News & Events

Montauk Ag Renewables, LLC, a subsidiary of publicly-traded Montauk Renewables, Inc., has chosen to open a facility in the county, the Sampson County Economic Development Commission and county officials announced this week....

Sampson County has been awarded a $22,098 demolition grant from NC Commerce which will aid in further prepping a large plot of land purchased by the county last year for industrial development....

GARLAND — As new life is being breathed into a manufacturing plant in Garland, even more exciting news is here. The Garland Apparel Group, LLC has just caught a boon that will continue supporting the anchoring business that glues Garland together — a Building Reuse grant from NC Department of Commerce....

The Town of Garland needed a win, and got a big victory this week with the announcement that the former Brooks Brothers facility would be vacant no more....

Economic developers at the local and regional level do a lot of the unglamorous work to get sites ready – industrial parks, standalone properties, and empty buildings that could be rehabbed. This is known in the trade as “product,” and if your product lacks electricity, natural gas, water and sewer lines and road access, companies aren’t going to come. There’s no use talking about workforce or incentives if there’s no building site available and prepped to handle a new factory....