Surry Business

Two Mount Airy-based companies, Renfro Corp. and Perry Manufacturing Co., rank 28th and 75th, respectively, on this year’s North Carolina 100, Business North Carolina magazine’s annual list of the state’s largest private companies. Compiled by the Grant Thornton accounting firm, the list ranks companies according to their 2006 revenue. Actual revenue is not disclosed, but […]

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Up to 1,200 bicyclists and hundreds of their supporters will arrive in Elkin on Sunday, Sept. 30, after completing the first leg of the annual Cycle North Carolina ride from the mountains to the coast. The riders and support teams will assemble Saturday night and Sunday morning in West Jefferson and then ride a little […]

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The 11th annual Pumpkin Festival and the second annual Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off are expected to attract as many as 15,000 visitors to Elkin on Saturday, Sept. 29. The festival’s organizers promise they will enjoy live entertainment, shopping, great food and gigantic pumpkins galore. The festival begins at 8:45 a.m. when Tristan Davis sings the National […]

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Entrepreneurs interested in the 2008 Growth Accelerator Program, the Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network’s annual business-plan competition, may want to attend the “Executive Summary Course” designed to help potential business owners develop and refine a one- to three-page summary plan for their concept. An executive summary is the qualifying document for entering the competition. The class […]

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Surry Community College’s Viticulture and Enology program has improved the quality and quantity of wine its students produce. Now it’s time to increase their wines’ distribution. The “Surry Cellars” wines were poured at wine festivals for the first time this year. The viticulture program this fall will market seven 2006 wines to retail outlets including […]

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The Small Business Center at Surry Community College in Dobson regularly schedules classes, seminars and workshops for business people. The Small Business Center provides free or low-cost services to both potential and existing businesses. Consultation with SBC Director Dennis Lowe on business-related issues is available Monday through Friday by phone, (336) 386-3309, or in the […]

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Sobotta Manor in Mount Airy is one of the 10 best-overall bed-and-breakfast operations in the United States, according to BedandBreakfast.com. A second Mount Airy B&B, Maxwell House Bed & Breakfast, is BedandBreakfast.com’s “Inn of the Month” for September. The BedandBreakfast.com web site, which describes itself as the leading online bed and breakfast directory and reservation […]

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Brothers Charlie and Ed Shelton, owners of The Village at Shelton Vineyards in Dobson, have created a scholarship program that will give about 50 students up to $1,000 in scholarships to attend Surry Community College and Forsyth Technical Community College. Selection will focus on financially needy students’ work ethic and character, Ed Shelton said. “We […]

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Insteel Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIN) in Mount Airy today announced that shipments for the fourth quarter, which ends Sept. 29, are expected to be down 7 to 13 percent from the prior year due to weaker than anticipated market conditions. Insteel had not previously provided numerical guidance for its fourth-quarter shipments, but had indicated in […]

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Triad-area real-estate brokers sold fewer homes in August that in the same month a year ago, but for a higher average price, according to the Triad MLS (Multiple Listing Service). There were 1,648 units sold last month, down 3.8 from 2006, but the average price was more than $183,400, a 1.8 percent increase. More than […]

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