From the Chatham News + Record: PITTSBORO — 3M is one of the world’s most prolific manufacturers, with tens of thousands of diverse products. But its plant in Chatham County sticks to the company’s roots — mining for raw materials. The 95,000 square-foot facility just south of Pittsboro is one Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: SILER CITY — The Siler City board of commissioners approved three resolutions in a special hearing Monday to close and reroute a series of roads abutting the Mountaire Farms facility — almost three years after the national poultry processor first requested permission to overhaul Read more…
PITTSBORO, NC – September 1, 2021 – Small businesses in Chatham are now eligible for additional support for COVID-19 recovery. The Chatham Economic Development Corporation is launching the Chatham EDC Small Business Grant program, awarding grants of up to $5,000 to local small businesses. The purpose of the Chatham EDC Read more…
The Chatham Economic Development Corporation (EDC) seeks applicants to serve on its board of directors. The application deadline is September 10, 2021 at 4 p.m. Chatham EDC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that leads economic development efforts in Chatham County. The board of directors adopts policies, manages finances and ensures Read more…
By the Chatham News + Record: Michael Smith is an experienced economic development professional with more than 20 years serving in local organizations and with the N.C. Dept. of Commerce. At his most recent position in Lee County, he had significant success in business recruitment and product development. Smith has Read more…
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…