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Data-driven Success: Network Appliance Expands

Smart workers and high quality of life attract a major expansion by the world-leading informatics company – part 4 of a 10-part series on companies finding success within the region's clusters of innovation.   

Around the Region

Wake County precision marketing targets next-generation textile opportunities

While traditional woven textile jobs decline, opportunities abound for non-wovens, from smart fabrics to artificial skin. Wake County developers are harvesting leads from research at NC State to attract these kinds of jobs.

Web site connects Moore County angels and entrepreneurs

Angel investors in Moore County now have a simple and accessible tool – a new Web site, www.angelsformoore.org – to help bring them together with local entrepreneurs and opportunity.

Region's key strengths fuel company growth

The Research Triangle Region's greatest strengths for new venture creation are its abundance of research universities, the quality of entrepreneurial support organizations and the availability of qualified technical and non-technical workers, according to a new survey by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development.

Conference helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into jobs

Budding entrepreneurs – from university researchers to "garage entrepreneurs" – are invited to an Oct. 30 conference on launching new ventures, hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Triangle's SAS named world's top company for data mining

In another affirmation of the Research Triangle Region's world-class informatics cluster, two new reports name Cary-based SAS as dominant in data mining and data warehousing access. The firm captured 35 percent of the $500 million world market in 2003, according to the IDC research firm.

Greater Triangle Regional Council taps growth experts as leaders

Attorney Mack Paul, a leading expert in land use planning and corporate relocation, and Roger Perry, president of the company that has developed the most residential land in North Carolina, assume top roles at the regional strategic visioning organization.

Regional Initiatives

Staying on Top:

Winning the Job Wars of the Future

> 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 a recent 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 Business to Business Inc., publisher of Business Leader, Commercial Real Estate Today and Corporate Relocation Guide, for its strong and continuing support of economic development.

RTRP Indicators

		July 2004	June 2004	July 2003
	Web site hits	71,860	78,503	67,490
	Inquiries	129	143	108

Selected Recent Investments

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies plans a new $687,500 facility in Durham County that will create 20 new jobs. It is among $448 million in investment and 1,216 new jobs announced in the region during the first quarter of 2004.

Regional Accolades
North Carolina is named as a top U.S. state for biotechnology and pharmaceuticals in Business Xpansion Journal, one of many recent accolades for the Research Triangle Region.

Recruiting Schedule

Economic developers travel to Chicago in September to the International Manufacturing Technology Show, part of an ongoing schedule of trips designed to recruit investment to the region.

Regional Events

Executives, professionals and academics in the life sciences are invited to the Biotechnology Forum Sept. 20, 5-8 p.m., at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. It is one of several September events planned for regional business people and entrepreneurs.

RTRP Board

James Roberson, Chairman

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.

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.