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Entries from September 2007

NASCAR veteran Richard Petty in Carolina Carports’ commercial

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Dobson-based Carolina Carports Inc. soon will roll out a national advertising campaign featuring NASCAR legend Richard Petty. Carolina Carports, started in 1997 in Surry County, manufactures, distributes and installs carports, garages and fabricated metal buildings in 36 states. The company employs approximately 150 people, half of them at its headquarters and main manufacturing complex, 187 […]

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Merchants & Music on Main begins tonight in Elkin

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

“Merchants & Music on Main,” the first of what may be a series of monthly events attracting visitors and shoppers to Elkin’s historic downtown business district, will begin today, Sept. 28, at 5 p.m. Many stores will be open at least until 8 p.m. and Main Street will be filled with music. Outside Snickerdoodles Espresso […]

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Surry County unemployment edges up in August

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Surry County’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 percent in August, the North Carolina Employment Security Commission reported today, and the number of unemployed people increased by 52 from July to 1,956, the highest number since January. The size of Surry County’s resident labor force dropped slightly, by 50 people, to 34,920. That total is down 0.5 […]

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Tags: Workforce

Pilot Mountain facility helps put Salem Logistics on ‘Fast 50’ list

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

The acquisition of a 340,000-square-foot warehouse in Pilot Mountain helped vault Salem Logistics Inc. onto an annual list of the “Fast 50” — the fastest-growing privately held businesses in northwest North Carolina’s 12-county Triad Region. The former trucking company, now transformed into a full-service transportation company with an emphasis on distribution management, bought the warehouse […]

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Tags: Businesses · Transportation

SouthData among Triad’s fastest-growing private companies

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

SouthData Inc. in Mount Airy moved up to No. 31 from No. 45 among the “Fast 50,” an annual list of the fastest-growing, privately held companies in northwest North Carolina’s 12-county Triad region. The Business Journal of the Greater Triad published the list Friday, Sept. 28, in a special 36-page section. The list also ranks […]

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John S. Clark Company tackles two of Triad’s biggest projects

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Mount Airy-based John S. Clark Company is the general contractor for two of the 25 largest construction projects under way or completed during the past year in the 12-county Triad region, according to The Business Journal of the Greater Triad. The projects are the $15.51-million Wal-Mart store at 3420 Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem (No. […]

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Tags: Businesses · Construction

Yadkin Valley grape harvest smaller, but quality is high

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

“Grape growers and winemakers in the Yadkin Valley are cutting losses and counting blessings after a season of extreme weather produced smaller crops, but flavorful grapes,” reports Lisa Boone-Wood in the Sept. 26 edition of the Winston-Salem Journal. “Warm weather in March followed by a freeze on Easter weekend had many growers wondering whether the […]

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Tags: Businesses · Wines and vines

Yadkin Valley Financial closer to acquiring Cardinal State

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Yadkin Valley Financial Corp. of Elkin (Nasdaq: YAVY), owner of Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust Co., and Cardinal State Bank (Nasdaq: CSNC) of Durham are one step closer to completing their proposed merger. On Sept. 19, the North Carolina Commissioner of Banks approved their application for merger. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s approval for the […]

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Lowe’s lowers expectations for 2007 profits

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Lowe’s Companies Inc. says lower-than-expected sales could cause its fiscal 2007 profit to be at the low end or below its August estimate of $1.97 to $2.01 per share. The company’s fiscal year ends in February. The home-improvement company (NYSE:LOW) says drought conditions in the mid-Atlantic, southeastern and western regions of the country have adversely […]

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Mayberry Days returns for 18th year

September 25th, 2007 · No Comments

“Mayberry Days,” the Surry Arts Council-sponsored celebration of “The Andy Griffith Show” and all things Mayberry, returns this week for its 18th year in Mount Airy, actor Andy Griffith’s boyhood home. Although “Mayberry Days” officially begins with Thursday’s annual golf tournament, dinner and entertainment at Cross Creek Country Club, the festival really gets under way […]

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Tags: Tourism