Company Will Convert Warehouse Space into Manufacturing Space and Add 12 Jobs BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (August 27, 2012) – Burke County company SpartaCraft, which produces specialty wood products, has received a $60,000 Building Reuse and Restoration Grant from the NC Rural Center to aid in...
Read MoreCompany to Double Manufacturing Space and Add 15 Jobs BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (August 28, 2012) – Zion Industries, Inc., in partnership with the Town of Hildebran, are proud to announce they are the recipients of a $75,000 Building Reuse and Restoration Grant from the NC...
Read MoreJD's Smokehouse to Open in Rutherford College BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (August 27, 2012) – The NC Rural Center has awarded Jim and Debbie Goare a Building Reuse and Restoration grant to aid in their efforts to open a barbeque restaurant in Burke County. The Goares will...
Read MoreVolume 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...
Read MoreIt'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. Thanks to local sock manufacturer DeFeet International, the employees at BDI have unique footwear emblazoned with the...
Read MoreBurke 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...
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