Surry Business

For and about business in Surry County, N.C., including Dobson, Elkin, Lowgap, Pilot Mountain and Mount Airy

Surry Business random header image

Entries from February 2008

‘Green’ construction is meeting’s topic

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

“Green” commercial building practices will the topic of the Piedmont Real Estate Council’s monthly meeting March 14 at the Piedmont Club in Winston-Salem, The Business Journal of the Greater Triad reports. Greg Savage, director of sustainable construction for Mount Airy-based John S. Clark Company, and Rence Callahan, vice president of Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce, […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Construction

John S. Clark Company endows scholarships

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

John S. Clark Company LLC in Mount Airy, one of the Triad’s oldest and largest general contractors and a leading design/build company in the Southeast, is donating $25,000 in scholarships to students at five community colleges in areas where the company has operations. The scholarships will also serve to commemorate John S. Clark’s 50th anniversary […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses · Construction · Education

Bodet & Horst details plans for Surry County operation

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Bodet & Horst will expand its U.S. operations into Surry County in the coming month. The company is leasing space at 640 Riverside Drive in Mount Airy where it plans to invest $1.2 million to $1.8 million in machinery and equipment. The company will hire 10 employees initially. Bodet & Horst produces knitted fire barriers […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses

Surrey Bancorp’s earnings rise in 2007

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Mount Airy-based Surrey Bancorp earned $2.79 million, or $0.78 per fully diluted share, for the year that ended Dec. 31, 2007 — a 5.1 percent increase in profitability from year-end 2006. For the fourth quarter of 2007, the company reported earnings of $566,706 or $.16 per fully diluted share, down 9.7 percent from the fourth […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Finance

Twenty businesses registered in Surry County

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The N.C. Secretary of State’s office registered 20 businesses and limited-liability corporations in Surry County last month and has registered 17 in February with a week to go in the month. Here are the companies registered in January (we’ll post February’s report on March 7): Bucky’s Fudge LLC, registered by Michael Curtis Lowery of 153 […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses

Insteel board approves dividend

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

The board of directors at Insteel Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) in Mount Airy has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share on the company’s common stock, payable April 4, 2008, to shareholders of record as of March 21. Insteel Industries is one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of steel wire reinforcing products for […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses · Construction

U.S. 52 may be closer to improvement

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation has given the go-ahead for plans to build the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway in Forsyth County, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Saturday. This step completes the project’s environmental review. Once a pending legal challenge is resolved, the state may begin right-of-way acquisition and construction planning, according to a news release from the […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Transportation · Uncategorized

Grants will help develop energy alternatives

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

A new $1-million fund will give state grants of up to $100,000 to small (1-99 employees) North Carolina businesses who develop alternative-energy technologies and “original, pioneering ideas that are both good for the environment and good for the economy.” The application deadline is April 30. For information, go to www.ncscienceandtechnology.com.

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses

Mattress material maker may come to Mount Airy

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Bodet & Horst, a German company with facilities in Europe and North Carolina, may open a new plant in Mount Airy. The Surry County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 may approve a tax-incentives package to help Bodet & Horst establish a local facility. Similar action by the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners could follow […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Businesses · Economic development

Surry County companies receive DOT contracts

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The N.C. Board of Transportation on Feb. 8 awarded contracts totaling more than $106 million for highway improvement projects in 32 counties. None of the contracts are for projects in Surry County, but Smith-Rowe Inc. of Mount Airy had four winning bids. The contracts are to: Replace the bridge on Rivermont Road (S.R. 1402) over […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Construction · Transportation