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Michael Haley Featured on Garner’s Station Podcast
Michael Haley joined Joe Stallings on the Town of Garner’s Station podcast to discuss economic development in Wake County and the greater region. Timothy Downs, vice president of Economic Development for the Durham Chamber, also joined the podcast to discuss the importance of regiona… Read more >
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WCED Announces Senior Research Manager
Morgan Ross, Research Manager, has been promoted to Senior Research Manager for Wake County Economic Development. Morgan has been working for WCED for two years as a key member of the business recruitment and expansion team. Her role within WCED has served as the point contact for research, … Read more >
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SelectUSA 2019 Recap
By: Kathleen Henry, Economic Development Director June 10 – 12, Economic Development Director, Kathleen Henry attended the 2019 SelectUSA Summit in Washington D.C. as part of the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina’s cooperative marketing agreement. The North Caro… Read more >
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The Emergence of Fintech - The Future of The Triangle
Keegan O’Toole, WCED Intern Financial Technology, better known as “Fintech” is one of the most rapidly growing sectors of the information technology industry. This sector emerges from the integration of technology with traditional financial services. Improvements in cybers… Read more >
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BIO 2019 Convention Recap
June 3-6, representatives from Wake County Economic Development, Morrisville Chamber of Commerce, City of Raleigh Economic Development, Town of Holly Springs, NC Biotechnology Center, and EDPNC attended BIO International Convention in Philadelphia, PA. Members from Wake County and the Triang… Read more >
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Michael Haley Wins Major Award
We are excited to share that Michael Haley has been named “Economic Developer of the Year” by the North Carolina Economic Development Association (NCEDA). The NCEDA team announced this award at the annual conference, taking place in Beaufort, NC.Each year, t… Read more >
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Responsible Growth and Takeaways from Economic Development Forum
By Felicia Woodard, business banking market manager for the Carolinas at Bank of America In the past 20 years, Wake County has grown by more than half a million people. That’s a gain of 90 percent, which is a much larger increase than the national rate of 18 percent. To improve as … Read more >
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A Look into the Advanced Manufacturing Industry
By: Albert Alwang, Economic Development Manager Earlier this year, Wake County Economic Development helped establish and began leading an Advanced Manufacturing Strategy Task Force (see previous blog post). This group of regional economic developers, industry leaders, private businesses, K-… Read more >
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Michael Haley Named Top 50 Economic Developer in U.S.
Michael Haley, executive director for Wake County Economic Development has been named to the Consultant Connect Top 50 Economic Developers list. Michael joins the list with 49 other winners from around the U.S. – all making their mark in the economic development world. Michael was nomi… Read more >
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Economic Development Forum Recap
From left to right: Dr. Daniel Stancil, Catherine Truitt, Ted Abernathy, Roberta Fox, Michael Haley “Think about the future. It helps us get started on the present.” This year's Economic Development Forum keynote speaker, Ted Abernathy, posed this thought to the audience. Abern… Read more >
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