Aerospace and Defense The location, the people and the spirit to make things happen in the aerospace and defense industries. Eastern North Carolina has a large and growing array of aerospace companies, an integrated and well developed training and education system devoted to STEM education and the aerospace sector, as well as several unique assets...
Another community in Eastern North Carolina has reason to celebrate the state of its workforce. Onslow County, home to Marine Corps Bases Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station, is the latest community to be certified as WorkReady. Onslow County, NC – August 11, 2014 – Another community in Eastern North Carolina has reason to...
Following on the heels of grants from the West, Wells and Perkins Trusts totaling $102,000 that expanded the STEM East Network into Pitt County, a grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation (GLF) of $1.25 million to East Carolina University and others will result in additional funding to support the expansion of the STEM East Network...
Senator Norman Sanderson will be leading Secretary of Commerce, Sharon Decker on a tour of several eastern NC communities in the coming weeks. Decker will visit Morehead City on August 18th and is expected to comment on progress relating to the Economic Development Partnership of NC Eastern NC– August 1, 2014 –Senator Norman Sanderson will...
On the heels of news that several biotech companies are considering sizeable investments in Eastern North Carolina, comes word that 2 aerospace companies will also consider the area for new facilities. Eastern NC – July 29, 2014 – On the heels of news that several biotech companies are considering sizeable investments in Eastern North Carolina,...
Agriculture and ag-related industries are a $742 billion industry in the United States and accounts for nearly 5% of the annual GDP. In North Carolina, agribusiness is the largest contributor to the state’s economy, estimated to be in excess of $70 billion. The military is a distant second, contributing roughly $23 billion to the NC...
It is a new day in eastern NC as the NCEast Alliance, a private not-for-profit regional economic development organization has assumed the lead role for marketing and business recruitment activities. As the successor to the dissolved public economic development agency, North Carolina’s Eastern Region, the Alliance is a 501(c)4 organization. Eastern NC – July 7,...
