Veterans Guardian is expanding its workforce, again. The locally owned and operated company has been one of the area’s fastest growing businesses since it was established in August 2017. “We are hiring 35 employees here in the Sandhills. Currently we have about 100 employees so we are growing our workforce by one-third. It is really […]
Elizabethtown, N.C. – North Carolina’s Southeast (NCSE), an economic development public-private partnership that markets an 18-county region, has launched a new marketing website www.ncse.org that promotes Moore County for business relocation and expansion as part of the southeast region. The comprehensive website will build on NCSE’s national and global marketing to encourage the creation of new jobs, capital […]
Column by Pat Corso, Executive Director of Moore County Partners in Progress As we are all aware, there are numerous challenges to successful economic development in rural northern Moore County. The towns of Robbins, and to a lesser degree Carthage, in the northern half are geographically removed from the robust economic activity in southern Moore. […]
Moore County continuously supports diverse educational opportunities to serve students with varied educational needs and backgrounds. Residents are fortunate to have access to a variety of educational options through public, charter, private and post-secondary institutions. All of these schools provide high-quality instruction and are dedicated to meeting the diverse needs of students whether to prepare […]
Peter Pellerito, a senior policy advisor with Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), spoke to Partners in Progress’ Board of Directors at their June 9th meeting. He spoke about drug development efforts in the fight against COVID-19, as well as how Moore County is poised to attract and recruit small pharmaceutical and medical-related companies to expand its […]
Senator Thom Tillis’ office announced that Moore County Partners in Progress has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Economic Development Administration for Partners in Progress’ project to evaluate the opportunity to establish an entrepreneurship hub in northern Moore County. The grant awarded to Partners in Progress (PIP), the nonprofit economic development organization serving all […]
While Pinehurst Elementary just had the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction already underway on their new campus, the new Aberdeen Elementary on NC Highway 5 is almost ready to open. Local county and town officials recently toured the new school with members of the school board. Scheduled to open this fall for the 2020-2021 school year, the […]
School board members, county commissioners, other elected officials, and several classes of third graders recently celebrated the groundbreaking for Moore County’s newest public school. The new Pinehurst Elementary is the fourth new public school to get underway in the last two years. McDeeds Creek Elementary opened this past August and is currently serving about 500 students […]
Golf Leaders Inside the Home of American Golf Tout Business Advantages in Moore County Golf business leaders in the Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen area of North Carolina are teeing up an aggressive pitch for other golf companies domestically and internationally to consider relocating in their part of the country. Partners in Progress, the economic […]
Golf Pride is one of the nation’s most successful golfing-related brands. It’s also one of the oldest. Now serving its fifth-generation of golfers, the Pinehurst-based global business projects 4 million golfers will purchase their rubber grips this year alone. “Eighty percent of tour pros use Golf Pride grips without endorsement. That is something we take a […]
