Applications are now being accepted for a new round of grantmaking from the One North Carolina Small Business Program, a key source of capital for North Carolina’s emerging technology companies. Here are the details.
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NC Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders has named Jennifer Mundt as the department’s Assistant Secretary of Clean Energy Economic Development, a new role.
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The latest data from the NC Department of Commerce shows that the state’s unemployment rate, seasonally-adjusted, is now 4.4%.
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Duke professor John Quinterno shares what’s to like, what’s not to like, about the new North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Strategic Economic Development Plan in this WRAL TechWire Q&A.
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The North Carolina Department of Commerce published a new strategic plan for economic development last week, and talent was its focus. WRAL TechWire went in-depth on the plan with Department of Commerce staff.
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North Carolina is projected to add more than 300,000 jobs through 2028 with demand for highly skilled talent growing fasts – but the projected growth rate of 6% falls short of the expected 10.3% expansion of the state’s population.
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Nearly 900 pages of documents obtained by WRAL News through a public records request tells the story behind the deal to bring Apple to RTP.
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North Carolina’s success in winning high-impact economic development projects has been recognized with a coveted Gold Shovel Award from Area Development magazine, a leading industry trade publication covering corporate site selection and economic development.
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A new report finds that the tourism industry is critical to a post-COVID recovery, as industry employment dropped more than 25 percent in 2020 and revenue generated from tourism dropped more than 25 percent in 2020 as well.
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