From TIME, by Charlie Campbell On northern Vietnam’s Red River Delta, the world’s most ambitious electric-vehicle (EV) upstart occupies a factory complex fringed with mango trees and palms. Outside VinFast’s plant by the port city of Haiphong, fishermen in conical hats still plumb mudflats for grass carp and tilapia; inside, Read more…
The N.C. Department of Transportation is proposing roadway network improvements in the area of a large economic development site in southeastern Chatham County known as Triangle Innovation Point. Based on Chatham County’s vision for the Moncure Megasite (also known as Triangle Innovation Point), a 2,150-acre group of parcels under one Read more…
From Central Carolina Community College SILER CITY – The Chatham School of Science & Engineering (CSSE) has made tremendous progress since opening in the 2015-16 school year. The public school, which is operated by Chatham County Schools in partnership with Central Carolina Community College, currently is home to approximately 120 Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record, by Ben Rappaport SILER CITY — Sue and Rich Szary have become staples in the downtown Siler City community. Their retail business, Twin Birch & Teasel, has sold handmade products, offered fiber weaving classes and made the storefront a space for local artists to Read more…
From the Triangle Business Journal, by Evan Hoopfer A housing community with over 200 new residences was approved recently in Siler City. The town’s Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request during a June meeting for 99.73 acres near the corner of Harold Andrews Road and U.S. Highway 421 on Read more…
From CNBC: To rank America’s Top States for Business in 2022, CNBC scored all 50 states on 88 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness. Each category is weighted based on how frequently states use them as a selling point in economic development marketing materials. That way, our study ranks the states Read more…
From WRAL, by Chelsea Donovan RALEIGH, N.C. — More than million people moved to a different ZIP code between February 2021 and February 2022, the most of any 12-month period since 2010. North Carolina has been a big winner of that movement. The state had the third-highest in-migration during that period, Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record, by Ben Rappaport Chatham County has been named the most charitable county in the state in a study by SmartAsset, an online financial consultant service. Chatham County ranked first among the places in North Carolina with the most generous residents, measured by how much Read more…
From the Triangle Business Journal, by Evan Hoopfer: John Crumpton couldn’t help but chuckle. During a recent presentation to the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Crumpton, manager of the county, said VinFast was going to use the old Marelli manufacturing facility in Sanford – which is being turned into the E. Read more…
From the Triangle Business Journal, by Elizabeth Egan One of the fastest-growing counties in the Triangle is looking toward its future development. The Chatham County Board of Commissioners discussed the county’ future Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which will outline regulations for zoning and land use, during the board’s meeting last Read more…