Join the Kinston-Lenoir County
Chamber of Commerce as we demonstrate progress in action
throughout Lenoir County. Witness examples of
recognition, growth, and development in our wonderful community.
Kinston and Lenoir County is certainly on the move in so many
ways.
So take a moment
and read why we say
KINSTON! . . .
We're On The Way!
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Charles Smith, head of Veterans Affairs, said Friday that
the Wilmington design firm of David R. Polston has been
hired to design a Veterans Home Nursing facility,
which could hold between 100 and 120 beds and bring up to
130 jobs to the Kinston area The majority of those
positions would be in nursing, since the nursing home
would provide care to highly disabled veterans, but
employees are also needed to perform functions such as administration, food service, maintenance, laundry and
others. Smith said Kinston was chosen because of its central location in the east, its
proximity to medical centers in Greenville, and the
proximity of
major military bases such as Fort Bragg in Fayetteville
and Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville.
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Massey Motor Company
has out grown their location calling for a new
facility that will be opening by the end of
July. The location will occupy nine and a half
acres and the new showroom and garage will have
28,000 sq. ft. Randy Kelly, owner, said the new
location will make shopping for an automobile fun
and he looks forward to serving the people of
Eastern NC.
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East Farm Credit Bank
is consolidating its Kinston and Goldsboro branches into one
centralized facility. The new location will be near the
intersection of Highway 70 and the Jim Sutton
Road.
ECFC is a farmer-owned financial cooperative,
providing credit to members in Central and Eastern North
Carolina. The new location will be serving Lenoir, Jones
and Wayne Counties.
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Smithfield Foods
announced on October 13, 2004 plans to invest $85million and create 206 new jobs in a second
location in Lenoir County. On November 2, 2006
dignitaries of the Smithfield Foods Company joined
with their employees and other dignitaries to
celebrate the opening of the new Smithfield Kinston
II Plant that is a 240,000 Square Foot facility
situated on 87 acres in the70 West Industrial Park
on Smithfield Way. This modern facility uses
advanced technologies that include use of an
automated French water cook system that minimizes
human contact with food and reduces water
consumption by 80 percent.
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- On November 21, 2005 John Ranieri,
Vice President of DuPont’s Bio-based
Materials announced the company’s plans to expand
its Sorona manufacturing to Lenoir County. Sorona
is a corn-based polymer fiber that is currently used
in the production of carpet. This is a $55
Million Investment with 66 new jobs over 3 years.
DuPont came to Lenoir County in 1953
with the world’s first polyester plant. The location
of this DuPont Sorona plant is on NC 11 North
and shares space within the Unifi Manufacturing
Plant.
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- Neuse Regional WASA's $138.7 million
water treatment plant and distribution system is a
$58 million plant designed to combine the use of
surface water from the Neuse River and the use of
groundwater to cost-effectively optimize resources
in the region. The plant will be operational in fall
2008 and will provide a reliable water supply source
for approximately 100,000 customers.
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LaGrange Town Hall
will be getting a new makeover.
The town board approved a plan to expand the
LaGrange Town Hall. The addition will be used
as a meeting space
with construction
beginning in two to three weeks from today.
March 7 2007.
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New
development continues
in the area with the construction of Dr.
Saracino’s new Medical Office and Endoscopy
Center on North Herritage Street. Dr.
Saracino is very pleased to be expanding his
practice in Kinston and stated "I will be doing
office Endoscopy, which will be at a significant
cost savings to the patient. My goal is to heighten
awareness of GI cancer and to help to wipe them out
of Eastern North Carolina. The tentative
completion date is end of
June 2007
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September 22, 2005 Kinston’s Electrolux Home
Products plant announced plans to invest $18
million in new state-of-the-art equipment for a
new dishwasher product line and add 97 skilled
jobs at its Kinston facility. In a printed
press release from Governor Easley office, Keith
McLoughlin, CEO of Electrolux Major Appliance
Division in North and Latin America said...."Our
experience at the Kinston factory shows that we can
produce the extremely high quality product that
research shows consumers of these premium
dishwashers insist upon." Electrolux
first came to Lenoir County in 1989. The facility
has approximately 500,000 Square Feet under roof and
employs over 800 people
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New Breed Inc., a
major logistics and supply chain management company
is setting up operations at the GTP. New
Breed provides storage and distribution services
for clients such as Verizon Wireless, The Boeing
Company, Panasonic, Siemens Medical Solutions, the
U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Marine Corps
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Allegiant Air
offers low cost service to Orlando on Mondays and
Fridays from the Kinston Regional Jetport.
A 150 passenger, MD-80 series aircraft, free parking
at the Kinston Regional Jetport, low priced airline tickets is a nice combination
offered right here in Kinston. For more
information go to
www.allegiantair.com
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In addition to general
medical, surgical, and obstetrical and gynecological
care,
Lenoir Memorial
Hospital offers
specialized services including cardiology,
pulmonology, oncology, radiology and urology. LMH
recently added
Thoracic
and vascular surgery.
With a medical staff of
over 100 physicians,
Lenoir Memorial offers a range of
specialty services and
technology you would
only expect to find at hospitals in larger cities.
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Alsco is a commercial
and industrial laundry business located at 717
Summit Avenue that has been in Lenoir County for
more than 40 years. Alsco (formerly
called Servitex, Local Linen, and East Carolina
Linen) announced in February 2005 plans to invest
an additional $1.5 million in new laundry
equipment and add 55 new jobs at their Kinston
plant just off Highland Avenue.
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- In addition to general medical, surgical, and obstetrical and
gynecological care, Lenoir Memorial Hospital offers
specialized services including cardiology,I pulmonology, oncology,
radiology and urology. LMH recently added Thoracic and vascular
surgery. With a medical staff of over 100 physicians,
Lenoir Memorial offers a range of specialty services and
technology you would only expect to find at hospitals in larger
cities.
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New
development continues in the area with the
construction of Dr. Saracino’s new Medical Office and Endoscopy Center
on North Herritage Street. Dr. Saracino is very
pleased to be expanding his practice in Kinston and stated "I
will be doing office Endoscopy, which will be at a significant
cost savings to the patient. My goal is to heighten awareness of
GI cancer and to help to wipe them out of Eastern North
Carolina. The tentative completion date
is end of June 2007
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- Lenoir County
Economic Development announced
170 new jobs and
$7,650,000
in capital investment in 2006. Companies included are
Lenox China, Ferguson Enterprises, Cohaire and
Spatial Integrated Systems
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The
Kinston-Lenoir County
Public
Library
is
undergoing a
major expansion
and
renovation
project to better meet needs of the more than 1,000 people who
visit the Library each day. Follow the Library's progress by
visiting their website at
www.neuselibrary.org.
The expected completion date is late Fall 2007
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The
Farmer and the Chef Restaurant and the
Broken Eagle Restaurant opened their doors in
downtown Kinston in 2006. Recently the
Wine and Cheese Emporium
moved to Heritage Street and is serving coffee as well
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