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Volume I - Summer 2008
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Jan
partnership was able to secure options
using funds acquired in an earlier economic
development project. The options were
negotiated by Gambill Aldridge of Basin
Creek Realty and Johnsie Hudspeth of
Century 21 Hudspeth Properties.
If you would like to schedule
a visit to discuss business and
growth opportunities or any
concerns or issues, please call
Robin or Jan at (336) 386-4781
On June 5, 2008, Fibrowatt officials
announced that Surry County would
be the location for its western North
Carolina site. Investment in the
poultry litter fueled power plant
is anticipated to be $190 million
making it the largest investment by
a private company in the history
of Surry County! The Fibrowatt
plant in Surry County is scheduled
to open in 2010 and will employ
35-45 at the actual facility and
indirect job creation of 50-100
jobs in the trucking industry.
2008 Partnership Members
CEO Roundtable
BB&T - BB&T/Blue Ridge Burke Ins.
Duke Energy
Haynes Strand & Company
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
J.G. Coram Company, Inc.
John S. Clark Company, Inc.
Northern Hospital of Surry County
SouthData, Inc.
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
York Oil Company
Patron
G & B Energy
Granite Development
Shelton Vineyards, Inc.
Southern Community Bank
Surry Telephone Membership Corp.
Sustaining
Advanced Electronic Services
Bray’s Recapping Service
Cross Creek Country Club
Gerards Bakery
Insteel Industries, Inc.
NCFI Polyurethanes
Omega Construction
Perry Manufacturing Company
Pike Electric, Inc.
Sowers Construction Company
Stantec Consulting
Surrey Bank & Trust
Surry-Yadkin Electric Member Corp
Corporate
A. Brown Mechanical, Inc.
ASMO Appalachian Corp.
BNI - Platinum Producers
Basin Creek Realty
Brown & Church Neckwear
CK Technologies, LLC
Carolina West Wireless
Century 21 - Hudspeth Properties
Coldwell Banker-Mountain Valley Properties
ECS Carolinas
Garanco, Inc.
Hamlin Casting Corporation
Hampton Inn - Mount Airy
Landform Construction
Marketing Associates, Inc.
Moody Funeral Home
Mount Airy Oil Company, Inc.
RBC Bank
Rogers Realty & Auction Company
Samet Corporation
SELA Building Corporation
Smith Phillips Building Supply
Smith-Rowe, Inc.
Stimmel Associates, P.A.
Surry Chemicals, Inc.
Tampco, Inc.
The Crown Companies, LLC
Time Warner Cable
Town & Country Builders
Wayne Farms LLC
WorkForce Carolina
Small Business
Acme Stone Company
AF Insurance Services, Inc.
AllStar Rentals, Inc.
Brannock & Hiatt Furniture, Inc.
Carolina Farms & Homes
Century 21-Homestead Realty
Champion Printing
Dennis Thompson Consulting Services
Edward Jones Co-Frank Beals
F. Rees Clothing
Friendly Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Glenwood Development Company
Christopher W. Groner, MD
James Harrell, Sr., DDS
Kelly Office Solutions
Pine State Marketing
MBAJ Architecture
Select Staffing
PART
The Messenger
The Mount Airy News
The Reserves Network
The Tribune
Tonda Phillips Corp. - Allstate Insurance
Local Government
Contributors
Surry County
City of Mount Airy
Town of Dobson
Town of Elkin
Town of Pilot Mountain
Ally Agencies
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce
Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce
Surry Community College
NC Cooperative Extension Service
How did this come about?
This project is the poster child of the
value of a public-private partnership.
The lead was generated by our private
sector member, Hank Spires of Facilities
Corporation of America. President Robin
Rhyne subsequently contacted company
officials to discover project specifications
in order to locate an appropriate site. The
The next step involved the partnership
of Duke Energy managers, John Geib
and Ronnie White, who endorsed the
suitability of the site location to the
project specifications. Raul Peralta with
ECS Carolinas. prepared the engineering
specifications to qualify the site once the
location was confirmed. Design/layout
of the proposed structure on the site was
completed by members Doug Stimmel and
Mark Geda of Stimmel Associates, P.A.
Completion of the Request for
Information involved gathering data and
maps supplied by the following agencies:
Bryan Cave, NC Cooperative Extension
Service, Will Moore and Una Freeman,
Surry County Mapping Department,
Mayor Lestine Hutchens and the Elkin
Town Board, Elkin Town Manager Lloyd
Payne and Assistant Town Manager
John Holcomb, Surry County Assistant
County Manager Chris Knopf and Water
and Sewer Coordinator Jack Gardin.
President Robin Rhyne and member
partners worked tirelessly for over two
years to bring the project to fruition.
Due diligence was completed by
extensive research including a visit to
Fibrowatt’s existing facilities in Eye
and Thetford, England followed by
the 2007 grand opening of the first
US built plant in Benson, Minnesota
attended by Robin Rhyne and Surry
County officials including County
Manager Macon Sammons, Chairman
Craig Hunter, Commissioner Bill Hamlin,
Partnership Member Gambill Aldridge,
and NC Cooperative Extension Director
Bryan Cave.
It is obvious that the success of community
projects requires the cooperation and
teamwork of all members, allied agencies,
and government officials. Surry County
has that great team!
Surry County Economic Development Partnership - Board of Directors
Gambill Aldridge
Dean Brown
Lynn Burcham
Don Brookshire
Bryan Cave
Nelson Clark
Betty Ann Collins
Paul Covington
Ricky Draughn
Andrew French
Officers:
Ted Ashby
Chairman
Ronny O. White
Vice Chairman
Sandy Hallman
Secretary- Treasurer
Hank Spires
Immediate Past Chairman
Deborah Friedman
Bill Hamlin
Van Hamlin
Lestine Hutchens
Blair Knox
Laurette Leagon
Alan Payne
Lloyd Payne, Jr.
Burke Robertson
Macon Sammons
Industry News
plans to invest between $1.2 million and
$1.8 million in machinery and equipment
at the new location. The operation will
hire 10 employees initially.
Advanced Electronics
Services Awarded
Government Contract
Local company Advanced Electronics
Services, Inc.(AES) was recently awarded
a $1.7 million dollar government contract.
The company is located at 101 Technology
Drive in Mount Airy. The contract will
continue for five years and involve rebuilding mechanical devices for a military
installation in Pennsylvania. AES services
include servicing, testing and repairing
circuit boards and electronic assembly
and design.
For more information about federal
contracting opportunities contact the
Military Business Center at (910) 3234825, toll free (877) 245-5520, or email
[email protected]. To view new federal
opportunities in North Carolina for the
past week, visit www.ncmbc.us and click
on the “NC Contracts” tab.
Businesses can automatically receive
federal opportunities, matched to their
business profile, by registering on the State
of North Carolina’s FREE official contracting and skills portal:
www.MatchForce.org
Bodet-Horst Coming
To Mount Airy
Bodet & Horst will be expanding its High
Point operation to Surry County. The
company will lease space located at 640
Riverside Drive in Mount Airy, NC and
Surry Community
NC STEP Surry
SCEDP is Moving
College Small
Cluster Finalizes Plan
Business Center
SCEDP was notified in early Spring by
Bodet & Horst produces knitted fire
barriers for mattress manufacturers. The
company utilizes computerized knitting
machines and state-of-the-art robotics
technology for production of their product.
Funding Provided
for Project Y.E.S
Bodet & Horst, a German company,
opened a plant in High Point in 2004
which has grown to 65 employees.
Robin Rhyne, President of Surry County
Economic Development Partnership,
citing this growth said, “We believe that
this company has the potential to grow
and hire many more people in the near
future.” Jerry Pratt, President of Bodet
& Horst, says that the availability of
experienced workforce in Surry County
was a factor in the decision to locate the
expansion here. Mr. Pratt is a resident of
Surry County and is familiar with the
skill sets of the local labor market.
Mr. Pratt received assistance from Surry
County Economic Development Partnership and Mount Airy officials for
several months to find a suitable building
for expansion of the business. Mount
Airy City Manager Donald Brookshire
said, “We are excited to have the company
select Mount Airy. They represent the
utilization of the workforce in a manner
that benefits our community. It is a good
fit for our citizens.”
The Piedmont Triad Partnership
awarded a grant for the Project Youth
Entrepreneurs Surry (Project Y.E.S.)
as part of its Transformation Grants
program. Project Y.E.S. will develop
and implement an alternative approach
to the promotion of entrepreneurship
to area youth as both a viable career
opportunity and an economic
development strategy. The WIRED
transformation grant was written by
Jill Reinhart for Surry County high
schools. The program will be initiated
by the Surry County area schools,
Surry Community College, The
Greater Mount Airy Chamber of
Commerce, the Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce and Surry County
Economic Development Partnership.
The Business and Education Committee will coordinate a guideline
and resource book for training and
educating classroom teachers. Additionally, the program will recruit
community leaders and business
owners to serve as mentors to participating students. The program is
designed to identify and encourage
creative students to develop their
entrepreneurial skills sets in order to
become successful business owners
in Surry County.
The North Carolina Rural Center created
NC STEP to help the state’s small towns
gain greater prosperity and improved quality
of life. Members of Leadership Committee
and the Strategic Committee have been
meeting monthly for over a year to develop
a plan to identify key objectives and
strategies in the areas of quality of life,
attractions, new economies and visionary
leadership. A grant of $200,000 from the
Rural Center is available once projects are
selected and approved. A permanent Surry
LEAD committee has been appointed to
identify and implement specific projects.
Surry Community College that the property now being rented by the partnership
would be required for the new Viticulture
Center. President Robin Rhyne and
Chairman Ted Ashby began searching
for space for a new office. Surry County
Commissioners graciously offered the
former Planning/Inspection space in the
basement of the Surry County Government Office Building.
Around September 1, 2008 the Partnership hopes to move into the space in the
County Office Building on Hamby Road
following some renovations to meet the
needs of the office. Our post office address,
telephone/fax numbers will remain the same.
A big Thank You to the Surry County
Commissioners for making this space
available to the Partnership.
Surry Partnership Names
New Vice President
On July 21, 2008 Jan R. Critz was named
Vice President of Surry County Economic
Development Partnership, Inc. Jan’s
primary responsibility is to manage the
Partnership’s Existing Industry Program,
which began in 1997. The program offers
resource assistance to local companies in
business expansion, workforce development,
employment, transportation, environmental
permitting and other needs identified during assessment calls with company officials.
Jan will be contacting all members to prepare
the membership directory during the month
of August. You may reach her at 336-3864781/336-401-1544 or [email protected].
Partnership President
Serving as
Chairman of EDAC
President Robin Rhyne was elected
Chairman of the Economic Developers
Advisory Council of Piedmont Triad
Partnership (EDAC). EDAC is a standing committee of the PTP board for the
purpose of assisting partnership staff in
strategic planning for its marketing
efforts. Previously, President Rhyne
served as Vice Chairman of the group.
Business related seminars are again being
offered this fall through the Small Business
Center at Surry Community College. Below
are some of the courses being offered along
with the link to obtain specific course
information.
· I’ve Got Rights: Laws that Affect the
Employee/Employer Relationship
· Tax Implications for Growing a Business
· Planning for a Secure Financial Future
· How to Start a Successful Small Business
· How to Sell Items Using eBay
· Business Bookkeeping
· Reaching the Top: Principles for Achieving Greatness in Your Business, Career
and Life
· Creatively Marketing Your Home
Town Business
· Beating the Business Burnout Blues
· Making Money Online While You Sleep
· How to Publish Your Book
· Leadership Lessons from the Kings
of Chocolate
· Must-Do’s of Opening & Owning
a Business
For complete information about the
courses and how to register, go online
to http://depts.surry.edu/cont_ed/sbc/
sbc_schedule.html.
Thank You to Wayne Farms
A big thank you to Wayne Farms employees
who have raised $95,000 for the American
Cancer Society.
Industry News
plans to invest between $1.2 million and
$1.8 million in machinery and equipment
at the new location. The operation will
hire 10 employees initially.
Advanced Electronics
Services Awarded
Government Contract
Local company Advanced Electronics
Services, Inc.(AES) was recently awarded
a $1.7 million dollar government contract.
The company is located at 101 Technology
Drive in Mount Airy. The contract will
continue for five years and involve rebuilding mechanical devices for a military
installation in Pennsylvania. AES services
include servicing, testing and repairing
circuit boards and electronic assembly
and design.
For more information about federal
contracting opportunities contact the
Military Business Center at (910) 3234825, toll free (877) 245-5520, or email
[email protected]. To view new federal
opportunities in North Carolina for the
past week, visit www.ncmbc.us and click
on the “NC Contracts” tab.
Businesses can automatically receive
federal opportunities, matched to their
business profile, by registering on the State
of North Carolina’s FREE official contracting and skills portal:
www.MatchForce.org
Bodet-Horst Coming
To Mount Airy
Bodet & Horst will be expanding its High
Point operation to Surry County. The
company will lease space located at 640
Riverside Drive in Mount Airy, NC and
Surry Community
NC STEP Surry
SCEDP is Moving
College Small
Cluster Finalizes Plan
Business Center
SCEDP was notified in early Spring by
Bodet & Horst produces knitted fire
barriers for mattress manufacturers. The
company utilizes computerized knitting
machines and state-of-the-art robotics
technology for production of their product.
Funding Provided
for Project Y.E.S
Bodet & Horst, a German company,
opened a plant in High Point in 2004
which has grown to 65 employees.
Robin Rhyne, President of Surry County
Economic Development Partnership,
citing this growth said, “We believe that
this company has the potential to grow
and hire many more people in the near
future.” Jerry Pratt, President of Bodet
& Horst, says that the availability of
experienced workforce in Surry County
was a factor in the decision to locate the
expansion here. Mr. Pratt is a resident of
Surry County and is familiar with the
skill sets of the local labor market.
Mr. Pratt received assistance from Surry
County Economic Development Partnership and Mount Airy officials for
several months to find a suitable building
for expansion of the business. Mount
Airy City Manager Donald Brookshire
said, “We are excited to have the company
select Mount Airy. They represent the
utilization of the workforce in a manner
that benefits our community. It is a good
fit for our citizens.”
The Piedmont Triad Partnership
awarded a grant for the Project Youth
Entrepreneurs Surry (Project Y.E.S.)
as part of its Transformation Grants
program. Project Y.E.S. will develop
and implement an alternative approach
to the promotion of entrepreneurship
to area youth as both a viable career
opportunity and an economic
development strategy. The WIRED
transformation grant was written by
Jill Reinhart for Surry County high
schools. The program will be initiated
by the Surry County area schools,
Surry Community College, The
Greater Mount Airy Chamber of
Commerce, the Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce and Surry County
Economic Development Partnership.
The Business and Education Committee will coordinate a guideline
and resource book for training and
educating classroom teachers. Additionally, the program will recruit
community leaders and business
owners to serve as mentors to participating students. The program is
designed to identify and encourage
creative students to develop their
entrepreneurial skills sets in order to
become successful business owners
in Surry County.
The North Carolina Rural Center created
NC STEP to help the state’s small towns
gain greater prosperity and improved quality
of life. Members of Leadership Committee
and the Strategic Committee have been
meeting monthly for over a year to develop
a plan to identify key objectives and
strategies in the areas of quality of life,
attractions, new economies and visionary
leadership. A grant of $200,000 from the
Rural Center is available once projects are
selected and approved. A permanent Surry
LEAD committee has been appointed to
identify and implement specific projects.
Surry Community College that the property now being rented by the partnership
would be required for the new Viticulture
Center. President Robin Rhyne and
Chairman Ted Ashby began searching
for space for a new office. Surry County
Commissioners graciously offered the
former Planning/Inspection space in the
basement of the Surry County Government Office Building.
Around September 1, 2008 the Partnership hopes to move into the space in the
County Office Building on Hamby Road
following some renovations to meet the
needs of the office. Our post office address,
telephone/fax numbers will remain the same.
A big Thank You to the Surry County
Commissioners for making this space
available to the Partnership.
Surry Partnership Names
New Vice President
On July 21, 2008 Jan R. Critz was named
Vice President of Surry County Economic
Development Partnership, Inc. Jan’s
primary responsibility is to manage the
Partnership’s Existing Industry Program,
which began in 1997. The program offers
resource assistance to local companies in
business expansion, workforce development,
employment, transportation, environmental
permitting and other needs identified during assessment calls with company officials.
Jan will be contacting all members to prepare
the membership directory during the month
of August. You may reach her at 336-3864781/336-401-1544 or [email protected].
Partnership President
Serving as
Chairman of EDAC
President Robin Rhyne was elected
Chairman of the Economic Developers
Advisory Council of Piedmont Triad
Partnership (EDAC). EDAC is a standing committee of the PTP board for the
purpose of assisting partnership staff in
strategic planning for its marketing
efforts. Previously, President Rhyne
served as Vice Chairman of the group.
Business related seminars are again being
offered this fall through the Small Business
Center at Surry Community College. Below
are some of the courses being offered along
with the link to obtain specific course
information.
· I’ve Got Rights: Laws that Affect the
Employee/Employer Relationship
· Tax Implications for Growing a Business
· Planning for a Secure Financial Future
· How to Start a Successful Small Business
· How to Sell Items Using eBay
· Business Bookkeeping
· Reaching the Top: Principles for Achieving Greatness in Your Business, Career
and Life
· Creatively Marketing Your Home
Town Business
· Beating the Business Burnout Blues
· Making Money Online While You Sleep
· How to Publish Your Book
· Leadership Lessons from the Kings
of Chocolate
· Must-Do’s of Opening & Owning
a Business
For complete information about the
courses and how to register, go online
to http://depts.surry.edu/cont_ed/sbc/
sbc_schedule.html.
Thank You to Wayne Farms
A big thank you to Wayne Farms employees
who have raised $95,000 for the American
Cancer Society.
FIRST-CLASS MAIL
US POSTAGE PD.
SDI
MAILED FROM 27030
The
Surry Insider
Volume I - Summer 2008
A Publication of Surry Partnership
Jan
partnership was able to secure options
using funds acquired in an earlier economic
development project. The options were
negotiated by Gambill Aldridge of Basin
Creek Realty and Johnsie Hudspeth of
Century 21 Hudspeth Properties.
If you would like to schedule
a visit to discuss business and
growth opportunities or any
concerns or issues, please call
Robin or Jan at (336) 386-4781
On June 5, 2008, Fibrowatt officials
announced that Surry County would
be the location for its western North
Carolina site. Investment in the
poultry litter fueled power plant
is anticipated to be $190 million
making it the largest investment by
a private company in the history
of Surry County! The Fibrowatt
plant in Surry County is scheduled
to open in 2010 and will employ
35-45 at the actual facility and
indirect job creation of 50-100
jobs in the trucking industry.
2008 Partnership Members
CEO Roundtable
BB&T - BB&T/Blue Ridge Burke Ins.
Duke Energy
Haynes Strand & Company
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
J.G. Coram Company, Inc.
John S. Clark Company, Inc.
Northern Hospital of Surry County
SouthData, Inc.
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
York Oil Company
Patron
G & B Energy
Granite Development
Shelton Vineyards, Inc.
Southern Community Bank
Surry Telephone Membership Corp.
Sustaining
Advanced Electronic Services
Bray’s Recapping Service
Cross Creek Country Club
Gerards Bakery
Insteel Industries, Inc.
NCFI Polyurethanes
Omega Construction
Perry Manufacturing Company
Pike Electric, Inc.
Sowers Construction Company
Stantec Consulting
Surrey Bank & Trust
Surry-Yadkin Electric Member Corp
Corporate
A. Brown Mechanical, Inc.
ASMO Appalachian Corp.
BNI - Platinum Producers
Basin Creek Realty
Brown & Church Neckwear
CK Technologies, LLC
Carolina West Wireless
Century 21 - Hudspeth Properties
Coldwell Banker-Mountain Valley Properties
ECS Carolinas
Garanco, Inc.
Hamlin Casting Corporation
Hampton Inn - Mount Airy
Landform Construction
Marketing Associates, Inc.
Moody Funeral Home
Mount Airy Oil Company, Inc.
RBC Bank
Rogers Realty & Auction Company
Samet Corporation
SELA Building Corporation
Smith Phillips Building Supply
Smith-Rowe, Inc.
Stimmel Associates, P.A.
Surry Chemicals, Inc.
Tampco, Inc.
The Crown Companies, LLC
Time Warner Cable
Town & Country Builders
Wayne Farms LLC
WorkForce Carolina
Small Business
Acme Stone Company
AF Insurance Services, Inc.
AllStar Rentals, Inc.
Brannock & Hiatt Furniture, Inc.
Carolina Farms & Homes
Century 21-Homestead Realty
Champion Printing
Dennis Thompson Consulting Services
Edward Jones Co-Frank Beals
F. Rees Clothing
Friendly Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Glenwood Development Company
Christopher W. Groner, MD
James Harrell, Sr., DDS
Kelly Office Solutions
Pine State Marketing
MBAJ Architecture
Select Staffing
PART
The Messenger
The Mount Airy News
The Reserves Network
The Tribune
Tonda Phillips Corp. - Allstate Insurance
Local Government
Contributors
Surry County
City of Mount Airy
Town of Dobson
Town of Elkin
Town of Pilot Mountain
Ally Agencies
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce
Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce
Surry Community College
NC Cooperative Extension Service
How did this come about?
This project is the poster child of the
value of a public-private partnership.
The lead was generated by our private
sector member, Hank Spires of Facilities
Corporation of America. President Robin
Rhyne subsequently contacted company
officials to discover project specifications
in order to locate an appropriate site. The
The next step involved the partnership
of Duke Energy managers, John Geib
and Ronnie White, who endorsed the
suitability of the site location to the
project specifications. Raul Peralta with
ECS Carolinas. prepared the engineering
specifications to qualify the site once the
location was confirmed. Design/layout
of the proposed structure on the site was
completed by members Doug Stimmel and
Mark Geda of Stimmel Associates, P.A.
Completion of the Request for
Information involved gathering data and
maps supplied by the following agencies:
Bryan Cave, NC Cooperative Extension
Service, Will Moore and Una Freeman,
Surry County Mapping Department,
Mayor Lestine Hutchens and the Elkin
Town Board, Elkin Town Manager Lloyd
Payne and Assistant Town Manager
John Holcomb, Surry County Assistant
County Manager Chris Knopf and Water
and Sewer Coordinator Jack Gardin.
President Robin Rhyne and member
partners worked tirelessly for over two
years to bring the project to fruition.
Due diligence was completed by
extensive research including a visit to
Fibrowatt’s existing facilities in Eye
and Thetford, England followed by
the 2007 grand opening of the first
US built plant in Benson, Minnesota
attended by Robin Rhyne and Surry
County officials including County
Manager Macon Sammons, Chairman
Craig Hunter, Commissioner Bill Hamlin,
Partnership Member Gambill Aldridge,
and NC Cooperative Extension Director
Bryan Cave.
It is obvious that the success of community
projects requires the cooperation and
teamwork of all members, allied agencies,
and government officials. Surry County
has that great team!
Surry County Economic Development Partnership - Board of Directors
Gambill Aldridge
Dean Brown
Lynn Burcham
Don Brookshire
Bryan Cave
Nelson Clark
Betty Ann Collins
Paul Covington
Ricky Draughn
Andrew French
Officers:
Ted Ashby
Chairman
Ronny O. White
Vice Chairman
Sandy Hallman
Secretary- Treasurer
Hank Spires
Immediate Past Chairman
Deborah Friedman
Bill Hamlin
Van Hamlin
Lestine Hutchens
Blair Knox
Laurette Leagon
Alan Payne
Lloyd Payne, Jr.
Burke Robertson
Macon Sammons