Infrastructure

Research Triangle Region is Leading the Charge for Electric Vehicles

I’ll start with, our accolades:

• In 2009, Raleigh was one of the first three cities to join “Project Get Ready,” a Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Readiness Initiative from the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Three little words boost global competitiveness for the Research Triangle Region

Foreign Trade Zone. This may not be the first three-word phrase that comes to mind for most of us, but for Dudson China, Revlon, Merck, Southern Lithoplate  and others who use the region’s Foreign Trade Zone #93, it may be synonymous with those three little words from movies and song  -  I love you.

Research Triangle Region Employment Grows by 36,447 in 2012, Continuing Two-year Recovery

Research Triangle Region employment grew by 36,447 in 2012, more than double the 2011 figure, continuing a two-year recovery.

Research Triangle Region Shapes the Intelligent Energy Future

Ten years ago, North Carolina’s inaugural Sustainable Energy Conference hosted a few hundred government, academic and nonprofit representatives discussing ways to improve environmental protection and energy efficiency in the state.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago and more than 1,000 people – including executives from top energy companies around the globe – convened to vision and plan how to change the energy landscape for the Research Triangle Region, North Carolina and the world.

Person County is an "Energizing" Locations with 5 Electric Producing Plants

Person County is located north of the City of Durham/Durham County and is an energy producing rich county. When Duke Power and Progress Energy recently merged to create the new Duke Energy, the nation’s largest utility, the “new Duke” now has two of Progress Energy’s large steam electric generating plants in Person County.

# 86 World's Top Airport (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)

Look at how far we’ve come. Can we sustain it?

In 2004, when NC Solar Center launched the Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series, the idea was to create a series of comprehensive, immersive and interdisciplinary workshops that would push the growing community of renewable enthusiasts out of their garages to get them to make a living out of their passion. Even then, North Carolina had one of the best tax credits in the country, and NC GreenPower was the darling program that would expand the market for these green technologies.

A new dog is in town, "The Energy Internet"

As budgeting and deficit woes abound both here in the Triangle as well as in Washington, we all often think about the varying roles of government, industry, and academia in domestic innovation and competitiveness.  The Research Triangle Region is well known internationally as one of those regions that has played it's cards well in striking this balance between the three historically throughout the computer and communication age of the sixties through today.

Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster Launches Smart Transportation Industry Focus

Triangle Commercial Real Estate Market Forecast

At NAI Carolantic, we pride ourselves in making accurate real estate forecasts.  Last year, we predicted the year would end with positive absorption and rental rates would hit bottom. We were correct in our prediction and reported declining vacancy in all product types with the exception of two geographic submarkets.

Top 10 North American Utility Company (Duke Energy)

MetLife Announces a Major Investment in Wake County

Fuel for the future

Using natural gas as a vehicle fuel is nothing new.  In the United States, it’s been a transportation fuel since World War II.

NC Engine roaring with ultra-high speed

We live in a world of acronyms and some are better than others. But you have to give credit to the minds that gave rise to the latest acronym to hit the Triangle:   NCNGN. The brilliance is in the pronunciation:  NC Engine – get it?

The Power to Grow

The beginning of 2013 brought mixed signals for the U.S. economy and continued economic recovery. Once again this year, we know that attracting new industries to North Carolina will be highly competitive.

# 1 City with the Biggest Gains in Home Sales in 2012 (Raleigh-Durham)

# 7 Best Run City in America (Raleigh)

Certified Sites Keep You In the Game

While any number of factors may eventually land a new company, it's always real estate — having a good, ready site in a great location — that initially attracts attention. And just as important as having that good building, industrial park or development is being able to prove to companies up front that the location meets their needs.

American Airlines to Begin Daily Service to Los Angeles in April 2013

American Airlines today announced it will launch daily non-stop service between RDU and Los Angeles International Airport on April 2, 2013. Tickets go on sale, and flight times will be posted, on Sunday, Dec. 23.

Windstream Hosted Solutions to Open New Data Center in Durham, N.C.

Windstream Hosted Solutions, one of the nation's premier providers of enterprise-class managed hosting solutions, today announced plans to construct a new enterprise-class data center in Durham, N.C.

Do this, and we’ll change the game . . . .

What do you do when you’re asked to develop an economic development strategy for a region that already enjoys tremendous success? You ask one question:  What could we do even better?  Then, you listen. Compile ideas. Set them out again, and confirm. Refine. Ask about priorities. Find the game changers.

1 and Done: An Alternative Commute Challenge

Do you think you could commit to taking a form of alternative transportation one time over the course of the next 12 months?  I’m not talking about a New Year’s resolution—we all know how those go!  I mean anytime, starting today, even.

No, We Didn't Forget the "O"

As the leaves turn to shades of crimson and gold and the morning frost accumulates on the last surviving blades of green grass, we begin the inexorable race toward the end of the calendar year.  The change from Daylight Saving Time to Eastern Daylight Time always feels to me like a shot from a cosmic starting pistol, in a race into the wonderfully exhausting holiday season and all that it brings.

(PEVs) in the Research Triangle Region are Leading the Way

The state of North Carolina is fast becoming an early adopter of Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) and the Triangle region is leading the way. For the past year planning efforts through  a U.S. Dept of Energy Clean Cities grant, Plugging In from Mountains to Sea, the NC PEV Readiness Initiative, has been working across the state with multiple stakeholders, including representatives from the business sector, utilities, municipalities, interested citizens and economic development organizations.

MegaPark Development Continues to Move Forward