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Alexander County rail site named to North Carolina's Select Site Readiness program
Summary
EDPNC representatives told the Alexander County Board of Commissioners that the county's north rail site has been admitted to the state's Select Site Readiness program, making it eligible for grant dollars to fund due diligence, infrastructure upgrades, grading and workforce studies to attract manufacturing investment.
The Alexander County Board of Commissioners heard that the county's north rail site has been selected for North Carolina's Select Site Readiness program, a designation that makes the property eligible for state grant funding to support site acquisition, due diligence, public infrastructure, on-site preparation and workforce analysis.
Garrett Wyoff of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina told commissioners that the program was created after the General Assembly asked state economic development officials to inventory and prepare competitively marketable sites. "What…
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