“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, […]
Entries from February 2008
‘Green’ construction is meeting’s topic
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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.
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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 […]
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 […]
Tags: Construction · Transportation