Great Meadows in western Burke County was named one of five top industrial sites in the state’s SelectSite program. The designation could attract funding, but major infrastructure, rail access and acquisition hurdles remain unresolved.
From
To
Great Meadows in western Burke County was named one of five top industrial sites in the state’s SelectSite program. The designation could attract funding, but major infrastructure, rail access and acquisition hurdles remain unresolved.
Breaking
Wood will remain on the job through June 2026 while the BDI Board begins its search for new leadership.Â
BDI, the county’s industrial development and recruitment arm, has launched an initiative to learn all it can about what local industries need.
Alan Wood and Hope Hopkins of the Burke Partnership for Economic Development (BDI) recently attended the Southern Economic Development Council…
Each year, the Burke Board of Commissioners’ budget retreat wraps up with a final exercise in which board members stick colored dots beside it…
Editor's Pick
The Town of Drexel hopes it can begin grading the site of the former Drexel Furniture Company plant this year in hopes of attracting new industry.
Both Burke Development Inc. (and by extension, the county) and Morganton contract separately with James A. Harrell III and Associates, PLLC, to represent their interests with the General Assembly in Raleigh.
As Burke Development Inc. (BDI) President and CEO Alan Wood explains, progress on endeavors of this size is often incremental, and there is more work to do in preparation for marketing the site to potential tenants.
If there’s a silver lining attached to the dark cloud of the housing shortage, it might be that the crisis didn’t sneak up on Burke County the…
