News & Events

12/5/11 - MCNC: Broadband key infrastructure for future
12/5/2011 - MCNC is an independent nonprofit that provides technical infrastructure to educate, innovate and enhance economic development throughout North Carolina....click for more.

12/1/11 - Ameridial ribbon cutting ceremony
12/1/11 - Ameridial hosted community citizens at their new call center facility for a ...click for more.

11/4/11-ICC’s Career Expo exposes students to unique opportunities
11/04/11-Students attending the expo got to see and hear from welders, plasma cutters, electricians and other skilled tradesmen as they discussed their occupations and future potential in their fields....click for more.

10/31/11-Cabinet Manufacturing Company to Create 136 Jobs in Rutherford County
10/31/10-Cabinet Manufacturing Company to Create 136 Jobs in Rutherford County...click for more.

10/28/11-Facebook Announces Rutherford County Grant Recipients
10/28/11-Facebook Announces Rutherford County Grant Recipients...click for more.

10/10/2011-Ameridial Opens New Call Center
10/10/2011- Ameridial Inc, one of the nation’s leading contact centers, has opened a new 48 seat facility in Rutherford County. It will initially be staffed with 50 new employees who will handle inbound customer service calls for a major health insurance company. ...click for more.

10/5/2011 - Facebook Expands, Adds Jobs in Rutherford County
10/5/2011 - The first building is almost complete and today Facebook announced that building #2 will begin immediately. Governor Bevely Perdue, Lt Governor Walter Dalton and others toured the facility on Monday....click for more.

10/4/2011 - Facebook opens data center in western North Carolina
10/4/2011-State and local leaders said there's a lot to like as the social networking company Facebook gets closer to opening the first phase of a data center in Forest City. The company will eventually open two buildings to handle data for millions of Facebook users on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean....click for more.

9/23/2011 - Bixler named on Becker's List
9/23/2011 - David Bixler,President and CEO of Rutherford Regional Healthcare System, is included in Becker's List...click for more.

9/21/2011 - Work Begins Quickly for Horsehead's Arrival
9/21/2011 - Heavy equipment was moving before 8 am on Tuesday morning; a day after Horsehead announced a $360 million plant to be located in Rutherford County....click for more.

9/19/2011 - New Industry Receives Leaders' Support
9/19/2011 - Leaders express support of Horsehead relocation in a public hearing at Isothermal - Rutherford County Commissioners and Forest City Town Council unanimously approved incentives for the project...click for more.

9/19/2011-Governor Welcomes Horsehead to Rutherford County
9/19/2011 - Gov. Beverly Perdue announced this afternoon that Horesehead Corporation is investing $360 million and plans to create 250 jobs....click for more.

8/26/2011 - Two Companies Will Add Jobs
8/26/2011 - Diamondback Tactical and Manroy USA both plan to increase production and workforce in Rutherford County....click for more.

7/26/11-NC Capital Access Program
7/26/11-By reducing risk, NC CAP encourages banks and others lenders to consider loans that otherwise fall outside conventional underwriting standards....click for more.

7/19/2011-SFI Holding, LLC to create 50 new jobs
7/19/11-SFI Holding, LLC has made a sizable investment in the community with this acquisition because we feel so positivie about the community....click for more.

7/13/2011-DOT sets time lines for US 221 bypass, road work
7/13/2011-The NC State Transportation Improvement Program has released updates on the US 221 widening project through Rutherford County....click for more.

6/17/2011-Johnson named NCEDA Developer of the Year
6/17/2011-"Economic development for Tom is more than a profession," wrote Scott Hamilton, chief executive officer of Advantage West. "It is his passion."...click for more.

6/1/11-Facebook Facility a Work in Progress
6/1/11 - The Facebook Data Center is under construction in Rutherford County. How the completed campus will look can only be left to the imagination....click for more.

6/28/11-Unemployment Rate Falls Slightly in Rutherford County
6/28/11 - Rutherford county's Unemployment rate decreases for fourth straight month to 13.6 percent....click for more.

6/16/2011-Tom Johnson Named Developer of the Year 2011
6/16/2011-At the 2011 Annual NCEDA conference held June 14-16, Tom Johnson, EDC Director for Rutherford County,NC was named developer of the year....click for more.

5/24/2011 - Facebook - The Project That Keeps on Giving
5/24/2011 Today's announcement regarding the mechanism for giving grants to local non-profits is one more way of showing Facebook's commitment to the community....click for more.

05/24/2011 - Facebook-Rutherford Community Action Grants
5/24/2011 - Facebook is committed to playing a positive role in Rutherford County and announces a new grant program to distribute up to $200,000 to eligible nonprofits....click for more.

3/15/2011 - Projects Awarded for Community Impact
3/15/2011 Facebook Datacenter Project wins Community Investment award by Trade & Industry Development...click for more.

3/10/2011-AdvantageGreen initiative kicks off
3/10/11-New project aims to create quality jobs for Western NC citizens in the clean energy sector...click for more.

2/22/11-Facebook 101
2/22/11-Small businesses and nonprofits are discovering that Facebook is an effective means for communicating with important audiences....click for more.

2/8/2011-Data Centers Growing in North Carolina
2/8/2011-Western North Carolina is quickly becoming a hot spot for data centers....click for more.

1/12/2011 - EDC Takes a Look at 2010
1/12/2011 - The BIG news for 2010 was being "Liked" by Facebook!...click for more.

12/07/10 - Facebook's Data Center Project Hires Locally
12/07/10 - Construction Underway at $450 Million Data Center, General Contractor Taking Applications...click for more.

11/11/10 - Facebook "Likes" Rutherford County video
11/11/10 - View the unveiling of the most recent addition to Rutherford County....click for more.

11/11/10 - Facebook "Friends" Rutherford County
11/11/10 - Facebook to build new Data Center in Rutherford County. The data center will house thousands of computer servers....click for more.

11/4/10 - NC Sustainable Energy 2010 Industry Census
11/4/10 - The annual census conducted by NCSEA identifies and surveys firms conducting renewable energy and energy efficiency activities in North Carolina....click for more.

3/16/10 - Census Questionnaires Mailed Today
3/16/10 - Census forms will be in your mailbox this week for most of Rutherford County. Please take 10 minutes and answer 10 questions....click for more.

11/1/10 - NC tops Site Selection 2010 rankings again
11/1/10 - North Carolina remains the state with the "Top Business Climate" for the 6th year in a row ...click for more.

10/30/10 - Company to Invest $450M
10/30/10 - Company's construction and operation of new facility, on property off US 74 and Old Caroleen Road, will further the economic interest of the county...click for more.

10/29/10 - Rutherford County Launches New Promotional Videos
10/29/10 - Nine new videos featuring Rutherford County...click for more.

10/15/10 - North Carolina ranked 3rd by Forbes for Best States for Business
10/15/10 - Forbes has ranked North Carolina 3rd for Best States for Business...click for more.

10/08/10 - Local Veteran To Be Selected
10/8/10 - Drawing to be held for a local veteran to represent Rutherford County at the NC Veterans Park...click for more.

7/17/10 - CMI bringing 53 jobs to Rutherford
7/17/10 - CMI Enterprises has announced a manufacturing facility that produces trim for ...click for more.

7/16/10 - Automotive Trim Manufacturer to Bring 53 Jobs, New Manufacturing Facility to Rutherford County
7/16/10 - Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that C.M.I. Enterprises Inc., a national supplier ...click for more.

7/14/2010 - America's Top States for Business in 2010
7/14/2010 - North Carolina once again lands in the top five for America's Top States to do business in....click for more.

7/13/10 - Rutherford Hospital Named One of America's 20 Best Community Hospitals
7/13/10 - Rutherford Hospital was selected based on patient safety, outcomes and satisfaction and by rankings on industry lists, including hospital rankings by Thomson Reuters, U.S. News & World Report and HealthGrades. ...click for more.

5/23/10 - Atchley Construction
5/23/10 - Atchley Construction Company Inc. was recently awarded an American Buildings Company Excellence in Design Award ...click for more.

5/16/10 - Score Sets Local Office
5/16/10 - SCORE has sets office hours at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce...click for more.

5/4/10 - County Get an A+ Rating on Bonds
5/4/10 - Standard and Poor’s has upgraded Rutherford County from an “A” rating to an “A+” rating....click for more.

3/31/10 - US Hwy 221 Bypass Maps
3/31/10 - Approved map for the US Hwy 221 Bypass Route in Rutherford County, NC...click for more.

3/15/10 - Local company reinvents wheel
3/15/10 - Tank treads, landing gear and ball return all have a specialized polyurethane wheel manufactured in Rutherford County by Sunray, Inc....click for more.

1/21/10 - EDC Forms Two Working Committees
1/21/10 - EDC forms two working committees to work on new target markets and collaboration between organizations. ...click for more.

1/18/10 - Census jobs available
1/18/10 - Census workers are holding testing workshops for potential job applicants....click for more.

1/12/10 - 55 New Jobs Announced
1/12/10 - River Textile Services announced a new 62,500 sq. ft. healthcare laundry facility. RTS will employ 55 local residents, and add approximately $5 million to the county and city's tax base....click for more.

1/07/10 - VA Clinic Officially Opens
1/07/10 - VA Clinic officially opened on January 7, 2010. The Clinic has created 33 new jobs in Rutherford County...click for more.

11/24/09 - Rutherford Housing Partnership Wins $20,000
11/24/09 - Rutherford Housing Partnership Win $20,000 from "Tom's of Maine"....click for more.

10/28/09 - Tim Will Receives Purpose Prize
10/28/09 - Tim Will with Foothills Connect has won the $100,000 Purpose Prize...click for more.

10/23/09 - Local Census Committee Formed
10/23/09 - The Complete Count Committee has formed locally to begin promoting the 2010 Census...click for more.

10/20/09 - NC is the Top State to Build a Data Center
10/20/09 - North Carolina is the top state in the nation, and the United States is the No. 2 nation in which to build a data center...click for more.

10/14/09 - County Awarded $500,000 Grant
10/14/09 - NC Parks and Recreation Trust Fund awarded Rutherford County $500,000 ...click for more.

10/6/09 - Career Expo Part of ICC Event
10/6/09 - Isothermal Community College will celebrate "Careers in Construction Week" October 12 thru 16....click for more.

9/24/09 - Foundation is a County Asset
9/24/09 - The Foundation, the crown jewel of ICC, is marking its 10th anniversary....click for more.

7/7/09 - VA Clinic Posts New Jobs
The newly announced VA Clinic in Rutherford County has posted fourteen new jobs online. ...click for more.

7/7/09 - Apple to Build $1 Billion Data Center in Maiden, NC
Apple Inc. announced today plans to build its new $1 billion East Coast data center in Maiden, NC (60 minutes from Rutherford County)....click for more.

6/16/09 - VA Clinic Announces Site Selected for Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Rutherford County, NC
The VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network and the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville are pleased to announce that a site has...click for more.

5/13/09 - Golden LEAF Brings Fiber Network to Rutherford County
On June 30, 2009 the Public Safety Fiber Network will be completed, thanks to a $1.4 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation....click for more.

5/5/09 - Governor Perdue Launches State Contracts & Grants Platform
Gov. Perdue launches the first wave of NCOpenBook.gov, a government transparency website for searching state contracts and grants...click for more.

4/19/09 - Local Firm Ripping It Up
Oh Suzannah is "making it." The company has hired an additional 13 employees, and has extensive overtime as the business is...click for more.

4/2/09 Merchant Meeting
The Towns of Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale would like to invite all merchants to join them for a great discussion on Tuesday night, April 7th at the Spindale House...click for more.

4/1/09 - Renewable Energies Symposium Brings a Shift in Manufacturing Focus
On March 19th the Rutherford County Economic Development Commission and Isothermal Community College hosted a Renewable Energy Symposium to discuss manufacturing opportunities....click for more.

3/27/09 - Timken Shiloh Reaches Two Million Safe Man-Hours
We at the Timken Company, Shiloh Plant are indeed fortunate to have accomplished a significant milestone in our 29 year history....click for more.

3/26/09 - Public Meeting for Daniel Road Complex
Public input sought for Daniel Road Complex...click for more.

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