Loren Hill

NC Carolina Core’s economic developers are proud to celebrate North Carolina’s #1 ranking as America’s Top State for Business. We are equally proud that our region is a major reason why the state has received that recognition 3 of the last 4 years! • In the last 7 years, we’ve announced 73,200 jobs, 5 projects of $1 billion or more in capital investment, and 33 projects of $100 million or more in capital investment. • There’s no stopping the momentum in the Carolina Core! That momentum includes the state’s largest jobs announcement ever (@JetZeroAero, 14,564 jobs) and the state’s largest capital investment announcement ever (@Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina, $13.9 billion). • Counties in the Carolina Core region are Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin along with parts of Johnston, Orange, and other adjoining counties. • The largest cities in the Carolina Core are Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, High Point, Burlington, Thomasville, Asheboro, Sanford, Kernersville, Clemmons, Lexington, Mebane, and Pinehurst. • The region’s impressive results confirm that our local economic development professionals in those counties and municipalities are the best in the business – just as North Carolina is! @EDPNC

@NCCarolinaCore economic developers met in Dallas with site selection officials to talk about our momentum and community assets. Offices represented were @alamancechamber, @Randolph_EDC, @chathamedc, @HarnettEconDev, @gsochamber, @greater_ws, @HPEDC, I-95/I-40 Alliance, @ptpNC.

Progress is being made on making US 421 into Interstate 685, connecting I 85 to I 95 through our region. What a boost to the Carolina Core economic development efforts!

@MerleFest in Wilkes County is both a great family-fun music celebration and also an impressive @NCCarolinaCore economic development four-day event. Thanks go to my friends and colleagues at @WilkesEDC for making sure we had a wonderful time!

@NCCommerce @NCCarolinaCore @EDPNC It was great having Secretary Sanders leading the @NCCarolinaCore delegation.

Last week, #NCCommerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders joined representatives from @NCCarolinaCore and @EDPNC in hosting a group of site selection consultants in NYC. Topics discussed included NC's many #EconDev advantages and prime locations for companies.

@NCCarolinaCore was honored to sponsor Moore County Economic Development Partnership’s Moore 100 event in Pinehurst. Sean Suggs gave a great presentation on Toyota Battery’s under-construction campus in Randolph County. Thanks, MCEDP staff, for the hospitality!

The #CarolinaCore has scored $148M in new investments in 2 months from @Energizer, @MarshallADG & Tex-Tech Industries! There's more room to grow with 7.7K acres of land, 208K sq. ft. of office space under construction, & 7.3M sq. ft. of industrial space. bit.ly/4352JN6

This week is #EconDevWeek, and we're celebrating the 42,300 jobs we've announced over the last 5 years in the #CarolinaCore! Our region’s local #econdev professionals work hard to help existing companies thrive and expand while recruiting new companies. bit.ly/3HPdR8b

@LisaMChapman1 @iamcccc @NCCommColleges @UNC_System Indeed, it showed a wonderful, collaborative regional approach.

This is how we serve our region and how we serve NC. @iamcccc is so honored to collaborate with these @NCCommColleges and @UNC_System partners. Appreciate my colleagues and friends!!

@NCCarolinaCore was pleased to be a Gold sponsor of the recent @SiteSelectorsGuild Annual Conference in San Antonio. Our Carolina Core delegation hosted an after-dinner dessert cruise with 8 Guild members, which topped off a perfect night. #economicdevelopment #SSGAnnualConf

Axium Packaging, a specialized company using blow molding technologies, will expand operations to Archdale to serve new customers, reduce supply chain cost & increase dependability. Axium will invest $36M over 5 years & create 129 #jobs with an average wage of $47,938. #econdev

Loren Hill, #CarolinaCore Regional Economic Development Director for the @ptpNC, was a guest speaker at the @FacilitiesEng (Chapter 23) meeting last week at @Herbalife in Winston-Salem where he spoke about continuing momentum in the Carolina Core. We are not slowing down!

Great news!! NC on the international sports stage. Greensboro will play a big part in this event. #tournamenttown

@HPEjimmy is a great story teller — we were honored he captured our adventure so well. news.yahoo.com/walking-air-hi…

The Elaine H. Ernest Visionary Leadership Award went to Mike Fox (second from left), Penny Whiteheart and Loren Hill of Piedmont Triad Partnership at yesterday's GRRA Awards Luncheon. Chester Brown III (far left) presented the award. Congratulations!🎉🎉

#NCCommerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders spoke with @markets on NC's expanding economy and the impact of the @NCCarolinaCore in anchoring our innovation economy. bit.ly/3F2ZsTH

The Guru Of Greensboro: How A College Dropout Built A $2.9 Billion Real Estate Empire via @forbes forbes.com/sites/giacomot…

North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Talks Future Tech @NCCarolinaCore @EDPNC @ToyotaMotorCorp @VinFastUS @boomsupersonic @gsochamber @HPEDC @WinstonSalemNC @KristenScholer #FutureofTransportation #transportation #economicdevelopment #tech cheddar.com/media/north-ca… via @Cheddar

@NCCarolinaCore ranks impressively high! Winston-Salem is the 2nd most affordable metro area in the United States overall (and 3rd in housing), while Greensboro-High Point is the 4th most-affordable. bizjournals.com/triad/news/202…

The @ForsythCountyNC Board of Commissioners is supporting a push to have U.S. 421 from Winston-Salem to Wilkesboro declared a future interstate. Upgrading the divided highway would boost #econdev prospects in the northwest area of the #CarolinaCore. bit.ly/3WGzME9