State Retains Top Ranking for Business Climate [47kb]
November 18, 2003
Gov. Mike Easley announced today that North Carolina is top in the country for business climate, according to November's issue of Site Selection magazine
Easley Announces New Initiative to Focus on Rural Economic Growth [35k]
October 23, 2003
Gov. Mike Easley joined Billy Ray Hall, the president of the N.C. Rural Center , to announce today the establishment of the Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship...
Four NC Metros Named Among Best Places For Business and Careers [33kb]
September 7, 2003
Four North Carolina metro areas appear on Forbes Magazine’s latest list of top-150 best places for business and careers...
NC Small Business Fare Well in Technology Rankings [29kb]
July 24, 2003
Small businesses in North Carolina ranked fourth in the nation in the total amount of dollars received from the competitive Small Business Technology Transfer Program...
NC's Triangle as Best Place to Live [34kb]
July 15, 2003
Gov. Mike Easley announced today that Employment Review Magazine rated the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro area, known as the Triangle, as America’s best place to live and work...
NC Citites Rank Among Top-50 Metro Areas in the Country [35kb]
June 27, 2003
Three North Carolina cities rank among the country’s top-50 metro areas, according to a recent study by the Milken Institute of America’s Best Performing Cities...
NC Remains the Sixth Most Visted State [42kb]
April 7, 2003
Gov. Mike Easley today, at the North Carolina Governor's Conference on Tourism, announced that North Carolina remained the sixth most-visited state in the country in 2002, posting an increase in expenditures and visitor volume ahead of national averages...
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Places Fifth in Site Selection State Investment Rankings
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March 14, 2003
North Carolina continues to stand out in business
development because of a top business-climate ranking,
success in attracting industry to smaller towns and
a visionary focus on high-tech growth...
