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contact us if interested in
Fayetteville North Carolina as a business location. Refer to their new
website at right for updated information about the Fayetteville NC
Cumberland County Chamber of Commerce. The information below is
from 2004 - 2005, and the links have not been updated. |
Website : www.fayettevillencchamber.org
formerly www.faedcnc.com
Fayetteville Area Economic Development Corp. and Cumberland County Business
Council |
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GUIDE Area Profile : Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Recent developments in the area include : (see more
below) As they
transition from their old website to the new one, some of the old links may
no longer work, and new versions of the content may not yet be available.
- DAK Americas will invest $2.28 million at
existing facilities in Cedar Creek to construct an inter-modal facility
and extend rail lines. The facility will be available for use by
other industries.
- South River Electric Membership Co-op is
completing a new $3.2 million, 25,000 sq. ft. call center to open in
spring 2005.
- Nitta Gelatin will invest $26 million in a new
biotech operation
- Kelly Springfield, the county's largest employer,
is investing $51.9 million in a new tire line and warehouse expansion
- The state has funded a Military Business Center in
Fayetteville to assist companies interested in gaining contracts for
Department of Defense work.
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Consultant Reports Available - Industry Project Feasibility Studies
Site Selection Consultant Reports
Four market studies were previously available to download on
the old Fayetteville website, but are not published on the new website.
They may still be available for reference on request.
Reports prepared by
Business
Facility Planning Consultants LLC, Atlanta GA |
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Maps of the
Fayetteville NC area
maps on the Cumberland County website
Google Local map and business search for the
Fayetteville, NC 28302 area. A
GIS mapping application for Cumberland County is under development.
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Ad Recall : Recent
Fayetteville NC ads |
Please
let us know if you notice any updates which need to be made. |
| Executive Summary |
Contact information |
The Cumberland
County Business Council
helps companies to establish and expand operations in the Cumberland County
area of North Carolina. This area includes the locations of Fort Bragg
and Pope Air Force Base and communities around the city of Fayetteville such
as Falcon, Godwin, Hope Mills, Linden, Spring Lake, Stedman and Wade.
Fayetteville is North Carolina's fourth largest metropolitan area, with a
population of roughly 300,000.
Available reports by a
site selection consultant (Business
Facility Planning Consultants) highlight this area as a location for
distribution projects or manufacturing and distribution operations in the
automotive, plastics, and pharmaceutical industries.
Benefits of this area include
- Available labor pool of quality applicants
- Nearly 8,000 ex-military personnel seeking local
employment opportunities to remain in the area as they leave the service,
plus other family members
- Incentives for job
creation and training
- Excellent educational institutions in the area
for recruitment and training as well as collaborative research and
development or other academic relationships.
- Central location with industrial infrastructure along the eastern seaboard
- Convenient access to Interstate I-95 from the
industrial and business parks
- Only 20 minutes from Interstate I-40 for access to the
Raleigh-Durham and Research Triangle area, Chapel Hill, and cities in
central and western North Carolina (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point,
Charlotte) and beyond
- US and international air transportation and cargo
connections
Fayetteville is roughly 80 miles inland from the North
Carolina coast, and 40 miles north of South Carolina. Several major
east coast
ports are not far away via uncongested routes.
- Wilmington, NC 92 Miles
- Charleston, SC - 190 Miles
- Morehead City, NC - 144 Miles
- Norfolk, VA -208 Miles
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Phyllis M. Owens,
CEcD
Executive Vice
President
Cumberland County
Business Council
Economic
Development Division
P.O. Box 9
Fayetteville, NC
28302
Phone :
(910)484-4242 ext. 246
Fax :
(910)483-0263
www.ccbusinesscouncil.org
email
Phyllis Owens
Alternate contacts
:
Cathy Johnson,
Existing Industry Program Manager
(910)484-4242 ext. 247
Gary W. Cooper,
President - (910)484-4242 Ext. 228
Note : CEcD
is the economic development professional certification of
IEDC
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List of available sites or facilities :
- Available
sites and buildings
in the Fayetteville area
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125,048 sq ft industrial / warehouse building in
Cumberland Industrial Center
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Print flyer : (Adobe .pdf) with
property summary
- Can expand to 375.000 sq ft - see site plan and map of the area
- New shell, completed May 2002, served by three I-95
exits
- Convenient location for eastern US distribution,
logistics operations
- 27' center, 24' eave heights = high eaves for
equipment, storage
- other greenfield sites from 6 to 168 acres available -
$25,000 per acre
- Prior site use - agricultural and woodlands -
greenfield, not industrial
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Cedar Creek Business Center
- 5 to 33 acre greenfield sites near Interstate 95 (1.2
miles away)
- A North Carolina "Certified Site" in a State
Development Zone (SDC)
- This offers additional state tax credits for job
creation and training
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Cumberland
Industrial Center
new 125,048 sq ft
shell
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Cedar Creek Business Center
Site plan, aerial photos, and map showing the location are available
with
site specifications (download Adobe .pdf), including topography and
soils chart |
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Service Provider Relationships
Business
Facility Planning Consultants LLC, Atlanta GA
Familiar with
direct investment considerations in this area from previous research
sponsored by FAEDC. No other service providers have been specified at
this time who have strong knowledge of the Fayetteville area, such as
through work on recent projects there.
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Other Resources
North Carolina
Department of Commerce
www.nccommerce.com
North Carolina's
Southeast Region
www.ncse.org
Cumberland County
Business Council
www.ccbusinesscouncil.org
Additional
links to
related sites are available on their website
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Investment Incentives Available in the Area
Contact directly for details. For example, the
Cedar Creek Business Center is a North Carolina "Certified Site" in a State
Development Zone (SDZ), which offers larger state tax credits for job
creation (from $1000 to $5000 per job) and employee training (from $500 to
$1000 per employee).
Other incentives may be available, but these vary according
to the expected economic impact of the project.
The City of Fayetteville provides some
information about local incentives, including utility incentives
More information on North Carolina financial assistance
for capital investment projects is available from
www.nccommerce.com
Directory of
incentive
consultants. Many, but not all, will be familiar with this
area. |
Local
contacts which may interest some potential investors:
Greater Fayetteville
Futures Project - a private sector initiative launched at the end of
2000 in cooperation with The Kenan Center Office of Economic Development at
the University of North Carolina to build local consensus about economic
development plans for this area.
City of
Fayetteville - local government website
Cumberland County - local government website
Fayetteville
NC Chamber of Commerce
Fayetteville Downtown
Development Corporation
Fayetteville's Downtown
Alliance
Go Fayetteville - portal about
the Fayetteville and Cumberland County area in general
Visit Fayetteville -
Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau North Carolina
Biotechnology Center |
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Companies in the Area
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Past Projects
In addition to those highlighted above :
- Lear Siegler has leased the Vic West Building and
will hire 75 mechanics
- Lear Siegler has leased the 60,000 sq. ft. Cutler
Hammer Building, creating 300 jobs paying in excess of $45,000 per year
- Downtown Development - three major projects to
add housing, retail space, parking and a new park
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Infrastructure :
Utilities
Railroads : CSX, Norfolk Southern,
Aberdeen & Rockfish
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Testimonials None are published at this time.
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| Relationship Disclosure
Written by GDI Solutions on the basis of information provided
by FAEDC, including their website, promotional materials and available
consultant reports, as well as other sources.
FAEDC has been a client in 2005 for the publication of this Area
Profile and the related Survey to share local market knowledge about the
Fayetteville area since December 2004. There is no larger working
relationship for other services, such as to actively promote the area (SICR
or custom marketing services).
FAEDC merged into the Cumberland County Business Council in
2005. |
Relationship leader at GDI Solutions for potential
investors
:
Bruce Donnelly
Please advise regarding any necessary corrections to this
Area Profile, or if we may be of assistance with your expansion interests in
this area.
The relationship leader is responsible for maintaining
sufficiently frequent contact and knowledge at GDI Solutions about the participating area.
The leader keeps published GUIDE Area Profiles timely and consistent, and serves
as an initial point of contact for any investors who may choose not to
contact the local area representatives yet about their interests, such as at
a very exploratory or confidential stage of project planning or information
gathering.
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