PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
10,000 sq. ft. of renovations at the
high school, according to a report
from WECT.
Phase 1 includes a new cafeteria,
new classrooms, a visual arts facility,
two health science rooms and a culi-
nary arts venue. Phase 2 will add
more buildings as they are needed,
according to Whiteville City Schools
superintendent Kenny Garland. It will
also add vocational facilities, and in-
clude renovations to the media cen-
ter and science lab. The weight
room will be torn down to add a new
gym. The project will cost about $18
million and is set to start later this
year. “When we looked at developing a
plan for the current campus of
Whiteville High, school safety was
the top priority, and it is even more
so after the incident that occurred at
Parkland in February," Garland was
quoted as saying. "We have taken
into consideration various resources
that we currently have on that cam-
pus, the buildings that we will be
able to utilize, and the buildings that
we will not be able to utilize, and
what we’re trying to do is to bring
connectivity to the campus of
Whiteville High School.”
KURZ, which focuses on hot
stamping and coating technology,
will build its North American head-
quarters in Huntersville, while Yoko-
hama Tire will build a research and
development facility in Cornelius.
The company will invest $18 million
in its new facility and the company
will hire 90 people by 2022.
Meanwhile, Yokohama Tire, which
is a subsidiary of Japan-based Yoko-
hama Rubber, plans to invest $5.85
million in its new facility and hire 56
people. 10 airports to receive
$12.2M for upgrades
The North Carolina Board of
Transportation has approved a total
of $12.2 million in state and federal
funding for 10 airports.
The Ashe County Airport will get
$350,000 to acquire land and exist-
ing hangars, while the Kinston Re-
gional Jetport at Stallings Field will
get $2 million for terminal building
repairs. The Mount Airy-Surry County Air-
port is set to receive $480,000 for
design and preliminary engineering
on a new apron and new hangars,
and the Odell Williamson Municipal
Airport (Ocean Isle Beach) will get
$1.20 million for land acquisition, in-
cluding rights-of-way and utilities,
and preliminary engineering on an
expanded runway protection zone.
Meanwhile, $500,000 will go to
the Piedmont-Triad International Air-
port for a taxiway over future I-73,
$3.80 million to the Plymouth Munic-
ipal Airport for construction of a par-
2017-2018 edition
Two new construction
project are coming to
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County is getting
ready for the start of two new con-
struction projects by two interna-
tional companies.
Germany’s KURZ and Japan’s
Yokohama Tire have announced
plans to open new high-tech related
facilities in Mecklenburg County, cre-
ating as many as 146 new jobs, ac-
cording to WRAL TechWire.
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