Burke Remains Tier 2 County
December 8, 2015
The NC Department of Commerce has released the 2016 Tier Rankings and Burke will remain a Tier 2 County. Read more from the NCDOC...
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Workforce Development
December 2, 2015
Economic Development in Burke: Workforce Development This is the third editorial in which I have explained the components of BDI’s current Action plan, which can be viewed at www.burkedevinc.com/actionplan. Today we’ll focus on workforce development, which has become increasingly relevant to economic development professionals in recent...
Read MoreSupporting Small Business
December 2, 2015
Economic Development in Burke: Supporting Small Business Today’s editorial provides more information about the 2015-2016 Burke Development Action Plan in a continued effort to inform the community about how we carry out economic development work at BDI. In this piece we focus on what BDI does to...
Read MoreSupporting Small Business
November 6, 2015
Economic Development in Burke: Supporting Small Business Today’s editorial provides more information about the 2015-2016 Burke Development Action Plan in a continued effort to inform the community about how we carry out economic development work at BDI. In this piece we focus on what BDI does to...
Read MoreBDI News from NCEDA Fall Conference
October 22, 2015
For Immediate Release BDI News from the NCEDA Fall Conference BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (October 22, 2015) – Burke Development staff this week participated in the 2015 North Carolina Economic Development Association Fall Conference in Asheville. Attended by professionals from across the state, the conference featured various presentations...
Read MoreBDI Video Features Local Industry
October 20, 2015
For Immediate Release Burke Development Releases Video Featuring Local Industry BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (October 20, 2015) – Burke Development released a video that highlights the local business climate and explains why Burke County is a great place to do business. “Welcome to Burke County” features beautiful scenes...
Read MoreBEBO Networking Event – Nov. 10
October 19, 2015
BEBO (Burke Entrepreneurs and Business Owners) will host a quarterly networking event on Tuesday, November 10 at 5:30pm at the Foothills Higher Education Center in room 211. There will be good food, a local success story and opportunities to network with other Burke County business...
Read MoreNew BDI Video is Here!
October 19, 2015
Check out this new video from Burke Development, which highlights several of our local and growing businesses! ...
Read MoreBDI Receives Two IEDC Awards
October 15, 2015
For Immediate Release Burke Development Receives Two Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the International Economic Development Council BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (October 14, 2015) – The International Economic Development Council has selected Burke Development, Inc. as a two-time Excellence in Economic Development award recipient. BDI was recognized...
Read MoreRetention and Expansion
October 15, 2015
Economic Development in Burke: A 12-month Plan Retention and Expansion Recently the BDI Board of Directors approved our 2015-2016 Action Plan. For anyone wanting more information, you can view the complete Action Plan here. In today’s editorial I want to discuss one of our four areas of emphasis...
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