Economic Development Update - Davie County, NC
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Davie County EDC 2014 Year in Review For help growing or locating your business in Davie County, NC Please contact Terry Bralley, President, Davie County EDC (336) 751-2714 / [email protected] www.daviecountyedc.com
Transcript of Economic Development Update - Davie County, NC
Davie County EDC
2014 Year in Review
For help growing or locating your business in Davie County, NC
Please contact Terry Bralley, President, Davie County EDC
(336) 751-2714 / [email protected]
www.daviecountyedc.com
5 Year Plan$100 Million in New Capital Investment
1200 New Primary Jobs
New Business Recruitment
Business Retention
and Expansion
Workforce Development
Product Development
Opportunity Fund
Jobless Rate Most Improved in
Region
Davie County - Most Improved Jobless Rate in 14 County Northwest North Carolina Region
10.8%
9.50%10.10%
8.20%
6.30%
4.50%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
11/2009 11/2010 11/2011 11/2012 11/2013 11/2014
Sterling Events Moves Warehouse
Operations to Davie County!
Main Warehouse Operation Moves to Farmington
Road
$142 Million Investment
290 New JobsProduction to Begin 2015
Gildan Begins Hiring
Construction Underway
First 90 positions to be filled January 2015
House Of Raeford Farms
Bringing 200 Jobs Back Over 2 Years
Partnership for Workforce Development
Davie County Industry
Davie County EDC
DCCCDavie
County Schools
DCCC Industrial Maintenance Certification
CRC (Career Readiness Certificate)
NIMS Credential (National Institute for
Metalworking Skills Inc.)Refrigerant Certification
Davie Medical Center Celebrates 1 Year
physician office building, outpatient surgical center and 24/7 emergency department, as well as a sleep center, rehabilitation, imaging, laboratory and pharmacy services.
Ashley Furniture Grand Opening
World’s Largest Furniture Manufacturing Facility
800 New Jobs
1,100,000 Square Feet Addition
Davie Lands New Dunlop Aviation Jobs
40 New Jobs Aviation Cluster
Bolts and Nuts Selects
Mocksville for Expansion
Quality of Life
Pro-Business Leadership
Skilled Workforce
Economic Development is a Team Sport
New EDC Web Site
A Winning Message on Every Device
The Power of Social Media…
5,196 Fans
793,954 Views 4th Qtr 2014
174,668 Videos Watched
94 Countries
Davie County Blog
Engaged Readers - 2 x the level
of interaction on Facebook!
We can help…For help growing or locating your business in Davie County, please contact Terry
Bralley, President, Davie County Economic Development Commission (336) 751-
2714 / [email protected]
