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retail

NC: Convenience Retailer RaceTrac Opens First N.C. Store in Monroe, Creating 30 New Jobs

RaceTrac, one of the nation’s largest convenience retailers, has opened its first North Carolina store, at 4060 W. Highway 74 in Monroe. The grand ope...

manufacturing

AL: Bryant Machine Co. to Expand in Calhoun County, Creating 12 New Jobs

A longtime family-owned business in Calhoun County, Ala., is expanding amid significant growth in demand for its products and services. Bryant Machine...

manufacturing

AL: Pipe Manufacturer Fratco Breaks Ground on Fort Payne Pipe Plant, Creating 60 Jobs

Fratco, a century-old leader in corrugated plastic pipe manufacturing, has officially broken ground on a new, state-of-the-art production facility in ...

innovation

WI: Five Wisconsin Small Businesses Share $400,000 in State Matching Grants to Advance Innovation

Five small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $400,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round o...

automotive

SC: SODECIA AAPICO Joint Venture Selects Orangeburg County for first S.C. Operation, Creating 392 Jobs

SODECIA AAPICO Joint Venture (Sodecia Aapico JV) announced it selected Orangeburg County to establish the company’s first South Carolina operation to ...

manufacturing

NC: Environmental Air Systems to Expand in Randolph County, Adding 300 Jobs

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced that Environmental Air Systems, LLC, a leading volumetric modular manufacturer of HVAC infrastructure, wi...

economic development

NE: Economic Development Awards $14.1 Million in Community Development Block Grant Funds

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $14,173,231 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to 38 projects in 33 c...

manufacturing

AL: Wire Manufacturer Plans $176M Expansion in Cleburne County, Creating 85 Jobs

Wire and cable manufacturer Southwire is launching a $176 million expansion at its plant in Cleburne County, a move that highlights the successful bus...

energy

LA: Entergy Louisiana Breaks Ground on State-of-the-Art Generation Facilities in Richland Parish

Entergy Louisiana broke ground in Richland Parish to mark the start of construction on a pair of new combined-cycle combustion turbine generation faci...

medical

FL: HCA Florida to Open New Freestanding Emergency Room in Downtown Orlando

HCA Florida Healthcare will open a new, 11,260-square-foot freestanding emergency room in downtown Orlando in the spring. It will be one of around 30 ...