The unprecedented economic development announcements about Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC) and VinFast locating in the NC Carolina Core mega site corridor north of Moore County have dominated the news over the past several months. Just last Friday, Governor Cooper announced that Wolfspeed, Inc. will join Toyota and VinFast with a new facility in the Carolina […]
Moore County Partners in Progress (PIP) recently released their Quarterly Progress Report highlighting their activities and initiatives in the areas of economic development, community development, and workforce development for the quarter ending June 30, 2022. Partners in Progress saw a 54% increase over last fiscal year in the number of companies potentially considering a location in Moore […]
Moore County Partners in Progress is pleased to announce Moore County has earned the designation of Certified Entrepreneurial Community®. “The Certified Entrepreneurial Community® (CEC®) designation means that Moore County is ‘entrepreneur-ready’ and we have a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem that can help new start-ups and small businesses succeed”, said Natalie Hawkins, Executive Director of Partners in Progress. […]
Moore County witnessed an unprecedented $673 million in economic impact from visitor spending in 2021, a 70 percent increase from the previous year. That increase ranks as the fourth highest rate of increase statewide, up from $396 million in visitor spending in 2020. Visit North Carolina, a unit of the Economic Development Partnership of North […]
The Golden LEAF Foundation announced that Moore County is one of three (3) counties in the state selected to participate in the second round of the Foundation’s SITE Program – Identification phase. This phase of the SITE Program allocates funds to a site development firm contracted by Golden LEAF to help communities identify potential industrial sites for […]
The Moore County Chamber of Commerce, Moore County Partners in Progress, Moore County Schools and Sandhills Community College are collaborating to gather input from Moore County employers through the 2022 Moore County Employer Survey. This survey, conducted by the National Business Research Institute (NBRI), is designed to obtain feedback from employers on hiring and training needs, […]
Moore County Partners in Progress recently released their Quarterly Progress Report highlighting their activities and initiatives in the areas of economic development, community development, and workforce development for the quarter ending March 31, 2022. “What’s especially notable about our report this quarter is that Partner in Progress is working with several municipalities – including Carthage, […]
Planning directors shared details about the inner workings of development in Moore County at a panel meeting Wednesday at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club. Filling a packed room were private and public sector leaders gathered together as members of Moore 100, a relatively new group created by the county’s economic development arm, Moore County Partners in […]
It may have escaped notice from most folks, but a profound development for Moore County’s future economy occurred last week. The Iron Horse Industrial Park, which has long been little more than 128 acres of woods off N.C. 211 in Aberdeen, is finally set to receive its first bit of activity. The town of Aberdeen was awarded […]
A Moore County business is looking to add dozens of new employees this year. Veterans Guardian VA Claim Consulting, based in Pinehurst, is a pre-filing consulting firm that helps veterans maximize the amount of benefits they receive. The company has 140 employees today, said Mark Christensen, chief of staff for the company, and is looking to […]
