2/25/2014 – Caldwell EDC recognizes Class of 2013
–PARTEND– Feb. 25, 2014 –PARTEND– As part of the Caldwell EDC Celebration, recognition was given to the Class of 2013 for businesses that located or expanded their operations in Caldwell County in the...
View Article2/28/2014 – Caldwell EDC Celebration video
–PARTEND– Feb. 28, 2014 –PARTEND– Video from the Caldwell EDC Celebration has been posted to YouTube. Follow the links below to view the three-part video. Caldwell EDC Celebration – Part 1 Caldwell...
View Article3/9/2014 – Blue Ridge Tissue features diverse manufacturing
–PARTEND– March 9, 2014 –PARTEND– After hearing of Blue Ridge Tissue Company for the first time, one would think that the product would be narrowly focused — maybe a few varieties of tissue paper....
View Article3/15/2014 – Granite Tape marking 30 years in business
–PARTEND– March 15, 2014 –PARTEND– In 1983, Barton Potter was running a drywall company, Potter Drywall, when his tape and plastic supplier proposed an idea: If someone built a machine to re-roll tape,...
View Article3/21/2014 – Caldwell employment jumps in January
–PARTEND– March 21, 2014 –PARTEND– Caldwell County saw a tiny uptick in its unemployment rate for January, but a state official called it an expected seasonal change – and most counties saw a larger...
View Article3/24/2014 – Blue Ridge Electric, Energies cited as top employers
–PARTEND– March 24, 2014 –PARTEND– Blue Ridge Energies and Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. were named as two of the best employers in North Carolina in a survey sponsored by Business North...
View Article3/28/2014 – Bernhardt Furniture celebrates 125th anniversary
–PARTEND– March 28, 2014 –PARTEND– Alex Bernhardt Jr. got his introduction to the family business gradually and casually, as a pre-schooler tagging along to the office with his father on weekends, with...
View Article3/30/2014 – A. McGee Wood Products awarded state grant
–PARTEND– March 30, 2014 –PARTEND– The Town of Granite Falls has been awarded a $200,000 grant to help pay for the renovation of a vacant building for a business moving there to expand. The grant...
View Article4/4/2014 – Hundreds turn out to Caldwell is Hiring
–PARTEND– April 3, 2014 –PARTEND– Hundreds of people made their way through the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center Thursday for the Caldwell is Hiring job fair, sifting through the hundreds of available jobs –...
View Article4/9/2014 – Caldwell jobless rate back to pre-recession levels
–PARTEND– April 9, 2014 –PARTEND– Caldwell County’s unemployment rate in February dropped to 7.1 percent, it’s lowest level since April 2008, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported Wednesday....
View Article5/12/2014 – Caldwell County company raises gourmet delicacy
–PARTEND– May 12, 2014 –PARTEND– At Atlantic Caviar & Sturgeon, the workers like to joke that they wrestle with dinosaurs. On a recent weekday morning, it’s literally true. The three unmarked...
View Article5/16/2014 – Region eyes federal manufacturing designation
–PARTEND– May 16, 2014 –PARTEND– A federal designation given to a dozen communities could help bolster manufacturing from Asheville to High Point if awarded to the region later this year. The...
View Article5/23/2014 – Google’s search superiority powered by Lenoir data center
–PARTEND– May 23, 2014 –PARTEND– Google Inc. doesn’t relinquish many of its data centers’ secrets, but it has revealed some. Others have leaked out. The tech giant’s big-data dozen handle more than 3...
View Article5/28/2014 – County jobless rate continues steady decline
–PARTEND– May 28, 2014 –PARTEND– Bolstered by gains in the workforce and overall employment, Caldwell County’s unemployment rate dropped by three-tenths of a percent in April to 7.1 percent, according...
View Article6/2/2014 – Exela exceeds job growth, plans new expansion
–PARTEND– June 2, 2014 –PARTEND– Just a year after beginning an expansion that was expected to add 40 jobs over three years, Exela Pharma Sciences has already surpassed that and is planning further...
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