From the Triangle Business Journal: The company started with a rural technology center in Alabama, investing money and creating jobs in an area long overlooked by top dollar economic development projects. Next, it targeted a small-town in Texas. Then, in November of 2019, IT service firm Provalus announced it had Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: PITTSBORO — Energy is an imprecise science. Experts generally agree about two-thirds of all electrical energy goes to waste — from the generation point at a power plant, through a series of transformations, and finally at the outlet in your house, energy is sacrificed Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: MONCURE — Chatham County’s largest megasite is “re-branding” its image and purpose to attract a host of new businesses, which promise to introduce as many as 20,000 new jobs in coming years. Moncure’s 2,150-acre Triangle Innovation Point (TIP) — formerly known as the Moncure Read more…
PITTSBORO, NC – May 13, 2021 – PolarOnyx, a California-based advanced laser 3D manufacturing company, recently relocated to Chatham County from Silicon Valley. PolarOnyx will take over the 142,000 square-foot former Performance Bicycle building off U.S. Highway 15-501 to accommodate production and workspace for employees. “This move will create many new jobs in North Carolina and enable PolarOnyx to expand the emerging 3D printing business,” Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: PITTSBORO — After 100 days as head of Chatham’s leading business recruitment agency, Michael Smith is still glad he took the job. “It’s even better than I knew,” he told the News + Record. “I kind of slipped in right when a lot of Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: Medical device manufacturers have come under intense scrutiny in the last year. Several scrambled at the pandemic’s start to supply COVID-19-specific products, with limited success. Just this month, federal regulators harangued a medical laboratory in Baltimore after hasty disregard for sanitation standards led to Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: PITTSBORO — Pittsboro is undergoing dramatic change, especially north of U.S. Hwy. 64 where the Chatham Park behemoth is developing at full bore. But some residents, such as “SoCo” developer Greg Stafford, fear the new northern communities — replete with extensive shopping centers, entertainment Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: PITTSBORO — A few years ago, a candidate seeking a seat on the town’s board of commissioners met with Tim Smith and Julian “Bubba” Rawl to ask questions about Chatham Park, trying to ascertain whether the massive development was a good thing or a Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record, written by Bill Horner III PITTSBORO — Watching it take shape today, it’s hard to fathom that it was way back in 2006 when Tim Smith and Julian “Bubba” Rawl acquired the first parcel of land for what would become Chatham Park. Now, after Read more…
Recap: COVID-19 Vaccine Briefing for Chatham Employers The recording of the webinar is available here. The webinar begins around two minutes in. Additional resources are listed at the bottom of the page. See below for a recap of the presentations from Mike Zelek, Chatham County Public Health Director and Kathie Read more…