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North Carolina Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated North Carolina incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of North Carolina economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.

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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

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Plantd Durham, North Carolina | Construction and Design Category Plantd makes durable carbon-negative building materials for homebuilders using fast-growing perennial grass instead of trees. zoning codes through a first-of-its-kind user-friendly online resource.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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This year’s finalists in the Policy & Regulatory Reform category include organizations focused on addressing historically lengthy processes, such as accelerating permitting and connecting LMI individuals to housing opportunities. Vantem | Greensboro, North Carolina Vantem builds affordable, energy-efficient, climate-resilient homes at scale.

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Coastal Construction Relies on Impact- and Wind-Resistant Composite Roofing

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Class 4 impact rated DaVinci Roofscapes products permit you to create a home or project that will have a greater chance of being protected from damage related to flying debris during severe weather. They’ve also passed the TAS-125 certification test for wind uplift resistance in High Velocity Hurricane Zones up to 180mph.

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Barnaby: The America at Home Study Concept Home

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North Carolina-based production builder Garman Homes will complete the home in just 60 days—from groundbreaking to turning the key—and Garman Homes founder and CEO Alaina Money-Garman is bringing everyone along for the ride through the builder’s YouTube channel and blog. Watch More: . April 16: Calling the Trades.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Culpeper’s five strategically located Tech Zones provide incentives to qualified technology zone businesses. In addition, businesses that qualify for technology zone grants will receive reimbursements up to 100 percent of the cost for building permits and site plan review permits for the property subject to technology zone grants.

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June 26 or Bust

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The Port Authority of NY and NJ, which operates one of the nation’s busiest ports, is working non-stop to complete a project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to a height that will permit Post-Panamax vessels to travel under it. Gulf Coast more than two weeks faster than they would going east through the Suez Canal.