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Raleigh Drone Company Awarded Drone Patents

PrecisionHawk, Inc., a pioneer in geospatial data acquisition and analysis for enterprises, announced it has been awarded two patents for technologies it has developed for unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM). The patents, titled ‘Automated Unmanned Air Traffic Control Sys… Read more >

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North Carolina has the most Equitable School Districts in the U.S.

States that provide equitable funding to all school districts can help prevent poor students from having lower graduation rates, lower rates of pursuing higher education, and smaller future incomes than their wealthy peers. See why WalletHub awarded North Carolina No. 1 here. Source:… Read more >

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Fortune's 75 Best Large Workplaces for Millennials

Fortune worked with its long-standing research partner Great Place to Work to help find the best employers for those born between 1981 and 1997—a generation known for appreciating firms with strong values and for changing jobs frequently. To determine millennials’ workplace prefe… Read more >

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The Triangle's Life Science Industry battles COVID-19

Perhaps no region in the United States was more prepared to fight coronavirus than our state’s Research Triangle Region. As you may be aware, the Triangle is known widely as one of the top life science clusters in the United States. with more than 500 life science companies in our 12-c… Read more >

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Business Facilities: 16th Annual Rankings Report

North Carolina’s economic development efforts are recognized in Business Facilities magazine’s 2020 Metro Rankings Report, with the City of Raleigh number one on its list of GDP leaders in mid-size metro markets. Raleigh also ranked number six among the nation’s … Read more >

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Michael Haley Selected for ACCE Economic Recovery Fellowship

ACCE’s Fellowship for Economic Recovery is designed to help chambers refine their economic recovery goals. Executive Director of Wake County Economic Development, Michael Haley, has been selected to join this accomplished group of Chamber leaders.   Read more >

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Fuquay-Varina Hires New Economic Development Director

The Town of Fuquay-Varina is pleased to announce the hiring of Alyssa Byrd as the Town’s new Economic Development Director. In her new role as Economic Development Director, Byrd will oversee the Town’s Economic Development Department which provides professional services to att… Read more >

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2020’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America

To determine where the most educated Americans are putting their degrees to work, WalletHub compared the 150 largest metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across 11 key metrics. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill are ranked among the top 15 most educated cities in the U.S. See the full… Read more >

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2020 Scoring Tech Talent

What tech markets are poised to benefit from and accelerate post-pandemic growth? Check out the latest tech talent report from CBRE. The report details the key factors that influence the rankings such as educational attainment and urban living and shows the highest concentrations of tech tal… Read more >

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North Carolina’s 25 biggest corporate job creators

While many industries show up on Business North Carolina’s annual list of the largest job-creating projects, pharmaceuticals takes a dominant role with massive investments planned by global giants Pfizer, Merck, Eli Lilly, and Audentes Therapeutics. The rankings are based on major job … Read more >