Fiber-cable maker plans 385 new jobs and roughly 900,000 square feet of new space; state One North Carolina grant is $1 million if targets are met.
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The Business Development Committee will take nominations through 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in eight individual and business categories.
Qualifications are due Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. for Preliminary Engineering Reports tied to EDA Disaster Supplemental grants of $250,000 to $20 million.
The city’s Aug. 12 notice cites about 900,000 square feet of new manufacturing and research space, hundreds of jobs, and a mid-September groundbreaking.
Business Development Director Dave Leonetti gave the award to President and CEO Mark S. Jones at the Aug. 4 City Council meeting, citing more than 80 years in Hickory.
The 7 p.m. meeting adjourned at 8:02 p.m. after NACo library awards, a 2026-2031 Library Strategic Plan, and an attorney note that Microsoft will forgo economic-investment incentives.
The national builder posted a July 1 Chamber notice that the Hickory community is open for model tours, with a Newton community listed as coming soon.
The Memmingen firm said June 30 it will invest more than $20 million and create up to 80 jobs by the end of 2030 in an initial 80,000-square-foot hall on Lot 5.
Dated June 23, the joint release from county and municipal partners says four phased centers were announced in 2022 and that Hickory water use is projected at about 1 percent of daily production once sites are fully operating.
CW-DMAG’s May 1 declaration shifts Conover from voluntary conservation to scheduled irrigation, pool limits, and utility-bill surcharges.