by Jeanna Baxter White | Dec 27, 2017 | Featured, News
Two Davie County Companies Listed on JUST 100 Ranking Forbes magazine, in partnership with Just Capital, recently released its JUST list of the top-100 U.S. corporations, and two Davie County companies, VF Corp (85) and Ingersoll Rand (97) made the list. The nation’s...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Dec 16, 2017 | Featured, News
North Carolina is now the nation’s top state to do business, according to Forbes Magazine’s Best States for Business ranking. Although North Carolina is the only state to appear among the top five states all 12 years since the magazine launched the list, this year is...
by EDC Admin | Nov 8, 2017 | News
To celebrate Manufacturing Day 2017, several local businesses and Davie County manufacturers provided a unique opportunity for all eighth-grade students in Davie County. Davie County participated in National Manufacturing Day for the first time this year through the...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Oct 2, 2017 | News
A four-year college degree is not the only pathway to a rewarding, high-paying career; just ask Janet Barnes and Darla Goldfuss. As facilitators of Davie High’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program, it is their job to open the eyes of students to all of their...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Sep 18, 2017 | News
Joe Hollingsworth believes that the next dozen years will be a continued expansion like America has never seen before. As owner and CEO of the Hollingsworth Companies, the largest non-urban industrial real estate developer and construction firm in the southeastern...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Sep 14, 2017 | News
Local and state officials and members of the business community gathered to celebrate phase III of the SouthPoint Industrial Park in Mocksville as well as the longtime partnership between Davie County and the Hollingsworth Companies which has provided the community...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Aug 29, 2017 | News
The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority has awarded the Town of Mocksville a $411,425 grant to extend Quality Drive in the SouthPoint Business Park. The improvements will consist of 900 feet of 24-foot-wide roadway, 900 feet of water lines and related...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Jul 27, 2017 | News
Beroth Tire & Automotive, a division of Mock-Beroth Tire Group, has broken ground in Mocksville for its fourteenth location. The 5,200 sq. foot store located on Interstate Drive, next to Sherwin-Williams, is expected to open in October or early November. The...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Jun 26, 2017 | News
Morrisofa Global, an importer and distributer of upholstered furniture, has chosen SouthPoint Business Park in Mocksville for its first US distribution center. The company is currently hiring for its warehousing operation which will begin in July. Now Hiring...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured, News
The desks have been emptied, books packed up, and goodbyes said; but Davie County’s pre-K and elementary school teachers are already looking ahead to an inspiring new literacy program beginning next year, thanks to the Mebane Foundation. The Mebane Charitable...
by Jeanna Baxter White | May 22, 2017 | News
What are the best places to buy a home in the Triad? Small towns. That’s according to Niche.com, a Pittsburgh-based company that provides research and reviews on K-12 schools, colleges and neighborhoods. Niche’s 2017 Best Places to Buy a House survey ranked The Town...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Apr 12, 2017 | News
The Mebane Charitable Foundation, located in Mocksville, NC, has approved a grant of almost $2.5 million to Davie County Schools to support a five-year early literacy initiative to improve kindergarten readiness and to increase the percentage of students reading...
by EDC Admin | Apr 10, 2017 | News
Need a job? Come to Davie County. Ashley Furniture is hiring. Gildan is hiring. Avgol is hiring. And with the county’s unemployment rate at 4.3%, local companies are reversing past trends and hiring workers from beyond Davie County. That’s right. Davie County – long a...
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by Jeanna Baxter White | Mar 29, 2017 | News
With the completion of the inpatient wing, Wake Forest Baptist Health – Davie Medical Center today kept a promise it made to the residents of Davie County a long time ago. “When we first proposed this new hospital, it was always our intent to have an inpatient wing so...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Mar 24, 2017 | News
From an early age, students are programmed to believe that they must earn a bachelor’s degree to obtain a high-paying job, but only 33 percent of jobs in North Carolina actually require a four-year college degree. That’s a statistic James Horne wishes he had known...
by EDC Admin | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dozens of Human Resources Managers from companies across Davie County met during the last week of January at the Triple J Manor House in Mocksville to discuss the state of the County in terms of workforce development. Sustained growth in the number of manufacturing...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority has awarded the Town of Mocksville a $100,000 building reuse grant that will facilitate a 10-job expansion as well as renovations at REEB Millwork. The grant is part of a total capital investment of $320,451. The...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Nov 15, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
The next time you buckle up on an airplane, you may be sitting on a little piece of home. Sabeti Wain Aerospace (SWA) makes seat covers right here in Davie County for Southwest Airlines and many other international airlines as well as numerous airline seat vendors....
by Jeanna Baxter White | Nov 6, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
A historic Davie County farmhouse is getting a new lease on life as a beautifully appointed event center. Join us for the Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting of the Triple J Manor House this Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 4:30-6:30 pm. Triple J Manor House will be...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Sep 15, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
Comfort Bilt® Windows and Doors has manufactured millions of storm doors and windows at its Davie County plant during the past seventeen years. Part of the LARSON family of companies, Comfort Bilt® began operations in Mocksville in 1999 with just one product. Today,...
by EDC Admin | Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
As we reported back in April, the Davie County Economic Development Commission is directing some of its attention to growing the retail base in Davie County. “Our goal is to recruit more retail, restaurants, and entertainment to Davie County to offer our residents...
by Jeanna Baxter White | May 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
GESIPA® Fasteners USA, Inc., a German-based company which manufactures rivets and state-of-the-art riveting systems, is growing and expanding its Davie County operations, creating sixteen new manufacturing jobs in Mocksville. How to Apply In addition to expanding its...
by Jeanna Baxter White | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
After 30 years of traveling along NC Highway 64 through Davie County to pick up furniture from the Hickory/Lenoir area, Shelba D. Johnson Trucking, Inc., a leader in the furniture transportation and delivery industry, has opened a furniture distribution center in...
by Jeanna Baxter White | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Terry Bralley counts Davie County’s lucky stars every day; one of the brightest is its partnership with the Hollingsworth Companies. The Davie County Economic Development Commission and the Hollingsworth Companies have announced an agreement to expand the SouthPoint...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Apr 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Davie County – A Picturesque Community with Small Town Charm and Big City Potential. “Davie County continues a remarkable economic recovery, and we have had tremendous success attracting international manufacturing giants including Ashley Furniture, CPP Global,...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Squire Boone Plaza in Mocksville is getting a new lease on life with a new owner, a new name, and a fresh coat of paint. But these changes are just the beginning. David Tsui, the new owner, has already replaced the roof, and plans to continue remodeling the...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Golden LEAF awards $3.5 million in grants to bring projects to life In 2011, Davie County’s unemployment rate reached 13% with minimal job prospects on the horizon. Today, the county boasts a 4.3% unemployment rate and booming businesses, according to Terry...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Feb 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
In order to do a job right, you must have the right tools for the job. Ingersoll Rand is helping to make that possible for students in Davie County High School’s automotive program. Ingersoll Rand, the Official Power Tools of NASCAR, has awarded Davie County High...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Economic development is like baseball – it takes an entire team to win the game. Terry Bralley, President of the Davie County Economic Development Commission, has a team of heavy hitters, and win the game they do. Terry Bralley’s Davie County economic development...
by EDC Admin | Nov 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
In another win for Davie County, AccuMED is moving its corporate headquarters from Buffalo, New York to Mocksville. The company will invest approximately $3.5 million and create 40-50 jobs here! Another Vacant Building Back in Business – Hiring to Begin in Spring The...
by Jeanna Baxter White | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s another economic home run for Davie County as Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., the world’s largest home furnishings company, announced last week plans to create 454 new jobs at its Davie County facility over the next five years and invest an additional $8.7...
by EDC Admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Just two years after opening its East Coast manufacturing plant in Davie County, Pro Refrigeration is expanding! They have outgrown the 40,000 square feet of space in the former Crown Wood building on John Crotts Road and have expanded into over 60,000 square feet of...
by EDC Admin | Jun 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Aviation has been creating jobs and opportunities in North Carolina since the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the aerospace industry is still a very important job growth cluster for North Carolina. Carolina Precision Machining, Inc. (CPM), a home-grown Davie...
by EDC Admin | May 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Volvo Group invested $2.6 million into the renovation of the 210,000 square-foot Dex building located at 2016 Cornatzer Road in Advance, North Carolina and created 38 new jobs in Davie County. The building is located on 38 acres near Interstate 40. Automotive...
by EDC Admin | May 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Avgol has announced plans to invest $40,000,000 and create 50 new jobs in Mocksville by expanding and adding a new production line to its plant in Mocksville. The addition of a fifth production line will make the Mocksville plant the world’s largest single producer...
