Surry Business

White Sulphur Springs in Surry County, a private residential community being developed north of Mount Airy, was named in Mountain Homes Southern Style magazine’s 2008 “Best of the Mountains” list and received the magazine’s “Best New Community Plan” award. White Sulphur Springs has only 92 hillside home sites on 145 acres. The development will encourage […]

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Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care of Mount Airy has announced that Ron Pardue is its new chief financial officer. He will report directly to Executive Director Denise Watson. Pardue comes to Mountain Valley Hospice & Palliative Care with nearly 30 years of professional experience, 25 of them in financial management. Most recently, Pardue was […]

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Carolina Environmental Contracting of Mount Airy has won a 2007 Pinnacle Award from the Carolinas Associated General Contractors (AGC). Pinnacle Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the Carolinas’ commercial construction industry. The Pinnacle pays tribute to excellence in the industry, reinforces standards of construction excellence to the greater community and raises the profile of member firms. […]

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This week brought unwelcome news that another Mount Airy apparel company will lay off workers this spring, but News 14 Carolina today reports that Surry County’s business and economic-development leaders remain optimistic about the county’s future economic health. They say the region is in transition. Robin Rhyne, president of the Surry County Economic Development Partnership, […]

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Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare, which has offices in Elkin and Mount Airy, will receive a $300,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust of Winston-Salem. The grant will support Communities Caring for Families, the organization’s initiative to more than double services to children ages 10 to 16 in Surry and Yadkin counties. Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare […]

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Pike Electric Corp. (NYSE: PEC) of Mount Airy posted second-quarter gross profits of $24.5 million — identical to those in the second quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2006 — despite lower revenue. Second-quarter 2008 revenues were $143.1 million, compared to $148.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Core powerline revenues for the second […]

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Decades ago, on his rise up the ranks of the Boy Scouts, young Richard Vaughn met a man who was to have a profound influence on his life: John S. Clark, his Eagle Scoutmaster. Vaughn was taken by Clark and his commitment to Scouting values of loyalty, trust and service to others. Around 1958, Clark […]

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Johnson Granite Inc. on Hiatt Road (also called Landfill Road) just outside Mount Airy won “The Rocky Advertising Award” for 2007 from the Marble Institute of America (MIA). The Marble Institute recognizes the best advertising and promotional materials submitted by MIA members. The award was presented to Vice President Brian Johnson for Johnson Granite’s brochure […]

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David Johnston, an expert on environmentally responsible construction projects, will present an all-day Green Advantage® workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Mount Airy Elks Lodge off U.S. 52. Johnston is an author and president of What’s Working Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based sustainable building consultancy. (See more about Johnston below). The […]

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Joblessness in Surry County last month hit the highest level since the spring of 2005, the N.C. Employment Security Commission reported today. More than 2,100 people — 6.1 percent of the county’s labor force — were unemployed and seeking work in December. The unemployment rate was 0.2 percent higher than in November. Twelve months previously, […]

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