Surry Business

In February, eight corporations and 18 limited-liability corporations registered their Surry County businesses with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s office. The month had the biggest spurt in economic activity since last summer. The companies and LLCs are: Atlanta Retail Maintenance Inc., 1810 Frans Road in Westfield, registered by Timothy Burton. Crown/Brawley-WAG LLC and Mayhew […]

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An expanding industry might bring 100 new jobs to Surry County, The Mount Airy News reports today. “They need to expand production,” said Ted Ashby, president of Surrey Bank & Trust and the current chairman of the Surry County Economic Development Partnership Inc., announced during the monthly meeting of the city-county Liaison Committee, a group […]

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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 […]

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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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It’s a question of when – not if – the national economic slowdown will affect the job market in the Triad, the High Point Enterprise reported today. “I expect we are going to feel it here,” Don Jud, professor emeritus of business administration at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, told the newspaper. “The […]

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Surry Community College in Dobson is rapidly expanding its facilities to train welders, Brooke R. Corwin reports today in The Surry Messenger. As SurryBusiness.com reported previously, a shortage of welders and other metal fabricators is preventing or delaying several companies’ expansion in Surry County. The college offers welding classes, but has had trouble attracting prospective […]

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“We can change,” the emerging theme for this year’s presidential election, could be the slogan for Mount Airy, judging by comments Tuesday at an economic-development summit meeting. Convened by newly elected city commissioners Dean Brown and Deborah Cochran, the session at the Olympia Family Restaurant attracted a standing-room-only crowd of about 100. Many were business […]

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An “economic summit” where citizens can offer their suggestions for economic development in Mount Airy will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the Olympia Restaurant on Riverside Drive at Linville Road. City commissioners Deborah Cochran and Dean Brown set up the meeting. Both campaigned last year on promises to stimulate economic development and […]

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Surry County’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent in November while employment remained near its high for the year. The North Carolina Employment Security Commission said 33,077 people in the resident workforce had jobs — only 64 fewer than in June when seasonal employment swelled the labor market. There were 2,077 people seeking work and receiving […]

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If your New Year’s resolutions include starting a small business, you might want to check out “Small Business 101: How to Get Started” in The New York Times. It recommends tapping the resources of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Small Business Development Center and the Library of Congress’ “Entrepreneur’s Guide to Small Business Information.” […]

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