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BDI Connection for August 2012

August 1, 2012
Volume 3 Issue 4 August, 2012

In This Issue

President’s Corner BDI Board Selects New Officers Success of RENEW Centers on Commitment of Companies and Participants Positive Signs for Local Retail BDI Supporting Local Manufacturer with BDI Socks City Council Receives Morganton Heights Update

President’s Corner

This month we have some exciting announcements and news to share with you! Meet our new Board Chairman, see how BDI is supporting a local manufacturer and read about the good signs we are seeing in retail. We also have an update on RENEW, the workforce development program we developed with other community organizations and local manufacturing companies, which is showing great success! By the way… are you following us on Twitter @BurkeDevInc? Make sure you are so you don’t miss out on the latest news and updates! Scott D. Darnell CEcD, BDI President

BDI Board Selects New Officers

At a recent meeting new officers were selected to lead the BDI Board. The position of Chairman, which is a two year term, went to John Branstrom, who has been involved in Burke’s economic development efforts for over twenty years! Read more »

Success of RENEW Centers on Commitment of Companies and Participants

Burke County resident Jim Clement needed a job and he was willing to do whatever it took to find one, including uprooting his family. Luckily, thanks to a unique Burke County workforce development program called Project RENEW, Clement was able to stay in an area that he and his family are happy to call home. Read more »

Positive Signs for Local Retail

Check out this recent News Herald article about Retail on the Rise in Downtown Morganton!

BDI Supporting Local Manufacturer with BDI Socks

It’s rare that you can go to work every day wearing the same clothes as some of the world’s top athletes – unless you work at Burke Development, Inc. Check ’em out!

City Council Receives Morganton Heights Update

An update on Burke County’s new Super Walmart shopping center, Morganton Heights, which is expected to open Summer 2013! Read more »


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