#TriadisPrime—“perhaps the largest collaborative recruitment effort by the Triad’s four economic-development groups: Piedmont Triad Partnership, Winston-Salem Business Inc., High Point Economic Development Corp. and Greensboro Chamber of Commerce”—as the Winston-Salem…
I read with interest the N&R’s write up on former Piedmont Triad Partnership CEO David Powell, who in 2016 was charged with two felony counts each of embezzlement and for…
Former Piedmont Triad Partnership chief executive officer David Powell was arrested yesterday and charged with four felonies—-two counts of embezzlement in excess of $100,000 and two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses…
Back from vacation—no better way to get caught up than reading this week’s Rhino. *Right off the bat, John Hammers on Greensboro City Council’s hands off approach toward the ’15-’16…
N&R reports former Greensboro Piedmont Triad Partnership CEO David Powell is under investigation for “possible financial irregularities” revealed during an internal audit: Officials from the Piedmont Triad Partnership contacted the…
Biz Journal reports: An entity managed by the Piedmont Triad Partnership has contracts for “more than 800 and less than 1,000” acres at the Greensboro-Liberty megasite in Randolph County. Sam…
N&R front-pager reports a commercial real estate company is working with the Piedmont Triad Partnership to purchase land for the Randolph County megasite, which was given a reprieve when the…
Let’s start out with Richard Barron’s N&R front-pager on Randolph County officials possibly backing off the the proposed megasite in light of Gov. Pat McCrory’s plan to privatize the Department…
The N&R follows up with the question surrounding Gov. Pat McCrory’s plan for a state economic development group: Economic development in North Carolina now involves a series of local, regional…
The Biz Journal interviews N.C. Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker, who’s talking privatization: “I look at Commerce as the sales and marketing arm of the state government, and we’re talking…
The N&R does a little digging into efforts by local economic developers to transform more than 2,000 acres of farmland into a megasite that could attract a “game changing” auto…
The Business Journal covers the Piedmont Triad Partnership’s efforts to put together a ‘mega site’ in Randolph County, ostensibly to lure an auto manufacturer. Former executive editor Justin Cantanoso discusses…