RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center released a new digital tool on the organization’s website to give residents and visitors of North Carolina the ability to explore the state’s 66 “Main Street” communities. The tool, launched as a tourism-based economic development initiative,...
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell for the fourth consecutive month in January, showing the state’s economy is “moving in the right direction.”
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Nine communities will receive awards for excellence in downtown revitalization during the North Carolina Main Street Awards Ceremony on Wednesday. Here are the details.
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North Carolina community and economic development leaders will convene virtually for the 2021 North Carolina Main Street Conference next week, Here is a preview.
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Machelle Baker Sanders launched her tenure as North Carolina’s secretary of commerce with a tour of the First Flight Venture Center – a growing hub for new and emerging life science and technology companies – in RTP on Monday.
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Veteran pharmaceutical company executive Machelle Sanders, a North Carolina native and former board member of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, was named Secretary of the Department of Commerce on Friday by Governor Roy Cooper.
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Tony Copeland, who as secretary of commerece led North Carolina’s efforts to land a series of huge economic development projects from auto plants to Apple and Amazon, is stepping down.
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A report from the North Carolina Department of Commerce reported last week that ranked the state 21st for innovation likely understates its performance. Why? Because of a time lag in months and years of statistics used as the foundation for the report’s conclusions.
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North Carolina, the ninth largest state in terms if population, still has a long way to go when it comes to innovation, according to a new report.
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