NC location advantages
- 8 of the last 9 years, North Carolina was ranked #1 place to do business. -Site Selection Magazine
- Your future is North Carolina, Today! - Journal of commerce '09
- Duke Energy Carolinas’ industrial price for electricity remains 22 percent below the national average.
- Energy cost incentives for new businesses
- lowest unionization rate in the country
- many universities and community colleges
- Fayetteville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem
- Piedmont Triad Partnership
- Charlotte Regional Partnership
- Research Triangle Regional Partnership
- these partnerships aim to provide your business with incentives for locating here
- ranked #2 for best roads in the country
- over 74,350 miles of roads
- over 4 major interstates for shipping corridors
- 55% population increase as early as 2020
- will become 7th most populous state by 2030
- population the size of Phoenix within 50 miles
- 170 million people within a 700 mile radius
- Pinehurst golf
- Lake Tillery and Baden Lake
- Uwharrie National Park
- 3 pro sports teams
- millions spent on port expansion
- access to 4 deep water ports
- 4 international airports,
- Aerotropolis Initiative to make the triad the East coast global logistics center
- FedEx East Coast sorting hub in Piedmont Triad airport in Greensboro
