From the Chatham News + Record, by Bill Horner III: SILER CITY — When prospective industries and businesses — and there have been a lot of them — visit the Chatham Advanced Manufacturing megasite, there’s one question owner Tim Booras always gets. “Where will my employees live?” Siler City’s housing Read more…
BY BEN RAPPAPORT, News + Record Staff PITTSBORO — Speakers at Tuesday’s Chamber of Commerce Development Briefing touted recent economic development announcements and growth as evidence Chatham County is headed in the right direction. The networking event, held at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center, drew 250 people and Read more…
BY DAVID HILL, News + Record Correspondent PITTSBORO — The electric vehicle plant planned for the Triangle Innovation Point industrial site near Moncure is expected to boost property tax revenue for Chatham County each year by about 25%, according to economic impact projections. VinFast’s manufacturing plant is expected to generate Read more…
PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved a low-interest loan April 18 to affordable housing developer Wallick Communities for 72 units of income-restricted housing. Wallick Communities, an Ohio-based affordable housing developer, was selected in 2019 through a county request for proposal (RFP) process, and in 2021 by the Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record, by Ben Rappaport: PITTSBORO — Dirt has finally moved on the first hotel project in Chatham County history. Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the Pittsboro Hampton Inn & Suites in Mosaic at Chatham Park marked a historic day as the development of Chatham Park continues: Read more…
From the Chatham News + Record: Many economic development observers say Chatham County is poised for a giant year in 2022. Chatham Park’s accelerating development, Mosaic’s growing commercial client list and two megasites primed and ready for tenants are just the start of assets that could make the new year Read more…
From Chapelboro: A regional developer who just bought 193 acres of land near Triangle Innovation Point — the latest in a series of high-acreage purchases in Chatham — says location and vision make the county ripe for growth and “hot” for sellers. Ray Covington, a Sanford native who lives in Read more…
From WRAL News: North Carolina could get a new interstate as part of a newly-passed federal infrastructure bill. It would be known as Interstate 685 and potentially have a big impact for the Carolina Core region, including Lee and Harnett counties. The plan is for a road that would start in Read more…
From the Triangle Business Journal: After Chelsea and Robert Allison closed on their new home in Sanford, they found a note taped to their front door. It was chock-full of useful information: names and phone numbers of neighbors, the local N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles’ location and details about trash Read more…
From the Triangle Business Journal: The meeting passed the four-hour mark, and the Chatham County Board of Commissioners had just listened to plans for yet another housing development. The scene is familiar across the Triangle’s small communities as they grapple with growth. “This is the future, friends and neighbors,” said Read more…