…
N&R reports the N.C. Railroad Co. has agreed to buy 875 acres in Randolph County that could “virtually wrap up the land-buying phase” of the Greensboro-Randolph megasite: The railroad said…
N&R reports the N.C. House is expected to approve a “comprehensive” economic development bill that includes up to $50 million for “high yield” companies that “create a minimum of 1,750…
Nearby residents don’t be alarmed as site work begins.
Citing various news sources, N&R reports Volvo has narrowed its choice for a $500 million factory to two southern states —and North Carolina is not one of them. Reuters reported…
N&R front-pager featuring Timmons Group economic developer Mike Solomon telling us just how incredibly incredible the proposed Randolph County megasite is, as if supporters didn’t make it clear enough when…
The Golden LEAF Foundation has pledged $50 million toward development of the Randolph County megasite. Earlier this week, the countuy’s Board of Commissioners voted to spend $4.1 million to purchase…
Randolph County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to consider buying land for proposed megasite that would attract an automobile manufacturer. Commissioners want to spend $4.2 million to purchase 258…