BDI Desires to Engage Internet Service Providers With an Interest in Providing High Speed Internet to Portions of County For Immediate Release BURKE COUNTY, NC (September 23, 2020) - Burke Development Inc. (BDI) is releasing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for qualified Internet Service Providers (ISP) on...
Read MoreNation Hahn, Alli Lindenberg and Robert Kinlaw September 14, 2020 Garrett Hinshaw, president of Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), and Michael Helmick, when he was president of Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC), led two institutions that sit roughly 25 minutes from each other. Collectively, the two colleges’ service areas extended across three...
Read MoreCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Duke Energy has selected six properties in North Carolina for participation in its 2020 Site Readiness Program to enhance the readiness of the sites for business and industrial development. The Site Readiness Program has helped prepare properties that have won 23 major projects in...
Read MoreFrom left to right: Alan Wood (President & CEO Burke Dev. Inc.), Jeremy Binkley (Phoenix Tank, LLC), Alderman Rick Cline (Town of Drexel), Johnnie Carswell (Chairman, Burke County Board of Commisioners), Mayor Ronnie Thompson (City of Morganton), Town Manager Kenneth Geathers (Town of Rutherford College),...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (May 27, 2020) – North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced that UNIX Packaging will open a location in Morganton creating at least 151 new jobs by the end of 2022 and approximately 226 new jobs over five years with an...
Read MoreMajor Pet Products Manufacturer SynergyLabs Locates in Burke County Company Will Bring 237 New Jobs to Morganton ...
Read MoreFunding Provides More Opportunities for Engineering Camps and Competitions BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (May 17, 2019) – The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded a Powerful Communities grant to Burke Development, Inc. and Work in Burke. The $20,000 grant will provide opportunities for more students to participate in Burke County Public Schools engineering...
Read MoreFor Immediate Release BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (May 6, 2019) – Burke County has been awarded a $312,000 building reuse grant to support the expansion of Marves Industries, LLC in Hildebran. Marves Industries, a well-known manufacturer of non-woven fabrics, acoustical materials, felt, and composite materials, will add...
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Read More(VALDESE, NC, US…. Nov. 15, 2018) This week, Meridian Specialty Yarn Group (MSYG) won a top award from The North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP) for Meridian’s commitment to building a new, world-class, state-of-the-art, textile plant in North Carolina at a time when other regional...
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