Economic Development Update - Davie County, NC

Davie County EDC

2014 Year in Review

For help growing or locating your business in Davie County, NC

Please contact Terry Bralley, President, Davie County EDC

(336) 751-2714 / [email protected]

www.daviecountyedc.com

5 Year Plan$100 Million in New Capital Investment

1200 New Primary Jobs

New Business Recruitment

Business Retention

and Expansion

Workforce Development

Product Development

Opportunity Fund

Jobless Rate Most Improved in

Region

Davie County - Most Improved Jobless Rate in 14 County Northwest North Carolina Region

10.8%

9.50%10.10%

8.20%

6.30%

4.50%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

11/2009 11/2010 11/2011 11/2012 11/2013 11/2014

Sterling Events Moves Warehouse

Operations to Davie County!

Main Warehouse Operation Moves to Farmington

Road

$142 Million Investment

290 New JobsProduction to Begin 2015

Gildan Begins Hiring

Construction Underway

First 90 positions to be filled January 2015

House Of Raeford Farms

Bringing 200 Jobs Back Over 2 Years

Partnership for Workforce Development

Davie County Industry

Davie County EDC

DCCCDavie

County Schools

DCCC Industrial Maintenance Certification

CRC (Career Readiness Certificate)

NIMS Credential (National Institute for

Metalworking Skills Inc.)Refrigerant Certification

Davie Medical Center Celebrates 1 Year

physician office building, outpatient surgical center and 24/7 emergency department, as well as a sleep center, rehabilitation, imaging, laboratory and pharmacy services.

Ashley Furniture Grand Opening

World’s Largest Furniture Manufacturing Facility

800 New Jobs

1,100,000 Square Feet Addition

Davie Lands New Dunlop Aviation Jobs

40 New Jobs Aviation Cluster

Bolts and Nuts Selects

Mocksville for Expansion

Quality of Life

Pro-Business Leadership

Skilled Workforce

Economic Development is a Team Sport

New EDC Web Site

A Winning Message on Every Device

The Power of Social Media…

5,196 Fans

793,954 Views 4th Qtr 2014

174,668 Videos Watched

94 Countries

Davie County Blog

Engaged Readers - 2 x the level

of interaction on Facebook!

We can help…For help growing or locating your business in Davie County, please contact Terry

Bralley, President, Davie County Economic Development Commission (336) 751-

2714 / [email protected]