Surry Business

Young chef Lee Fann – he turned 23 on July 18 – quit his job in Providence, R.I., and moved to Mount Airy in June to take over the jobs of executive chef and food & beverage manager at Scuppernongs Restaurant & Deli in the Old North State Winery on Main Street in Mount Airy. […]

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Just a reminder: Shopping can be tax-free this weekend in North Carolina. The state’s annual sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. The holiday does not apply to every purchase, but you can score substantial savings on purchases that qualify. Buying computers, which are tax-free up to $3,500, […]

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Brothers Ed and Charlie Shelton have opened the new Hampton Inn along I-77 at Dobson, but that’s only the start of their Shelton Village development near Shelton Vineyards. Click here for aerial views (PDF document; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) of the site.

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North Carolina’s 2007-09 state budget includes $1 million for viticulture (growing grapes) and enology (winemaking). The budget, approved Tuesday, appropriates $500,000 for the N.C. Center for Viticulture and Enology at Surry Community College in Dobson. The money may be used for equipment, staff and building operations. The college is planning a $7.5-million viticulture and enology […]

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GHP Properties LLC has started a $1.5-million medical office project on Rockford Street where South Street runs into Sunset Drive, just southwest of Northern Hospital of Surry County. GHP Properties (Dr. Glenn and Hazel Pfitzner) owns three vacant lots totaling about 6 acres with an assessed value of about $473,000. Two lots front on Sunset […]

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Horne Creek Farm finally will get a visitors center. The state budget signed today by the governor includes a $442,000 appropriation for the project. One of Surry County’s most often overlooked tourist attractions — and when did _you_ last visit it? — Horne Creek Farm is a working farm operated by the N.C. Department of […]

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Net income at Elkin-based Yadkin Valley Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: YAVY) increased 10.7 percent to $3.8 million in the second quarter. Year-to-date earnings for the company, which operates Yadkin Valley Bank, are up 21.3 percent from 2006. The bank attributed the increase in earnings to non-interest income that rose 17.9 percent in the quarter and to […]

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Robin Rhyne, president of the Surry County Economic Development Partnership, has been elected vice-chair of the Piedmont Triad Partnership’s Economic Development Advisory Council (EDAC). EDAC members meet monthly to exchange ideas and advise the Piedmont Triad Partnership on regional marketing and related issues. Rhyne, who also will serve as a member of the Piedmont Triad […]

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The N.C. Board of Transportation on Thursday will consider road contracts for several projects, including bids to resurface 5.5 miles of Interstate 74 from I-77 to U.S. 601 in Surry County. Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles, more commonly known as Garvee bonds, will pay for the project.

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Mount Airy-based Surrey Bancorp (OTC Bulletin Board: SRYB) announced July 26 that it earned $725,038 or $.20 per fully diluted share for the second quarter of 2007. This represents a 21 percent increase in profitability from the second quarter of 2006, when earnings were $600,144 or $.17 per fully diluted share. Increases in net interest […]

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