RTRP: Newsletter

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		August 2010 Region’s rural counties attract investment and opportunity Caterpillar’s Aug. 5 announcement it will invest $30 million to expand its Lee County plant is the latest example of economic success for the region's 10 more-rural counties, which have attracted more than $233 million in capital investments during 2010 for projects expected to create 675 jobs.

		May/June 2010 Regional employment declines, investments hit record high RTRP President and CEO Charles Hayes reports at the 2010 State of the Research Triangle Region in May that employment fell in 2009 due to global recession but companies announced a record $1.9 billion in new investments.

		March/April 2010 Regional leaders convene for Reality Check One Year Later More than 450 business, community, government and nonprofit leaders and citizens convened in Raleigh in February for Reality Check One Year Later, a gathering to report to the community progress made implementing three guiding principles for quality growth and action plans for the coming year.

		January-February 2010 Region posts record year for business investment Growing companies that announced a record $1.9 billion in new investment in the Research Triangle Region during 2009 for projects expected to create more than 10,000 jobs. Announcements came from new and existing companies, domestic and international, a range of industry types and both rural and urban areas.

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