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Tuesday, November 17, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

Duke University Health System is seeking approval from state regulators for a $235M expansion to its cancer treatment and research facilities.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1299007.html

http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/11/17/story1.html?b=1226898000^1733844

Chapel Hill: About 250 people filled the cafetorium of McDougle Middle School on Monday night to express to county commissioners their ideas and opinions on a proposed waste transfer station in Orange County.

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1022482.cfm

A unanimous City Council on Monday authorized City Manager Tom Bonfield to open negotiations to transfer ownership of West Point on the Eno to the state. The move, supported by several groups who think it will help convince the state to spend M's of dollars to buy a 60-acre parcel next to the park that faces a development threat, had been in the works for weeks.

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1022609.cfm?

The Durham County Library will break ground for its new South Regional Library at 2:30 p.m. today.

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1022519.cfm?

The High Point City Council took steps Monday to improve recreation facilities and the public library, provide land for a new, future fire station and help revitalize the Southside. City Council approved a $1,871,971 bid from Brooks General Contractors of Greensboro for a new soccer complex and Miracle League Field at the High Point Athletic Complex on School Park Road across from Simeon Stadium. The project includes five soccer fields, a concession/restroom building, picnic shelter, parking for 150-175 vehicles and the Miracle Field for special needs children.

http://hpe.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=6&story=6567

Fayetteville: Park site for museum gets support; The current proposal - which has been the subject of public controversy since this summer - is to build a $12.5M, nine-story structure on 2acres at the park at Ray Avenue and Rowan Street.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310707

Fayetteville: The board announced that the federal government has approved preliminary plans for the county's proposed water and sewer treatment facility. More sewer and water capacity means more businesses could move into the county, providing a stronger tax base and more retail establishments for residents.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310704

Flooded with complaints about expected sewer costs, the Calabash Board of Commissioners has asked to put its county-sponsored sewer project on hold for at least six months. The estimated $7M project was to have started in March 2009

http://tinyurl.com/6mv4gs

Iron Station: The 23-year-old Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport will follow the trend of its region by expanding in size and services by December 2009. City Council and county commissioners recently sealed the deal by upping funding for renovation of the terminal that will almost double in size, from 2,300- to 5,800-square-feet

http://www.gastongazette.com/news/opens_27204___article.html/airport_business.html

The architecture firm selected to design the new Rocky Mount High School has enlisted the help of Fanning Howey, a national firm that specializes in educational facilities planning and design.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/architect-presents-new-high-school-models-247521.html

What has been an empty storefront for close to a decade soon could enjoy renewed life as the new home of Steele Memorial Library in Mount Olive.

http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/11/17/mount_olive_library_to_move/

Kinston council asked Braxton about a number of local projects supported by the state, including the Caswell Developmental Center, the Global TransPark and the proposed veterans' nursing home that is awaiting federal grant money.

http://www.kinston.com/news/major_51065___article.html/braxton_state.html

The Town of Summerfield will hold an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to present plans for the proposed athletic park on U.S. 220 beside Gas Town.

http://www.nwobserver.com/articles/2008/11/18/news/doc49219f96ddde7704814949.txt

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE LEADS

The sweeping change promised by the opening of the N.C. Research Campus is taking a turn toward downtown Kannapolis. Already, campus developer Castle & Cooke North Carolina is in talks with potential tenants to fill about 10,000 square feet of vacant space in the former Cannon Village.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/11/17/story9.html?b=1226898000^1732806

MacGregor Development, the company behind Cary neighborhoods such as MacGregor Downs and Lochmere, is seeking bankruptcy protection.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1299003.html

Raleigh: TrustAtlantic Bank agreed to anchor a high-profile building at a busy intersection -- the latest growth maneuver for the 17-month-old bank.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1299030.html

Durham: City officials put the finishing touches on and approved a plan Monday for the Ninth Street area that will shape upcoming zoning and ordinance changes to support development there.

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1022606.cfm?

Foxfire Village: A company based in Florida wants to more than double the size of this Moore County village in the next 15 years. Kevin M. Justice, president and chief executive officer of Stonehill Capital Group, said he recently submitted an application asking the village for permission to build 100 homes a year for the next 10 to 15 years. In February, the company paid $19.7M for 1,442 acres near Foxfire. The company has petitioned to have the land brought into the village limits.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310699

Buncombe Co. commissioners will also consider whether to give a $500,000 incentive to Southeastern Container, which is undertaking an expansion and adding jobs.

http://www.mountainx.com/news/2008/buncombe_county_commissioners_nov_18_meeting_preview

Workforce challenges come with military growth

http://www.jdnews.com/news/military_60691___article.html/growth_faces.html

More teachers, housing needed to handle military growth

http://www.havenews.com/news/task_4793___article.html/force_assessment.html

Chapel Hill: The concept plan for the proposed Southern Village Center has been withdrawn by the applicant

http://www.dailytarheel.com/online_extras/online_exclusives/southern_village_center_plan_withdrawn

Plans for The Aquarium Pier at Emerald Isle continue to progress as partners behind the project formalize their commitments.

http://www.enctoday.com/news/town_60690_jdn__article.html/project_pier.html

The Caldwell County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of 66.5 acres of property near Granite Falls, along with economic incentives potentially valued at $2.9M for Merchants Distributors Inc.

http://newstopic.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=86&story=6555

The Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy will soon have a new home as construction begins on a building located in Ironwood Square on the corner of Upward Road and Case Street in Hendersonville.

http://tinyurl.com/6yeoge

Snow Hill: Development efforts at the Cutter Creek Plantation in Greene County continue as scheduled. 10 more homes are scheduled to be built at Cutter Creek this year while 30 more homes are slated to be built next year.

http://www.kinston.com/news/pate_51066___article.html/county_greene.html

Beaufort: Affordable housing?

http://tinyurl.com/6mentd

A controversial housing project in Canton has been put on hold for the time being. Smokey Meadows, a 60-unit apartment complex presented to the Canton Board of Aldermen back in May, is on hold until at least March

http://tinyurl.com/5aq7fc

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

Durham County commissioners gave a warm reception Monday night to a request that the county build a $7.54M parking deck to support Greenfire's downtown redevelopment projects.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1289905.html

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1016461.cfm?

Greensboro: The state's largest religious denomination will begin offering low-interest loans to member churches for construction, acquisition or expansion of properties as early as spring.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/11/10/article/baptists_plan_cheap_loans_for_churches

An update on plans for 57 acres south of Durham Technical Community College that N.C. State offered for public use five years ago is planned for this morning. The early vision includes a park that would foster interest and aptitude in gardening and an appreciation of the environment.

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-1016466.cfm?

Davidson County officials shorten list of sites for new jail as architects prepare plans

http://hpe.southernheadlines.com/index.cfm?section=6&story=6176

Fayetteville: A task force studying downtown alternatives for an art museum has come up with a list of 11 sites for next week's public hearing.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310054

An updated master plan for downtown Concord calls upon public and private investment to make several facelifts to downtown over the next five years and beyond. Some of the proposed improvements to downtown include: the installation of "way-finding signage" in downtown; the development of Concord Hotel, Heilig Meyers and Fifth Third Bank; a redesign of the county-owned parking lot on Church Street; the installation of new streetscape amenities and foliage; and the completion of a greenway linking downtown to nearby parks.

http://tinyurl.com/64pf9o

Kannapolis: There wasn't any vocal opposition to CMC-NorthEast's plans to build a new patient tower on its Concord campus. The opposition came from its plans to open a diagnostic imaging center in Salisbury.

http://tinyurl.com/67sjcb or http://tinyurl.com/5hsvgz

Plans to begin construction on the Innovation Center at Carolina North have been postponed because of the current economic crisis.

Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil said at Monday's Town Council meeting that the company that UNC contracted to build and manage the center, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., has placed all of its projects on hold indefinitely.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/city/innovation_center_delayed

Members of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners, observing Veterans Day, will meet on a rare Wednesday night to continue their discussions on a future jail and sheriff's office location.

http://tinyurl.com/5fzbv3

Amid a national housing slump, local home start-ups have slowed, though homeowners are taking advantage of low prices to remodel their existing homes.

http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2008/1110/1110localhomeconstruction.php

The first few flecks of dirt were moved in a much anticipated groundbreaking Sunday on a new $88.8M hospital in Lincolnton.

http://www.lincolntimesnews.com/default.asp?section=20

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE LEADS

Environmentalist promotes 'Plan B'; Lester Brown sees wind, solar power as growing part of the future in Southeast.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/317894.html

Charlotte developer Crosland will break ground Tuesday on a 19-acre retail center in Indian Trail. Phase one of the project, totaling 65,206 square feet, will open in late 2009. Harris Teeter Inc. is slated to have a 48,756-square-foot supermarket at the site. The center will be part of a 100-acre mixed-use development dubbed Austin Village.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/11/10/daily3.html

The Village at Lake Norman promises to be a transformative development for north Mecklenburg. Plans call for a $516 million, 2.2 million-square-foot, live-work-play project on a 104-acre site.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/11/10/focus1.html?b=1226293200^1728605

Greensboro: Now it's official: The Proximity Hotel is the American hospitality industry's most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable building. With solar-powered water heaters, concrete made from recycled fly ash and elevators that generate electricity as they descend, the Proximity and its owner, Dennis Quaintance, became the first in their industry Monday to win platinum status from the nation's arbiter of environmental and energy efficiency, the U.S. Green Building Council.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/11/10/article/green_hotel_goes_platinum

In the midst of a tough market, Modern Toyota is planning a multimillion-dollar, two-year expansion that will grow its service department and remodel the showroom.

http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2008/11/10/story12.html?b=1226293200^1728735

Bladen Co.: The board voted to apply for a $400,000 N.C. Rural Center grant to renovate a 175,000-square-foot building that has been vacant for nearly two years in the Elizabethtown Industrial Park.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=310057

Lou Serotta will move his Cary store -- one of two in the Triangle -- to a new location in the Trader Joe's-anchored Shoppes of Kildaire at Kildaire Farm Road and Cary Parkway.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1288757.html

The Brunswick County Planning Board held a special workshop Monday afternoon to discuss tweaks to a section of the county's Unified Development Ordinance and ways to allow additional review of plans for concrete, asphalt and clay product companies.

http://tinyurl.com/5e7jkz

Asheville: The developer of a project that would involve two buildings more than 20 stories tall in the Haywood Park area of downtown wants to put off his plans for at least a year.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811110331

http://www.mountainx.com/news/2008/fraga_to_request_continuance_for_haywood_park_project

Tarboro: A motion to rezone more than 60 acres of land from industrial to residential will have to wait at least one more month.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/rezoning-new-sara-lee-land-hits-snag-233857.html

Restoring the historic Elks Building in New Bern remains a priority for its Raleigh developers despite the troubled economy - and they are "highly interested" in more property downtown.

http://www.newbernsj.com/news/building_42869___article.html/despite_wilkerson.html

Planning board asks Columbus to reconsider 3-acre minimum

http://tryondailybulletin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1404&Itemid=192

Polk County officials are beginning work on a comprehensive land use plan this month after recently hiring a consultant.

http://tryondailybulletin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1403&Itemid=192

Thursday, October 16, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

Redevelopment officials unveiled a $60M proposal Wednesday that would consolidate Guilford County Schools' administrative offices into one building in southeast Greensboro.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/16/article/consolidated_office_proposed_for_schools

Orange Co.: Council, UNC work on Carolina North plan

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-999018.cfm

Mayor Tony Chavonne has privately tried to persuade Fayetteville Museum of Art officials to abandon plans to build a new home in Festival Park.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=307539

Brunswick County leaders deciding on a site for a new Southport senior center have almost come to a conclusion.

http://tinyurl.com/4jgf2t

The contaminated dirt that helped boost the new Oak Island police station's price tag by $2.2M is gone. Within the next couple of weeks, workers should also have the beleaguered stormwater drainage system there fixed and can start putting in a much-needed parking lot. And next door, the old Town Hall has been demolished, with a decision pending on whether to build a new one in its place.

http://tinyurl.com/5x6nns

Shelby: Commissioners, school board, trustees agree to $12.9M CCC expansion

http://www.shelbystar.com/news/million_34327___article.html/thornburg_board.html

Lincoln County: As School Enrollment Slows, Activist Questions School Construction Plans.

http://tinyurl.com/46k6d4

Burgaw receives $5M for wastewater system.

http://tinyurl.com/5ypb38

Denver: Duke Energy gives Lincoln County $299K for work on Beatty's Ford Park.

http://www.thelakepaper.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/news002.txt

Swansboro: Debate over Swansboro's plan to renovate the former St. Mildred Catholic Church into a town hall followed a proposal to borrow about $500,000 in federal funds.

http://tinyurl.com/4xr28c

Forsyth County : A $62M bond referendum would be allocated to Forsyth Technical Community College.

http://www.wschronicle.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1727&Itemid=36

Northampton County Board of Commissioners will need to seek funding sources in order to pay for repairs to the Northampton County Courthouse.

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/news/2008/oct/15/courthouse-repair-bill-costly/

Emerald Isle has been awarded financial assistance for two projects designed to maintain and improve water quality in Archers Creek and Bogue Sound. Town officials were recently notified of awards totaling $172,000 from the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund. The money will help fund stormwater mitigation projects. The first grant, which was $75,000, calls for $25,000 in matching funds from the town. It will pay for an engineering firm to develop a plan to address all remaining 19 stormwater outfalls that drain to Archer's Creek.

http://tinyurl.com/43u6aw

The Mount Airy School Board has voted unanimously to accept the low base bid from Triad Builders of King for construction on the new commons area at Mount Airy High School.

http://www.surrymessenger.com/Pages/news_4.html

Locust City Council announced they would not be financing the construction for a new City Hall at this time.

http://www.thesnaponline.com/local/local_story_289082410.html

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE LEADS

Charlotte: Officials defend Drakeford project; Some council members say low-cost housing not goal, but project summary included affordable units.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/256110.html

Growing energy demand and government incentives for renewable fuels make the Charlotte region ripe for a surge of new energy-related jobs, speakers said at an economic forum Wednesday.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/256349.html

Rollcast Energy Inc. of Charlotte will build and operate a biomass facility in Newberry County, S.C. The facility, dubbed Loblolly Green Power, will generate renewable power for commercial use. The $170M project is expected to generate 27 jobs.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/10/13/daily27.html

Durham: Merck executives dropped hints Wednesday that the New Jersey drug maker's vaccine manufacturing plant in Durham has a good chance of attracting more jobs. Projected to fill the first vials of vaccine for commercial use next year, the plant is already undergoing two expansions. Merck has committed to investing up to $750M to complete construction by 2011 and create about 400 jobs.

http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1256827.html

In Triad, home construction's standing still

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/15/article/in_triad_home_construction_s_standing_still

Northampton County: Plans revealed for ethanol plant.

http://www.vancnews.com/articles/2008/10/15/lake_gaston/news/news01.txt

Sylva: A member of the town of Sylva Planning Board said the town commission's recent vote against a 68-unit townhome development shows "shortsighted(ness)" and a "lack of vision."

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/10_08/10_15_08/fr_planning_member.html

A proposed new ethanol plant in Northampton County could help Nash County farmers sell more corn and eventually help lower gas prices throughout the region, officials said.

http://tinyurl.com/53dg5b

East Coast Ethanol LLC., will build a $212M corn-based ethanol plant on 414 acres of land in Northampton County.

http://www.rrdailyherald.com/articles/2008/10/15/news/doc48f638bcc6825490628932.txt

Granite Falls: Attracting people downtown after 5 p.m., better promotions, and incentives for improvements on downtown buildings are some of the areas identified as important to the town's growth.

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/oct/16/design-downtown/news-local/

The city of Salisbury along with a class of community planning students from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are inviting residents of Jersey City to a neighborhood summit Saturday to discuss a revitalization project.

http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/101608-jersey-city-meeting

The La Grange town council will need at least another month to consider adopting a land use plan that could include mixing homes of different values in the same neighborhoods. The plan - which aims to attract "sustainable" commercial, industrial and residential development - was presented to the town council Monday night http://www.kinston.com/news/homes_50364___article.html/plan_council.html

The key to zoning regulations in the mill villages of East Rockingham may be "administrative adjustments" for setbacks. Richmond County Planner James Armstrong presented a proposed new zoning designation Tuesday night for the original Aleo and Safie mill villages.

http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/articles/2008/10/16/news/news03.txt

Friday, October 03, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

Students in the Roberson district could see a new school opening in their community by fall 2011. School board members voted

unanimously Thursday to build a new school in the district to alleviate overcrowding.

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200881003009

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education reviewed Thursday the concept plan for a new elementary school slated to be

built by April 2011.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/city/board_discusses_new_school%252C_vacant_spot

Fundraising for $1.6M Rockingham animal shelter begins; $900,000 to be raised privately

http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/02/article/fundraising_for_rockingham_animal_shelter_begins

Moore County schools are scheduled to break ground Oct. 10 for a $14.1M middle school.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=306261

A lack of funding has caused the six-year delay of the renovation of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, now scheduled to begin

in January 2010.

http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/university/morehead_renovation_on_hold

Goldsboro's Union Station is $1M closer to becoming a renovated, passenger rail service station.

http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/10/02/depot_project_gets_1m_in_funds/

After taking the summer off, the Goldsboro Recreation and Parks Advisory Commission reconvened Tuesday to begin one its biggest

projects to date -- prioritizing the list of repairs for the city's 14 recreation areas.

http://www.newsargus.com/news/archives/2008/10/02/plans_out_for_work_on_parks_facilities/

With construction documents complete and submitted to the state construction agency for review, the design process for the North

Carolina Viticulture and Enology Center is winding down.

http://www.mtairynews.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/local_news/local04.txt

Boone: Construction projects at Appalachian State University are progressing steadily as the school expands. The construction site

for the new education building is in the site development phase, with all preexisting structures on College Street having been

demolished this summer.

http://www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2008/1002/construction.php3

Orange County: Opposition is growing to plans to move Horace Williams Airport, even as a new consultant's report and economic

planners tout its potential as an economic-development engine.

http://tinyurl.com/437svg

Greensboro: e timeline for the new jail is now spelled out in writing if not in stone and that proposed timeline calls for the

project to be bid in January 2009, and construction to begin in April.

http://tinyurl.com/3ug77q

Macon County: Angel Medical Center decided again last month it could not support a capital project of the magnitude for the creation

of a new Hospice House for Western Carolina.

http://tinyurl.com/5xvrxq

Highlands: County ready to bid 4,200 sq. ft. animal shelter.

http://www.highlandsinfo.com/PDFarchives/08oct2.pdf

East Bend library hoping to raise additional $100K for new $850,000 facility.

http://www.yadkinripple.com/articles/2008/09/26/news/news15.txt

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE LEADS

Foreclosure activity in Mecklenburg County jumped last month, a signal the long-running problem remains entrenched.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/189841.html

A group of urban development experts met in University City on Thursday to discuss strategies to better market University Research

Park.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/228521.html

The Board of Alderman unanimously approves 300 East Main Street, a "transformational" project expected to be the gateway to

Carrboro.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1238529.html

In Morrisville, the first retail tenants for the 100-acre Park West Village development have been announced. Construction will begin

in February and is expected to be completed in 2010.

http://www.newsobserver.com/275/story/1241464.html

http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/09/29/daily45.html

Candidates see Ward 6 as vital to High Point's evolution

http://tinyurl.com/4kl7x5

Candidates for the Rowan County Board of Commissioners have different ideas about the need for a land-use plan.

http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/100308-political-forum

New Hanover Co.: Movie theater planned for Carolina Beach Road

http://tinyurl.com/4c55gf

Burlington: A vacant lot on University Drive will go a third round with city planners once its owners draw new plans for the site

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/university_18234___article.html/drive_future.html

Statesville: Gordon Hospice House plans expansion

http://www2.statesville.com/content/list/news/local/

A Norfolk-based developer is seeking to resurrect a three-year-old commercial development plan for Currituck County's off-road beach

area that residents say will negatively affect their way of life and could put Corolla's wild horses at risk.

http://tinyurl.com/4manka

A new three-year, nearly $1M Rural Development Biomass Research and Development Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will

allow North Carolina State University scientists to test the efficacy of growing genetically modified trees across North Carolina

and using them to produce ethanol inexpensively.

http://www.bladenjournal.com/articles/2008/10/02/news/doc48e52da3c8fd4970044144.txt

Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the 300 East Main Street project, one of the largest commercial

developments in Carrboro history.

http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/sections/news/

Orange County Planning Board earlier this fall recommended that commissioners deny the Buckhorn Village development but recommended

30 conditions developers should meet for the project to be approved.

County planning staff has conversely recommended approving the 130-acre, mixed-use project.

http://www.aconews.com/articles/2008/10/02/noc/news/news14.txt

Mebane: Neimann Capital, the developers of the major rejuvenation project in the downtown of Mebane, told the Mebane Enterprise that

HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) appears to have responded favorably to feasibility papers submitted regarding the

White Center project. The project will encompass 225,000 square feet of mixed-use space that will include 40,000 square feet of

commercial space with an additional residential use, filled by 143 apartments.

http://www.aconews.com/articles/2008/10/02/mebane_enterprise/news/news02.txt

Robbinsville: Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. closed its Lexington plant last week and will now focus full attention on expanding

the Robbinsville manufacturing facility. The company is getting permits to build an additional "bag room" on the Robbinsville plant

to pull sawdust from the factory

http://www.grahamstar.com/topstory.html

Thursday, September 25, 2008

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

Raleigh has won