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NC East Alliance Hosts The Future of Retail Post COVID

NCEast Alliance — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 15:16:10 +0000

Lacy Beasley, President of Retail Strategies, Elliott Scott, Director of Real Estate, and Jennings Gray, Senior Retail Development Specialist of ElectriCities of NC discuss retail development and answer a range of questions in regards to e-commerce, how to market to retailers, and the effect of daytime population increase on retailers.

Check out the recorded webinar here!

Speakers:

Jennings Gray, Senior Retail Development Specialist, ElectriCities of NC

Lacy Beasley, President, Retail Strategies

Elliott Cook, Director of Real Estate, Retail Strategies

Additional Information:

2020 Recap, COVID-19: The Great Accelerator Forcing Bifurcation

Identifying Retail Ready Real Estate in Your Downtown: Part 1 Part 2

Retail Strategies PowerPoint: Is Retail Economic Development Part 1 Part 2

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NC East Alliance Hosts Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 Webinar

NCEast Alliance — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:48:56 +0000

NC East partnered with ECU to host a webinar focused on the future of Manufacturing. Speakers covered a variety of topics including 5G networks, infrastructure cybersecurity, ECU’s Smart Manufacturing Center at Intersect East, and virtual design and training. Watch the recording to learn about it all!

Speaker Presentations:

Dr. Harry Ploehn, Dean, ECU College of Engineering & Technology

Steven Warwick, Founder/CEO, Connected Devices LLC

John Powell, Substations and Controls Engineer, Greenville Utilities Commission

Powell Presentation 2

Matt Zimmermann, CEO / Co-Founder, Beast Code

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NC East Alliance Board of Directors Officially Announces Vann Rogerson as President/CEO

NCEast Alliance — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:20:37 +0000

Vann Rogerson who has been acting Interim President/CEO since June 2019 has officially been appointed President/CEO of NC East Alliance. Vann has previously served as Senior Vice President of NC East Alliance since January 2015 and has led the organization’s marketing and client handling efforts. Vann focused on lead generation and company recruitment, building strong relationships with prospects, and organizing many prospect visits to all counties across the region. Since July of 2015, NC East has generated 95 company visits to the region; those companies made 332 visits to the 29 counties served by the Alliance. Vann was previously the President/CEO of the NC Northeast Partnership based in Edenton, NC from 2006-2014 and the VP of Marketing from 1998-2006.

February 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Trey Goodson @ (252) 814-0484 or goodson@nceast.org

Vann will continue to lead the refocus of NC East towards supporting existing industries in the region by identifying supply chain needs and addressing workforce deficiencies. NC East will lead regional advocacy efforts in the region by convening stakeholders to identify and solve regional issues. Finally, NC East will continue to expand its successful STEM Education initiative throughout the region.

“We are pleased that Vann has accepted this new role. Vann has been critical in leading the refocus of NC East Alliance during COVID. The organization has a refined mission to work hand in hand with other organizations across the region and continue to help improve the economic and educational opportunities for the people and businesses of eastern North Carolina.” – Mark Hamblin, NC East Alliance Board Chair.

The Alliance will continue to partner with local economic development offices, Chambers of Commerce, Tourism Bureaus, federal, state, county and local government, Workforce Development Boards, public schools, private employers as well as service providers and many others to address the needs of the 29 counties.

Click here to read our most recent newsletter.

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From The East – Quarterly Newsletter

NCEast Alliance — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:00:24 +0000

Message from the Chairman

During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, NC East, like many others saw a slowdown in its traditional organizational activities. This gave the NC East Board time to talk with allies, time to access regional strengths and weaknesses, and time to refocus its operations. We are now:

1. Supporting our existing industries.

Assisting with workforce deficiencies, recruiting missing industry suppliers.

2. Expanding our successful STEM East education initiative.

3. Continuing targeted company recruitment.

4. Leading regional advocacy.

NC East is a convenor of stakeholders who identify, discuss, and support important regional issues and pursue solutions.

This first newsletter will focus on our recent advocacy activities. Although some challenges are highlighted, our board believes that a group of “energized partners” can move our NC East region forward. Let’s make a difference and be problem solvers – together.

Click here to read the full newsletter.

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NC East Alliance Hosts I-87 Work Session

NCEast Alliance — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:07:08 +0000

NC East Alliance hosts an I-87 Work Session with an update from NCDOT on the progress of the I-87 corridor. Partners from the Hwy 17/64 association and Regional Transportation Alliance discuss the importance of the corridor.

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NC East Alliance Hosts 2020 Eastern NC Economic Update

NCEast Alliance — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:54:19 +0000

On Friday December 18 NC East Alliance hosted Laura Ullrich, Regional Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond for a national, state, and regional economic update. Laura discussed the effects of COVID on the economy and where we go from here.

To watch the full presentation by Laura please click here. You can also view her PowerPoint slides here.

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Farmville and NC East Board Member Todd Edwards Highlighted in Our State Magazine

NCEast Alliance — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:56:14 +0000

Our State Magazine Recently highlighted Farmville in “A Guide to Downtown Farmville”. NC East board member Todd Edwards is mentioned as a catalyst in reviving the downtown after the Great Recession. Todd Edwards was one of four local business owners who started the Farmville Group tasked with revitalizing the downtown. Downtown Farmville is now flourishing with restaurants, a glassblowing studio, a theatre, a brewery, The North Carolina Furniture School, and many more!

To read the full article please click here.

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NC East Hosts Industrial Supply Chain Webinar

NCEast Alliance — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:42:11 +0000

Across nearly every industrial and commercial supply chain, disruption is front and center. There are many drivers of disruption including technology, response to pandemic, major consumer purchasing shifts, and more. Even innovation may be a disruptor as industries shape shift to fit the new normal. Industries across eastern North Carolina from advanced manufacturing to transportation, material handling and logistics live in the world of international trade and economic development where tariffs and policy shifts join the ranks of disruptors. There’s a lot going on in industrial supply chains in our region to say the least.

Panelists discussed current supply chain issues caused by COVID-19 and what they see going on moving forward. If you missed it, check out the recorded webinar at the link below as well as the Panelists’ PowerPoint Slides. Some useful information for companies discussed included Manufactured in NC and the Supplier Scouting program. Contact your local NCMEP partner for more information. If you are interested in more supply chain webinars please check out the Supply Chain Management Risk series hosted by NCMEP.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH RECORDED WEBINAR

Panelists PowerPoints

Andy Street, Divisional Demand and Logistics Manager Hyster Yale

Thomas Lorenzo, International Transportation Manager Domtar

Aaron Ouellette, Economic Development Specialist Port of Virginia

Dr. Scott Abney, ECU Department of Technology Systems

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STEM East Awarded $10,000 STEMx Challenge Grant

NCEast Alliance — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:57:25 +0000

On Thursday, October 29 it was announced that STEM East has been awarded a 2020 STEMx Challenge Grant. The grant award is for $10,000 to fund a new program expanding STEM education in eastern North Carolina.

(GREENVILLE, NC) –

With support from the North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center, STEM East will launch a museums@home program. Students in the program will connect with regional museums having specific areas of expertise such as the Aurora Fossil Museum and Sylvan Heights Bird Park. Each museums@home implementation will include classroom activities that culminate with a virtual Family STEM Night to celebrate and share student activities while exploring the wonders of our museums.

“The museums@home project highlights the efforts of STEM East to grow collaborative conversations between our regional museums, school districts, after-school programs, and libraries” says Bruce Middleton, Director STEM East. “We believe in the power of STEM educators working together closely in preparing students for life, work, and leisure in our local communities.”

STEM East was one of three leading STEM organizations to receive the grant. The other two grant awardees were the Idaho STEM Action Center and the Indiana STEM Ecosystem. Once all three organizations have completed their respective programs, they will share plans, resources, and lessons learned with the national STEMx network of 24 organizations in 19 states.

For more information on STEM East please visit the website here: https://www.stemeast.org/

For more information on the STEMx Network please visit the website here: https://www.stemx.us/

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NC East Alliance hosts NCDOT Freight and Supply Chain Studies Webinar

NCEast Alliance — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:54:29 +0000

On Thursday October 22, 2020 NC East Alliance hosted a webinar focused on two recent studies conducted through partnerships with NCDOT’s Office of Logistics and Freight. The first study introduced and discussed was the 2019 Eastern NC Regional Freight Mobility Plan, an in-depth look at how freight moves throughout the region. The second study dove into Rural Freight Transport Needs.

Click here for Dana Magliola’s PowerPoint Slides.

Click here for Keith Wheeler’s PowerPoint Slides

If you would like to review the two studies discussed in the webinar please go here. You can download a PDF of either study under the research tab on the right.

Thank you to all of our sponsors who help make these webinars happen!

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