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NEWS & EVENTS

04/22/2024

Rural Infrastructure Authority Approves 31 Grants to Rural Communities to Create 565 Jobs and more than $211M in Private Investment

The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 31 grant requests to local governments totaling $10,982,835. These grants are for projects that have committed to creating 565 jobs and will attract more than $211 million in private investment. The Rural Infrastructure Authority is a 17-member board that awards Rural, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and Utility…

04/11/2024

FUJIFILM Diosynth Invests $1.2B in Holly Springs, North Carolina, Manufacturing Facility, Creating 680 New Jobs

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies North Carolina, Inc., a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), will invest $1.2 billion to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, creating 680 new jobs in Wake County. Initial investments of the FUJIFILM’s Holly Springs operation included $2 billion in 2021, making it the largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical…

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