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. 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...
Read MoreBURKE COUNTY, N.C. (July 27, 2012) – New officers have been selected for the Board of Directors for Burke Development, Inc. (BDI) and John Branstrom will lead the Board as the new Chairman. The officers were nominated and voted in at a recent meeting. Bryan...
Read MoreOn average over the past few months the Burke County Employment Security Commission has had around 120 job listings posted at any given time. The organization is a great place for job seekers to begin their search, so we are sharing some information from Manager...
Read MoreYou might remember Sara from the Fall when she worked part-time as BDI's Marketing Communications Manager. She has now been hired full-time to take over as Project Manager and will also continue her efforts on the Marketing Communications side. Sara grew up in Morganton and graduated...
Read MoreVolume 3 Issue 3 July, 2012 In This Issue President's Corner Second Project RENEW Class Starts Unemployed? Please Apply! BDI Hires Sara Chester as Project Manager President's Corner The BDI newsletter is back in action this month! Summer is in full swing and things are heating up here at Burke Development as well....
Read MoreMorganton - For more than a century, North Carolina led the nation in manufacturing. For decades in the western part of the state, especially Burke and surrounding counties, manufacturing jobs in industries such as furniture and textiles were abundant. Due to increased competition and jobs...
Read MoreOver the past decade we have seen highly publicized announcements of factories closing or moving overseas so it is easy to see why so many people think that U.S. manufacturing is on its deathbed; however, a study released by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) proves...
Read MoreVolume 2 Issue 12 December, 2011 In This Issue President's Corner Celebrate Burke Biz Spotlight on Manufacturing Series Furniture Industry Leaders Meeting Rural Community Mobilization Grant Case Farms Grant NC Dept. of Commerce Report President's Corner It's hard to believe it is already December. Here at BDI we are thrilled with the progress we made in...
Read MoreCase Farms has been awarded a $500,000 grant from N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, which will be used for an expansion project that will add 100 jobs for Burke County. Burke Development staff, along with other community leaders who helped with the project, is thankful for...
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