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The Research Triangle Regional Partnership promotes economic development for the 13-county region of Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Vance, Wake and Warren, North Carolina. |
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Top Story
An Automatic Fit: AW and the Region's Workers
Transmission maker AISIN AW opened a North Carolina subsidiary, then soon expanded it. Part 5 of a 10-part series on companies succeeding in industry clusters targeted for job creation.
Around the Region
Hamner, Laughrey, Sanders to speak at GeneSpace 2004 Registration is under way for GeneSpace 2004 on Nov. 2. The second annual event brings industry experts and leaders together with life science companies and their construction partners to examine the many issues involved in building quality biomanufacturing facilities.
Static Control Components in Lee County opens a new worldwide distribution center to handle products manufactured by its imaging supplies division.
CED confirms more than 60 panelists for Entrepreneur '04
Dozens of experienced entrepreneurs, service professionals and experts are scheduled to speak at the annual event held this year on Oct. 30 at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.
Winwood tapped to lead Centennial Campus
David Winwood, an expert in commercializing academic discoveries, returns to N.C. State University to forge government and industry partnerships at the 1,334-acre park.
Church named director of Warren County economic development
John C. Church Jr. will use his decades of experience at the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and N.C. Department of Commerce to help establish the Kerr-Tar Hub advanced technology park.
Regional Initiatives Winning the Job Wars of the Future
The Research Triangle Region leads a five-year, $5 million initiative to create 100,000 jobs and boost employment in all 13 counties of the region.
> Read the plan (.pdf)
> Visit the Web site
Attracting Rural Investment
Community leaders in the Kerr-Tar Region are developing an innovative multi-county mid-tech hub recommended as a rural development strategy by an RTRP study.
> Read the update
> Read the mini-hub feasibility study (.pdf)
> Visit the Web site
Blueprint for Life Sciences Growth
Protecting and growing the region's life sciences industry amid fierce competition is the topic of an RTRP life sciences industry report.
> Read the report (.pdf)
Investor Salute
RTRP salutes RTI International for its strong and continuing support of regional economic development, including its work to develop networks among companies and organizations in the region's premier technology clusters. 
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Recent Investments
Contract manufacturer Flextronics announces a new $7.8 million facility in Franklin County that will create 108 new jobs. The project is part of the $423 million in investment and 1,726 new jobs announced in the region during the second quarter of 2004.
Regional
Accolades
Research Triangle Region electric utility Progress Energy is named one of the top utilities for economic development for the third year in a row by Site Selection magazine, one of many recent accolades for the Research Triangle Region.
Recruiting
Schedule Economic developers travel to Atlanta, Ga., in October, part of a schedule of trips designed to recruit investment to the region.
Regional Events The Council for Entrepreneurial Development's InfoTech 2004 will be held Oct. 8 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center in Durham. It is one of the October events planned for regional businesspeople and entrepreneurs.
Charles A. Hayes, RTRP President and CEO BOARD MEMBERS Gordon Allen, N.C. House of Representatives Jennifer S. Andrews, attorney John Atkins, O'Brien Atkins Associates Ken Atkins, Wake County Economic Development Program Roland Beauchaine, Warren County Economic Development Commission David Benevides, IBM-RTP Weldon "Chip" Capps, Arcola Logging Co. Moses Carey Jr., Piedmont Health Services Inc. John Church, Warren County EDC Scott Custer, RBC Centura Fred Day, Progress Energy Don Donadio, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC Benny Finch, Vance County EDC Stanley Fox, N.C. House of Representatives Mike Gallagher, Huntington Learning Center Terry E. Garrison, Vance-Granville Community College Robert Greczyn, Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Ronnie Goswick, Franklin County EDC Andrea Harris, NC Institute of Minority Economic Development Bob Heuts, Lee County EDC Alan S. Hicks, attorney Fred Hobbs, Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates Chris Johnson, Smithfield Downtown Development Corp. Southgate Jones III, BB&T ASURA Gary Joyner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP Marvin Joyner, Central Carolina Community College Donald Lancaster, First Citizens Bank Paul McCoy, retired Lee Anne Nance, Harnett County EDC Glen Newsome, Person County EDC Ray Ogden, Moore County Partners in Progress Jerry O'Keeffe, PSNC Energy Co. Travis Porter, Maupin Taylor PA Dianne Reid, Orange County EDC Michael Ruffin, Durham County Manager Henry "Hank" Scherich, Measurement Incorporated Harvey Schmitt, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Michael de Sherbinin, Johnston County EDC J. D. Solomon, CH2M Katherine Thomas, Progress Energy N. Johnson Tilgham, investor/developer Steve Toler, Steve Toler LLC Tony Tucker, Chatham County EDC Leon Turner, Granville EDC Carl Webb, Webb Patterson Communications Tom White, Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce Steve Wicker, Fidelity Bank Pratt Winston, Winston International Steve Wyatt, Moore County Manager Lee Yarbrough, Novozymes North America Inc. Lee Youngblood, Branch Banking & Trust Co.
RTRP
Board
James Roberson, Chairman
Special Adviser
James E. Holshouser Jr., Sanford Holshouser Law Firm
